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Category Archives: Open Access
Peter Suber: “A Field Guide to Misunderstandings about Open Access”
Peter Suber has published "A Field Guide to Misunderstandings about Open Access" in the latest issue of the SPARC Open Access Newsletter.
Here's an excerpt:
"OA is about punishing greedy or obstructive publishers."
You can't throw a brick out a university window without hitting a researcher, librarian, or administrator frustrated and furious with a set of TA journal [...] Continue reading
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Services for Small OA Publishers: OpenAccessSolutions.com Launched
Co-Action Publishing, Datapage and T Marketing have launched OpenAccessSolutions.com, a publishing support service for small open access publishers.
Here's an excerpt from the press release:
OpenAccessSolutions.com addresses the needs of a growing segment within Open Access scholarly publishing. The Open Access journals market is growing quickly, and currently represents approximately 9% of the refereed journals listed in [...] Continue reading
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DOAJ and e-Depot to Preserve Open Access Journals
With support from the Swedish Library Association, the Directory of Open Access Journals and the e-Depot of the National Library of the Netherlands will preserve open access journals.
Here's an excerpt from the press release:
Long-term preservation of scholarly publications is of major importance for the research community. New formats of scholarly publications, new business models and [...] Continue reading
Wikimedia Commons Gets 250,000 Creative Commons Licensed Images from Saxony-State and University Library Dresden
The Land Library of Saxony-State and University Library Dresden has agreed to make 250,000 image files available on the Wikimedia Commons under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike license.
Here's an excerpt from the announcement:
As the first German library, the Land Library of Saxony-State and University Library Dresden (SLUB) has concluded a cooperation agreement with Wikimedia Germany [...] Continue reading
Paying for Open Access Publication Charges: Guidance for Higher Education and Research Institutions, Publishers and Authors
The Research Information Network has released Paying for Open Access Publication Charges: Guidance for Higher Education and Research Institutions, Publishers and Authors
Here's an excerpt:
This document provides advice and guidance on the arrangements for paying open access publication fees: that is, fees levied by some journals for the publication of scholarly articles so that they can [...] Continue reading
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“‘Publishers Did Not Take the Bait’: A Forgotten Precursor to the NIH Public Access Policy”
Jonathan Miller has published "'Publishers Did Not Take the Bait': A Forgotten Precursor to the NIH Public Access Policy" in the latest issue of College & Research Libraries (access is restricted under the journal's embargo policy).
Here's an excerpt:
This article compares the recent National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy (2005-07) with the United States [...] Continue reading
Oregon State University Libraries Adopt Library Faculty Open Access Policy
The Oregon State University Libraries faculty have adopted a Library Faculty Open Access Policy. (Thanks to Circulation: Just Another Librarian Blog.)
Here's the policy:
The faculty members of the OSU Libraries support open access to our scholarship and knowledge. Consequently, we grant to the OSU Libraries permission to make our scholarly work publicly available and to exercise [...] Continue reading
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Digital Video: Open Science: Good For Research, Good For Researchers? at Columbia
A digital video of the panel presentation: "Open Science: Good for Research, Good for Researchers?" at Columbia University is now available.
Here's the description from the Web page:
Open science refers to information-sharing among researchers and encompasses a number of initiatives to remove access barriers to data and published papers, and to use digital technology to more [...] Continue reading
Digital Video: Open Science: Good For Research, Good For Researchers? at Columbia
A digital video of the panel presentation: "Open Science: Good for Research, Good for Researchers?" at Columbia University is now available.
Here's the description from the Web page:
Open science refers to information-sharing among researchers and encompasses a number of initiatives to remove access barriers to data and published papers, and to use digital technology to more [...] Continue reading
MIT Open Access Policy Approved
The MIT Faculty Open-Access Policy was approved unanimously by the faculty today. It is effective immediately.
Here's an excerpt:
The Faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is committed to disseminating the fruits of its research and scholarship as widely as possible. In keeping with that commitment, the Faculty adopts the following policy: Each Faculty member grants [...] Continue reading
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