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BU Adopts Opt-Out Open Access Policy | BU Today | Boston University

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 01:56 AM PDT

"Following the example of 23 of its peers in the Association of American Universities (AAU) and strengthening its commitment to the widest possible online sharing and dissemination of its research and scholarship, Boston University has adopted an Opt-Out Open Access policy for faculty scholarly articles. The policy, which was recommended by the Faculty Council and approved by the University Council, went into effect in mid-February. Under the opt-out policy, deposits into the OpenBU repository of final author manuscripts of peer-reviewed and other scholarly articles would be the default, and open access to the materials a matter of course unless a faculty member opts out by completing a waiver form on a per-article basis. Such waivers would be granted automatically ..."

Open Access Scholarly Publishing: A Chance for Maximization of Research Productivity among Academics in Nigerian Federal Universities

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 01:50 AM PDT

Use the link to access the full text article from IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences.  "This paper defines open access literature as digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. It also discusses the open access publishing models which are open access journal ('gold road') and open access repositories or institutional repositories ('green road'). It goes further to discuss the concept of research productivity which is viewed as a means by which academics contribute their own knowledge to the existing body of knowledge. The paper stressed some justifications of open access in research productivity as to maximize the uptake, usage, applications and impact of the research output of your university; to measure and reward the uptake, usage, applications and impact of the research output of your university (research metrics); and to collect, manage and showcase a permanent record of the research output and impact of your university. The paper maintained that: Lack of research skills in modern methods, lack of equipment for carrying out state-of-the art research, overloaded teaching and administration schedules which leave little time for research, difficulty in accessing research funds and diminishing ability of seasoned and senior researchers to mentor junior researchers due to brain drain as the main factors responsible for the decline. The paper concluded that Librarians have extensive skill sets often developed over many years. Librarians may not believe that 'scholarly communication' or 'open access' has much relevance to their research productivity. There is no doubt about the fact that Open Access provides global visibility for researchers, their research output can be accessed globally free of charge. This will in turn give room for easy-share of ideas, results and inventions to build upon." 

ITC - Open Access

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 01:32 AM PDT

"The University of Twente provides a fund of  € 50.000 in 2015 to enable publishing in Open Access Journals. To publish in Open Access Journals authors have to pay a fee ranging from € 500 to € 2500. This contribution can now be compensated by the University of Twente Open Access Fund. The fund is only available for articles published in golden Open access Journals; so journals that are already free to read. The journal has to be peer reviewed.  Articles in hybrid journals (partly Open Access) will not be supported. The maximum amount that will be granted is € 2.500 per article. To obtain a grant for an Open Access publication the following conditions must be met ..."

The Data Sharing Week in Review | The Online Academic

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 01:28 AM PDT

"Here is a summary of the week I spent trawling the internet finding out about Data Sharing as a researcher and what it means to share your data. The Data Sharing Week for me actually started a week earlier when I was asked to write a Guest Blog for Digital Science about Why Scientists Should Share Their Data. So please read my piece on why it benefits to share and read on here to discover more about sharing research data ..."

Locking In Public Access to Scientific Knowledge by Unlocking Scholarly Research | Electronic Frontier Foundation

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 01:24 AM PDT

"Promising public access legislation FASTR (Fair Access to Science & Technology Research Act) has been re-introduced by a bipartisan coalition in Congress. Lawmakers now have an important opportunity to strengthen and expand rules that allow taxpayers to freely read articles resulting from research their tax dollars support. EFF continues to encourage legislators to pass this bill as an important step forward—though there are still some measures to improve. Take action to support FASTR right now.  Shortly after FASTR was initially introduced in 2013, the White House released a directive requiring the results of researchfunded by major federal government entities to be made freely available to the public. In the two years since, eight agencies and departments have begun complying with that directive by releasing plans for putting research online.  Those steps have been successful and effective, and make a strong case for FASTR. The White House Directive is good, but codifying it through Congressional legislation would create a more stable rule, guaranteeing that the public's access is placed beyond the reach of any future presidential administration with different priorities.  Further, FASTR would strengthen the public access provisions in the Directive by reducing the embargo period—the length of time after research is published before it must be made freely available to the public—from 12 months down to six.  One major drawback of both the White House Directive and the FASTR legislation is the lack of an open licensing requirement. Public access is an important first step, but without open licensing, valuable secondary uses—like data mining, major cross-discipline analysis projects, and redistribution efforts—could be caught under a cloud of copyright uncertainty ... FASTR's reintroduction comes at an exciting time for the open access movement: the movement has now been building steam for over a decade, and has chalked up some major successes. Also last week, the Wikimedia Foundation released a thorough Open Access policythat sets a strong example for non-governmental organizations. Under that policy, the results of research that Wikimedia supports through grants or collaboration must be released under a free license."

ISSM selects Elsevier to publish three prestigious journals

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 01:19 AM PDT

"Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, has announced that it has been selected by the International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM) to publish its flagship journal, The Journal of Sexual Medicine, as well as Sexual Medicine Reviews and open access journal Sexual Medicine, as of January 2016. The Journal of Sexual Medicine (JSM) is the premier, authoritative publication in the field, publishing high-impact multidisciplinary basic and clinical science in monthly issues. Sexual Medicine Reviews is a quarterly journal, commissioning evidence-based reviews in order to synthesize clinical and translational research to distill the best available evidence in the field. Sexual Medicine is ISSM's most recent publication. Launched in 2014 as an OA journal, it ensures rapid dissemination of multidisciplinary clinical and basic research in all areas of global sexual medicine ..."

What Harvard Law Students Need to Know About the Commons | The Record

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 01:16 AM PDT

"Over the past twenty years in American politics, it has become increasingly clear that even conventional liberals (or 'progressives') are not going to produce the kinds of transformative change that our society really needs. Conventional public policy and law have been largely captured by the two major political parties, which themselves are both in tight collusion with business elites. I call it the Market/State duopoly, the incestuous alliance of the two great forms of power in our country, in a tacit collusion against genuine democratic participation and citizen control. To be sure, we can't simply walk away from politics, policy and law; they remain vital arenas of engagement. But our politics today is too structurally compromised to produce much significant change. As Senator Elizabeth Warren has said, the game is rigged. We live in a time of predatory business organizations, poorly performing government institutions, moribund democratic participation, and slow-motion ecological collapse. So how to move forward? I have come to see great value in seeing our political and legal challenges through the lens of the commons. One general way to understand the commons is as everything that we inherit or create together, which we must pass on, undiminished, to future generations. Our common wealth consists of countless resources that we share such as public lands, federally funded research, the atmosphere, the oceans, the airwaves used by broadcasters. The commons should be understood as a social and political system for managing that shared wealth, with an emphasis on self-governance, fairness and sustainability. The commons is also a worldview and ethic that is ancient as the human race but as new as the Internet ..."

News Details - UCC Library

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 01:10 AM PDT

"UCC Library together with UCC Research Support Services, Teagasc and the Repository Network Ireland (RNI) have organised a 2 day training event which will run on 14th and 15th April in the Library Learning Zone. The event is funded by the FP7 funded FOSTER project. FOSTER aims to set in place sustainable mechanisms for EU researchers to foster open science in their daily workflow. The event in UCC will introduce attendees to the concepts of open research and research data management within the context of Horizon 2020. While the likely audience for each day is outlined below, all are welcome to attend once registered. Note that there is a separate registration form for each of the 2 days ..."

Ordnance Survey adds four new products to its open data portfolio | GISuser.com

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 01:02 AM PDT

"Free to use location, roads, rivers and map products from OS. OS continues its investment in digital innovation as a means of stimulating the economy with today's release of four new exciting open data products. The products made available by OS offer users increased detail and accuracy and the opportunity for analytics. They are fully customisable and can work together or be imported and integrated with the users own software and database. OS Open Map – Local provides a customisable backdrop for users to map, visualise and fully understand their data. This new product provides the most detailed level of buildings in OS's open data suite and is designed to be used with other open data products ... OS Open Names is a reliable location search product for when you need to find something fast. It's a new, better quality, consistent index for all the location names in Great Britain. Users can search a particular location or look for somewhere in a number of ways to an accuracy of within one metre ... OS Open Rivers is a generalised open water network showing the flow and the locations of rivers, streams, lakes and canals across the whole of Great Britain ... OS Open Roads is a connected road network for Great Britain. It contains all classified roads (such as motorways and A & B roads) as well as officially named unclassified roads ..."

HighWire Free Online Full-text Articles

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 12:55 AM PDT

" ... HighWire Press is the largest archive of free full-text science on Earth! As of 3/25/15, we are assisting in the online publication of 2,434,604 free full-text articles and 7,659,003 total articles. There are 33 sites with free trial periods, and 122 completely free sites. 288 sites have free back issues, and 1400 sites have pay per view!"

TU Delft Library: Milestone Open Access Fund

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 12:50 AM PDT

"Micro and Nano Engineering, Department of Precision and Micro Engineering (PME) working Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering (3mE), asked the Open Access fund DUT successfully for financial aid.  His article (co-written by Urs Staufer and Hugo Perez Garza 3ME and Ralph van Oorschot and Roy Derks of MA3 Solutions), was found to be good in  EPJ Techniques and Instrumentation in the Springer Open platform and is accessible to everyone.The article is the 175th publication that paid by TU Delft Open Access Fund. To commemorate this milestone received Ghatkesar (left in photo) and Van Oorschot (center) a symbolic ibex from the hands of the Just Leeuwe, publishing advisor of TU Delft Library. A live goat will be donated in the name of Ghatkesar and his co-authors to a peasant family in Bangladesh. The gift is inspired by the shared common thought does rise in the distribution of knowledge: give others access to something that they can use to their own advantage. In Ghatkesar's words: 'Science is the cornerstone of civilization. Restricting scientific knowledge is like restricting civilization. Open Science / Open Access is an ideal way to share the scientific spirit across the world and reap the benefits equally.'"

Open Access and other popular sports | felixinschottland

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 12:41 AM PDT

"Open access is one of the major trends of recent years in librarianship and beyond. The idea behind this is obvious: since most research findings are financed by taxes, it makes no sense, with public funds to purchase those publications in which these results are published. Rather, the aim is to provide the relevant journal articles free service available to anyone. Since the publishers of course not just play along and in most disciplines publication in certain journals or series is considered very desirable (which is why the manuscripts are still being published in magazines instead of just online via the website's own research institute or university), was Looking for ways to solve the problem ..."

Open Access in the Past, Present and Future of Scholarly Publishing

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 12:29 AM PDT

"Talk on 'Open Access in the Past, Present and Future of Scholarly Publishing' By Professor Michael Eisen, Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development at University of California, Berkeley, USA & Co-Founder, Public Library of Science (PLoS) ..."
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