Thursday, February 5, 2015

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Subscribing to a changing world - Subscription agents - Research Information

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 09:16 AM PST

"The debate surrounding open access still continues, but has this affected subscription agents? Feick of Harrassowitz observed: 'Open access is still a small proportion of the vast array of serial publications, so open access has yet to affect the subscription business model. 'Even though there is no payment for the subscription, there are services that agents can provide such as information about the open-access journal, including links to the content, subject analysis, or publisher. Agents are developing services to manage open access, which will require a fee paid by the library. Right now, there is not much of an economic impact.' Scheld of PCG agreed with this point: 'OA still accounts for a very small percentage of library holdings, and librarians have yet to rely significantly on OA rather than traditional journal subscriptions. From a theoretical standpoint, I would expect that substantial growth of OA would eventually cause subscription agents to adjust their services in order to remain relevant...."

Digital Initiatives Librarian, UNCW, Wilmington, NC | North Carolina Library Jobs

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 09:15 AM PST

"This is a renewable 11 month position with faculty status (lecturer, non‑tenure track). Competitive salary and generous benefits package, including 22 days of vacation....Preferred Characteristics: Demonstrated commitment to transformative approaches to the management of digital projects. Demonstrated appreciation of the data challenge (roles and actions for academic libraries). Experience with digital library, institutional repository and/or content management software such as CONTENTdm, DSpace, Drupal, Archon, ArchivesSpace, Archivists' Toolkit. Working knowledge of MARC and non-MARC metadata applications. Knowledge of library policies and statement of mission, goals, and objectives. Knowledge and experience with Microsoft Office applications...."

Associate or Full Professor, Scholarly Communications Librarian

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 09:13 AM PST

"The Oklahoma State University Library seeks a Scholarly Communications Librarian to be a campus advocate for the adoption of publishing and dissemination practices that maximize the impact of the research and writing of Oklahoma State University (OSU) faculty and students while protecting their intellectual property. Working in collaboration with liaison librarians, this individual will lead efforts to educate and advise the OSU academic community on issues of copyright, fair use, open access, Creative Commons licensing, e-reserves, digital publication, open access textbooks and other open educational resources, data management options, trends in scholarly publishing, and, alternative metrics for measuring research impact. He or she will investigate new scholarly communication models and partner with campus colleagues to develop methods for capturing and providing access to the university's intellectual assets and will promote where appropriate the deposition of OSU scholarly work into SHAREOK.org, a joint digital repository developed and operated by the OSU and University of Oklahoma libraries. This individual will assist OSU faculty in the development and use of open access textbooks and other course related materials...."

"Your Story Matters"

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 08:34 AM PST

"The Harvard Library Office for Scholarly Communication is very pleased to launch "Your Story Matters," a new site featuring stories and anecdotes from users of DASH (Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard), Harvard's open-access repository. With nearly 1,000 user stories from 83 countries, "Your Story Matters" offers moving evidence that DASH readers are deeply grateful for barrier-free access to Harvard research. Since DASH launched in 2009, users have downloaded its articles 4.6 million times, from every country on Earth. Even the subset of users who volunteered stories to DASH includes a remarkable variety of people, from faculty and students at institutions unable to afford the high prices of scholarly journals, to non-academics such as physicians, nurses, clergy, writers, journalists, public officials, social workers, political activists, retirees, and ordinary citizens in countries that try to limit what people may read. The visual interface of "Your Story Matters," and the easy way it supports rapid scrolling through stories from different countries, make vivid who is using DASH, from where, and with what impact...."

Open Peer Review: Mittermaierstrasse: Double Dipping the hybrid open access - chimera or reality? | Information Practice

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 03:25 AM PST

[From Google's English] "hybrid open access is in a heated discussion. A sticking point is the question of whether "double dipping", ie that if the same item in both subscription fees and publication fees are paid. To verify the assurance of publishers to run no double dipping, were asked to provide information on specific questions about their pricing policy 30 national and international publishers. The result is quite sobering: They range from very general, unverifiable statements about partial double dipping to utter double dipping. In no event meant the existence of a 'No Double Dipping' -Politk that actually takes place no double dipping."

Green Tea and Velociraptors | Welcome to the Open Glossary

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 03:22 AM PST

"At the London satellite event for Open Con earlier this year, myself and Ross Mounce were given some useful feedback after our joint talk on 'Open Data' by one of the attendees. Apparently, some of the terminology was too complex, or specialist, for the subject, and some of the talk was unable to be followed unless you were already an expert in the issue. Now obviously this is something that, as members of the 'open community', we do not want. As we progress to setting the default to open, I want it to be an open cultural movement, rather than an exclusive clique. For this, I believe it is important that the terminology we use is designed to be inclusive, rather than accidentally (or otherwise) creating rifts within academia. To that end, afterwards in the pub, where all things science occur, we decided to create the Open Glossary. This is a resource designed to equip people with the terminology that is used within discussions about the general field of open scholarship. Additionally, it possesses numerous external resources that may be of use. This has been a crowd-sourced effort (original document), so thanks to everyone who has provided feedback, edits, and comments to date. I expect to update it every few months. What I ask is for people to host this document, and share as broadly as possible with friends and colleagues. And not just those who are interested in science or already active researchers – awareness of this sort of thing is equally as important in being active about it, in many cases."

Open Science Initiative issues new paper, recommendations

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 03:17 AM PST

"In early September of 2014, nSCI recruited and organized over 100 thought-leaders from around the world into a three month long online conversation—named the Open Science Initiative (OSI) working group—to begin looking into viable ways to reform the scholarly publishing system. The outcome of this conversation will be a working paper (the most recent version is linked here) which summarizes the many important facts and perspectives that were discussed on this issue, and also outlines recommendations for a new series of initiatives to push for workable reform measures. What are the problems with the current system of scholarly publishing? What are the different perspectives on these problems? What are some possible solutions? What should our goals and our guiding objectives be regarding improving access to research information? Should we even bother worrying about this issue (is the current state of affairs adequate)? What would a future with more open science look like? What might a future without more open science look like? How do we get from where we are now to where we need to be, considering there are so many competing interests and entrenched positions? Why might it be important to act now? The OSI working group discussed these issues and many others at length. The group also made these three important recommendations (the first two being majority viewpoints): Convene an annual series of high-level conferences between all key stakeholders over the next 10 years to discuss, implement, adjust, and track major reforms to the scholarly publishing system. The first conference is currently being planned for early 2016. The delegate list will be an invited group of 200 decision-makers representing every major stakeholder group in scholarly publishing, participating with the understanding that they will try to reach an agreement on the future of scholarly publishing and will then work to help implement this agreement. The United Nations will be backing these conferences (through UNESCO) and will help mobilize broad and ongoing international support, participation, and funding. Very broad participation from US stakeholders—publishers, authors, federal agencies, companies who use research, institutions that produce research, and more—is critical to getting this effort up and running. While scientific research is certainly a global interest and enterprise, the US is the largest single producer and consumer of this research information, so without strong US participation, global adoption will be difficult to achieve. Find answers to key questions related to reform, as detailed in the summary document. What do we really mean by "publishing" today? Are self-archiving mandates practical? Are impact factors accurate? Do embargoes serve the public interest? Are there better ways to conduct peer review? Why isn't open access growing faster? These and many other questions have been identified in this report as starting points for discussion. Investigate the possibility of constructing the world's first all-scholarship repository (ASR). Our initial discussion regarding this repository is included in Annex 4. Conversations are currently ongoing on this matter. The Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) will explore building the prototype ASR. We are currently preparing a briefing paper for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy so they can consider aligning upcoming federal compliance efforts with this LANL repository. A number of OSI working group members feel that creating the world's first all-scholarship repository will need to be a precursor to truly comprehensive journal reform, and creating it the right way may end up having a greater impact on science discovery than anything ever attempted to date ..."

Wiley converts three more journals to open access - Research Information

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 03:15 AM PST

"John Wiley & Sons has announced the transition of three journals to the its open access publishing program, bringing the total number of Wiley's open access titles to 47. All published articles in Conservation Letters, Thoracic Cancer and The Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine will be open access and free to view, download and share. Conservation Letters, with an impact factor of 5.032, is the first high-impact conservation science journal to become completely open access. The journal publishes empirical and theoretical research with significant implications for the conservation of biological diversity. Thoracic Cancer is the official publication of the Chinese Society of Lung Cancer, International Chinese Society of Thoracic Surgery, and is endorsed by the Korean Association for the Study of Lung Cancer and the Hong Kong Cancer Therapy Society. The only English language and international lung cancer journal from Asia-Pacific, Thoracic Cancer has an impact factor of 1.126. The Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine launched in 1987 and has an impact factor of 2.224. The official publication of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, the journal's research advances veterinary medical knowledge and improve the lives of animals by publishing authoritative scientific articles of animal diseases ..."

Elsevier Materials Science Journals Offer Entire Suite of Data Sharing Options -- AMSTERDAM, February 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 03:12 AM PST

"Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, has announced that its data sharing infrastructure has been implemented across 13 journals covering all areas of Materials Science. Offering multiple data sharing options for an entire subject discipline not only meets the needs of researchers in the field, but also addresses one of the key objectives in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy outlined in its Strategic Plan for the Materials Genome Initiative: unlock durable access to research data. The 13 journals, together covering all fields of materials science, ranging from aircraft materials to hip implants, will offer different options to make the data that underpins the journals' studies accessible and facilitate sharing and contextualization of the data. The journals are: Acta Biomaterialia; Acta Materialia; CALPHAD; Composites Part A; Computational Materials Science; Construction and Building Materials; Materials Discovery; Materials Science & Engineering A; Materials Science & Engineering B; Materials Science & Engineering C; Polymer; Scripta Materialia; Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells.  Across these journals, the open data sharing options available for researchers are: Interactive Plots: Authors are invited to submit a file containing the data points from their graphs, which enables readers to benefit from interactive graph functionality and provides them with access to the data. Open Data: Authors can upload raw research data alongside their article, validated by editors and reviewers, and the datasets can be freely downloaded and re-used under a CC-BY license. Data in Brief: Authors can upload a microarticle providing the context and metadata relative to data underpinning the study reported in an article accepted in the linked journal. The microarticle will then be automatically submitted for publication in the open access journal Data in Brief ..."

Transcript: Making Open Access Work | CCC's Beyond the Book

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 03:10 AM PST

Use the link to access the podcast and the transcript.  

Walt at Random » Blog Archive » Open Access Journals: New Grade Summary

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 03:08 AM PST

"As noted in the current Cites & Insights, I've moved 580 DOAJ journals from Grade B to Grade A$ because the only reason to regard them as possibly requiring investigation is that they have APCs of $1,000 or more. That's something to be aware of, and the justifications for high APCs still need discussion, but if an author has the money and finds the APC reasonable, there's nothing else about these journals to raise concerns. The Library Technology Reports issue this summer will reflect that change, but none of the existing C&I coverage does. Here's a table (that probably won't appear in this form in the report) that shows the number of journals and 2013 articles in each grade, as revised ..."

5 Open Access Journals for Open Source Enthusiasts

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 03:04 AM PST

"The ever-rising cost of academic journals is a major burden for researchers. Academic libraries cannot always keep up with increases in subscription fees causing libraries to drop journals from their collection. This makes it harder for students and professors to quickly and easily access the information they need. Inter-library loan requests are an option but they do take time. Even if it only takes a few days to fill an inter-library loan request, that is still time wasted for a researcher that has a deadline. While there is no single, quick fix to the problem with the academic journal prices, there is a movement applying the open source way to academic research in an attempt to solve the problem — the open access movement. The goal of open access is to make research freely available upon publication or soon thereafter. Quite often the journal articles are licensed under some form of Creative Commons license or something equally permissive. Placing the journal articles under a license designed for sharing allows them to be hosted on sites other than the journal's website or a paid database. An article published in an open access journal can be included in the institutional repository of the author's university, which increases the number of places an article can be discovered and read by people. Absurdly, that is not always possible with works published in non-open access journals. This year, October 20-26 is Open Access Week, an annual event that serves to educate people about the need for open access and to celebrate success stories. In honor of Open Access Week, I would like to share five open access academic journals that cover topics that are of interest to open source advocates and enthusiasts. All five off these journals are listed in the Directory of Academic Journals, which is a wonderful resource for finding open access research. So be sure to check the Directory of Open Access Journals for your research needs, and if you are a researcher, consider submitting your work to a relevant open access journal ..."

Ford Foundation Joins Hewlett Foundation And Gates Foundation In Requiring Research They Fund To Be Released Under CC BY Licenses | Techdirt

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 02:56 AM PST

"Over the last few months, a bunch of big foundations have officially stated that all research that they fund via their grants now has to be placed under an open Creative Commons license such as the CC BY license that says that the information can be freely shared and copied, even for commercial purposes, with the only restriction being that you have to attribute the content to the original authors. In September of last year, the Hewlett Foundation kicked it off when it announced that it was requiring CC BY licensing on all content that it funded, followed in November by the Gates Foundation making a similar announcement. And, this week, the Ford Foundation has done the same ... This is absolutely awesome, and hopefully more Foundations will follow suit. It would be nice if these foundations also offered up the opportunity to use a CC0 public domain dedication as an alternative (which goes even further than the CC BY license), but that seems like nitpicking for the most part.  Frankly this is great for a few different reasons. First, we've discussed the importance of open access and information sharing as it relates to research -- and it's still depressing how much important research gets locked up behind paywalls and stringent copyright enforcement. Second, increasing the amount of work, in general, that is freely shareable can only lead to that work being much more useful to -- and used by -- others who are looking to build on that work and do great things with it. Third, just in getting more people to realize that -- contrary to what some maximalists like to pitch in their propaganda -- not everything needs to be locked up to be valuable.  Kudos to these foundations for taking a stand ..."

Open access to scientific publications: a compelling pilot | Enssib

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 02:52 AM PST

"Knowledge Unlatched has unveiled the report of its pilot project in the latest issue of Cultural Science Journal. This project was designed to assess a global consortium of libraries, publishers, authors, readers and investors, inviting the partners to test a new model of dissemination of scientific publications in Open Access. Carried out between January 2012 and September 2014, the experiment was to bring together the world's libraries to pool the purchase of securities offered free access. The price of each security was fixed in advance by the participating publishers, who agreed to put online a collection of 28 new publications in Humanities and Social Sciences under Creative Commons (CC), if at least 200 libraries contribute to the project. The experiment was a success: 297 libraries responded to the call, to lower the cost per title for each facility, guaranteeing publishers the desired sales price. Readers side, this experiment also received a positive response. After 24 weeks, 12 763 downloads from 138 countries had already been registered."

Study Concludes that Rising Costs are Costing Students | The Banner Newspaper

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 02:47 AM PST

"The majority of college students in New York have considered not buying a textbook due to high costs, a study released on November 12 by the New York Public Interest Research Group concluded. NYPIRG's study found that as many as 74 percent of students have considered not buying required reading material for classes. The survey, has a +/- 6 percent margin of error, which was conducted during the Fall 2013 semester at 17 New York colleges and universities, including the College of Staten Island. The price of college textbooks has risen by 80 percent over the past decade, NYPIRG's report summarizing the study stated ... NYPIRG's report urged city and state legislators to take action on the issue and pushed for Open textbooks to be used more often.  Open textbooks are faculty written and peer-reviewed much like traditional textbooks are, but they are published under an open license. An open license allows the textbook to be available online for free, free to download, and noticeably cheaper in print ... NYPIRG's report urged city and state legislators to take action on the issue and pushed for Open textbooks to be used more often.  Open textbooks are faculty written and peer-reviewed much like traditional textbooks are, but they are published under an open license. An open license allows the textbook to be available online for free, free to download, and noticeably cheaper in print ..."

Research Overview | OEPScotland

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 02:42 AM PST

"I'm excited to be able to tell you a bit more about what the research component of the OEPS project will be doing over the duration of the project and how we fit with the rest of the project. So, without further ado… The project's research will deliver in four specific areas or work packages, some of them specifically research focused (e.g. the case studies) but others utilizing the team's expertise in other areas such as open course design or accessibility: A community-created best practice guide and course focused on developing capacity and best practice in OER and OEP; A series of Scottish OER and OEP research case studies; A participatory map of Scottish OEP and OER; A thrice-yearly cycle of workshops on various facets of OEP and OER ..."

Requesting accepted manuscripts: Developing an open access collection of scholarly articles

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 02:35 AM PST

"In 2012, the Oregon State University (OSU) Libraries Center for Digital Scholarship and Services utilized existing staff and librarian positions to energize OSU's efforts at building a strong open access collection of scholarly articles by OSU authors. Members of the team begin tracking, requesting, and archiving articles published from 2012 forward. Relying heavily on Web of Science for its RSS feed service, the project started with a backlog of 1307 article records, and has reached over 4700 as of June 2014. On a weekly basis, a library staff member contacts OSU authors identified in the feed and whose accepted manuscripts are eligible for deposit. The majority of the work is accomplished by two staff members, with a librarian acting in a consultative role. Nearly half (47%) of the articles identified in the RSS feed have been deposited in ScholarsArchive, OSU's institutional repository (IR). This poster will present the Center's complex and evolving workflow for the ongoing project including: changes made in response to the successful passage in June 2013 of the OSU Open Access Policy; shifts in responsibilities between librarians and staff members; the data used for assessment of the project; tools utilized; and challenges and opportunities encountered along the way."

Science: Open Access Journal PeerJ start computer science offshoot - Golem.de

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 02:21 AM PST

[From Google's English] "With PeerJ Computer Science will be available soon, a new open-access journal for scientific publications in computer science. PeerJ has a unique concept: The entire peer review process takes place openly ..."

Free patents to shake up fuel cell car sector - Chinadaily.com.cn

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 01:46 AM PST

"Japanese auto manufacturer Toyota plans to open access to more than 5,600 patents related to hydrogen fuel cells, a move expected to reshape the fuel cell vehicle sector, industry insiders said. Toyota announced the plans at an international consumer electronics show in mid-January. Niu Yu, a Toyota China spokesman, told China Business News that the company's fuel cell vehicles, or FCVs, and hybrid electric vehicles share a range of core technologies in motors and control systems. Unlike Toyota's hybrid electric vehicles that have sold more than 7 million units worldwide, the company's FCVs still face a challenging market due to a shortage of infrastructure. Opening-up the patents will help seek like-minded people in the FCV sector, reduce costs in R&D and production and promote the new type of clean energy-powered car, according to the company. Compared to American electric carmaker Tesla, which announced plans to offer free use of its patents in June 2014, Toyota has set more restrictions, industry observers said. Users need to file an application with Toyota and sign a contract for the patents. Before the end of 2020, Toyota will offer use of the patents to automakers for free. These will include 1,970 patents related to fuel cells, about 290 concerning highpressured hydrogen storage and some 3,350 for control systems. After 2020, 70 patents concerning hydrogen refueling stations will remain free of charge ..."

And the Open Math is for tomorrow?

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 01:40 AM PST

"Mathematics has always held a special place in the world of science. Is it the same in open models of age? Open sling, economic boycott of the dominant publications, antiquated culture, in large shift with the times, clash of generations, lack of recognition of certain contributions, it moves into the world of math! Meet Célya Gruson-Daniel Hack You PhD and Paul Olivier Dehaye, professor of mathematics ..."

Open Book Publishers. Free, scholarly ebooks. Membership trial: 29/1/15-28/2/15 | Trinity College Library Dublin

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 12:49 AM PST

"A trial membership for this collection of open access, free, scholarly ebooks is currently available until the end of February, via the Library's Databases and Ebooks page, Trial Databases tab. Open Book Publishers is a non-profit organisation established, by academics in Cambridge, to publish rigorously peer-reviewed Open Access monographs. To date, 51 titles in the humanities and social sciences by some of the world's best known scholars (including Amartya Sen and Noam Chomsky) have been published. For an annual membership fee, member libraries can allow the full range of formatted digital editions (pdf, epub, mobi) to be freely downloaded by any registered library users. The Library could also allow any digital edition of titles to be uploaded to the library's own digital repository or ebook collection, to keep permanently. A 15% discount is granted to any registered member of the university library (staff/student/alumnus) on the sales of any printed edition of Open Book Publisher titles, purchased from its website."

Science: Research Impact and Open Access for Engineers and Computer Scientists

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 12:45 AM PST

"This 1.5 hour session provides you with various tools and tips to help with you with publishing decisions and measuring research impact of publications and individuals. The session includes a short presentation, followed by an opportunity for self-directed hands-on practice."

Ford Foundation to require CC BY for all grant-funded projects - Creative Commons

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 12:42 AM PST

"Today the Ford Foundation announced an open licensing policy for all of their grant-funded projects and research. The new arrangement came into effect February 1, 2015 and covers most grant-funded work, as well as the outputs of consultants. The Ford Foundation has chosen to adopt the CC BY 4.0 license as the default for these materials. Grant agreements will now include a paragraph requiring the grant recipient to broadly share all copyrightable products (such as research reports, photographs, videos, etc.) funded by the grant under CC BY. And the Ford Foundation is leading by example by adopting CC BY for all materials not subject to third-party ownership on their own website ..."
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