Sunday, May 24, 2015

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Open Data Story Producer - OPEN DATA INSTITUTE - Jobzonen

Posted: 24 May 2015 08:33 AM PDT

"The Open Data Story Producer will work closely with teams across the Evidence Programme and the organisation as a whole, with particularly close connections to the Research, Communications and Production teams. Typically, our projects involve some or all of the following: research, data analysis, technical build, content production (websites, data visualisation, reports), communication and evaluation. Collectively we call these outputs 'stories', and are now looking for someone to manage the end-to-end process of creating them."

Graduate Student Open Access Award Recipients Announced - Current Grad Students

Posted: 24 May 2015 01:53 AM PDT

"The Carleton Library, the Graduate Students Association (GSA), and the Office of the Vice President (Research & International) have announced the winners of the 2014-2015 Graduate Student Open Access Award. This $5,000 award was established to support Carleton University graduate students in publishing research in open access journals. This year, more than 25 applications were received. The selection committee, composed of faculty and librarians, was impressed that so many graduate students are working to make their research more widely available by publishing in open access journals. The members wish to thank all the applicants, as well as encourage them to continue meeting such a high standard in research. They are confident that these papers reflect the range of high-quality, interesting, and varied research being conducted at Carleton ..."

Double Dipping in Hybrid Open Access – Chimera or Reality?1

Posted: 24 May 2015 01:49 AM PDT

[Abstract] The pros and cons of hybrid open access are heavily disputed. A main point of discussion is whether 'double dipping' takes place, i.e. paying twice to publish and read the same article. To prove publishers' assertions that they do not double dip, a survey was conducted of 24 publishers with detailed questions about their pricing policy using concrete examples. The outcome is quite sobering: the results range from partial double dipping to full double dipping, and in no instance did a 'no double-dipping' policy mean that no double dipping takes place.

Support Open Access publishing with the click of a button - The Student Blog

Posted: 24 May 2015 01:43 AM PDT

"The Open Access Button is a web and mobile app that helps students, researchers, patients and the public get access to academic research. In 2013 two undergraduate students in the United Kingdom, and a team of volunteer developers first led the development Open Access Button project. Now, we've grown to a team of over a dozen international students who are committed to helping people gain access to research and advocate for open access, which is the free access and re-use of scholarly research. People use research articles to learn about the world around them and advance scientific understanding. However, most people are unable to access research because individual articles can cost more than $40. Cost barriers have lead to very real deficits in scientific knowledge, sometimes with extreme consequences. In fact, a New York Times article written by a team leading Liberia's Ebola recovery plan underscores the importance of open access publishing. The team found a paper published in 1982 that first warned Liberia was at risk for an Ebola epidemic, but because the findings were locked behind a pay wall, national researchers were likely unable to access this potentially life-saving information. Open access can solve problems like making life-saving information publicly available, to helping a student get research for their term paper. The Open Access Button provides users with a quicker connection to open research than if they searched independently ..."

Springer partners with IMISCOE on open access journal and book series on migration

Posted: 24 May 2015 01:39 AM PDT

"Springer announces a partnership with IMISCOE, the largest network of excellence on migration and diversity in the world, for the publication of their open access journal Comparative Migration Studies and their book series IMISCOE Research Series. Comparative Migration Studies is an international, peer-reviewed open access journal that provides a platform for articles that focus on comparative research in migration, integration, and ethnic studies. Comparative Migration Studies presents readers with an extensive collection of comparative analysis, including studies between countries, groups, levels, and historical periods. It publishes research based on qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods and promotes the theoretical development of migration studies. All in all, the journal provides a unique and explicit comparative orientation in the field of migration, integration and ethnic studies. Thanks to funding from IMISCOE, Comparative Migration Studies will be published fully open access as part of SpringerOpen and SpringerLink. Springer will also publish the IMISCOE Research Series, the official book series of IMISCOE. Most titles in the series will be published open access and will be available through SpringerOpen as well as on SpringerLink. The series comprises publications which present empirical and theoretical research on different aspects of international migration. With authors being specialists, the books in this series provide a rich source of information for researchers and others involved in international migration studies. This series is published under the editorial supervision of the IMISCOE Editorial Committee which includes leading scholars from all over Europe."

Elsevier’s new sharing policy: A step in the wrong direction – Confessions of a Science Librarian

Posted: 24 May 2015 01:17 AM PDT

"Elsevier has released a new scholarly article sharing policy which is definitely more disappointing than really any cause for cheer. Basically the crux is that the only place that authors are allowed to have the final publication version of an article in a non-open access Elsevier publication is on the Elsevier website itself. Of course, after any embargo period has elapse or if the author has paid an author processing charge and published in a hybrid or gold open access journal, they are allowed to post the article on their own webpage or institutional repository. During the time that the article is most important for scholars to access, it's Elsevier only. Which is not a surprising policy in many ways for a publisher to have, after all they want to maximize their subscription fees as well as APCs not to mention traffic to their sites. But an issue that I (and many others) have with this new policy is that it may very well be in direct contravention to what authors are required to do to meet various institution and national open access policies. Canada's new policy requires open access to the final version within 12 months of publication, much shorter than many journal's embargo period. As such, this policy is potentially setting authors against their funders. And will no doubt cause many authors to either ignore the policy or put pressure on the government to water down the requirements. The requirement for a CC-BY-NC-ND license is also much too restrictive, forcing authors to adopt a licence that isn't the generally accepted (particularly in STEM fields) open access license of CC-BY. And I could go on. The policy is very long and very detailed, more than probably most people want to wade through. This length and complexity is an issue too ..."

From control to contempt - Scholarly Communications @ Duke

Posted: 24 May 2015 01:12 AM PDT

"I hope it was clear, when I wrote about the press release from Elsevier addressing their new approach to authors' rights and self-archiving, that I believe the fundamental issue is control.  In a comment to my original post, Mark Seeley, who is Elsevier's General Counsel, objected to the language I used about control.  Nevertheless, the point he made, about how publishers want people to access 'their content,' but in a way that 'ensures that their business has continuity' actually re-enforced that the language I used was right on the mark. My colleague Paolo Mangiafico has suggested that what these new policies are really about is capturing the ecosystem for scholarly sharing under Elsevier's control.  As Paolo points out, these new policies, which impose long embargo periods on do-it-yourself sharing by authors but offer limited opportunities to share articles when a link or API provided by Elsevier is used, should be seen alongside the company's purchase of Mendeley; both provide Elsevier an opportunity to capture data about how works are used and re-used, and both  reflect an effort to grab the reins over scholarly sharing to ensure that it is more difficult to share outside of Elsevier's walled garden than it is inside that enclosure. I deliberately quote Mr. Seeley's phrase about 'their content' because it is characteristic of how publishers seem to think about what they publish.  I believe it may even be a nearly unconscious gesture of denial of the evident fact that academic publishers rely on others — faculty authors, editors and reviewers — to do most of the work, while the publisher collects all of the profit and fights the authors for subsequent control of the works those authors have created. That denial must be resisted, however, because it is in that gesture that the desire for control becomes outright disrespect for the authors that publishing is supposed to serve. Nowhere is this disrespect more evident than in publisher claims that the works they publish are 'work made for hire,' which means, in legal terms, that the publisher IS the author.  The faculty member who puts pen to paper is completely erased from the transaction.  To be clear, as far as I know Elsevier is not making such a claim with its new policies.  But these work made for hire assertions are growing in academic publishing ..."

Scientist registry unveils plan to recognize efforts of peer-reviewers : Nature News & Comment

Posted: 24 May 2015 01:08 AM PDT

"More than 1.2 million people have signed up to use ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID), a registry or 'science passport' that allocates users a unique 16-digit identifier and webpage that they can use to record their publications and grants. And on 18 May, ORCID announced that users would soon be able to record on their profile the many different types of peer review they do. ORCID's executive director, Laure Haak, hopes that the initiative will give researchers greater incentive to take part in the peer-review process. Working with an international non-profit group called the Consortia Advancing Standards in Research Administration Information (CASRAI), ORCID and the open-access publisher Faculty of 1000 (F1000) in London worked to create a standard format in which to record multiple kinds of peer review. Within the format, researchers could record their reviews of manuscripts and grant applications, as well as online comments on papers and even work done for organizations (such as recommendations for faculty hiring), if they are allowed to publicly disclose their involvement. The format provides a way for records of reviews to be cited, and defines tags to label different parts of the record so that computer programs can read the data ..."

Librarians from EU organisations cooperate on Open Access challenges | Cedefop

Posted: 24 May 2015 01:03 AM PDT

"Eurolib, the collaboration group of libraries of the EU institutions, EU agencies and services, held its 2015 general assembly on 21 and 22 May at Cedefop in Thessaloniki, Greece. Discussions mainly focused on library management tools, collaboration and information sharing. Chairing the Presidency of the Eurolib network since 2010, Marc Willem, Head of Cedefop's Research support centre, presented a common European approach towards issues such as provision of access to EU documentation, EU publications and EU grey literature. A workshop focused on an important issue for all EU organisations: the setting-up of Open Access institutional repositories. The participants looked at practical issues, based on testimonials from Eurolib libraries and identified common challenges. Follow-up actions will include a feasibility study and a technical meeting in autumn in Brussels or Luxembourg ..."

What future for science communication on a European scale? | science-and-you.com

Posted: 24 May 2015 12:55 AM PDT

"Why are you personally, and Elsevier more generally, interested in an event like Science & You, and in science communication as a whole? My interest is that of a scientist by profession: after a PhD in molecular biology, I spent many years working in the biotech industry before turning towards science policy. For two years now, I have been working at Elsevier, where I connect up with the academic world and research in general, with the European Commission, the EUA, Science Europe… In addition, I am a member of the board of Euroscience, a Europe-wide organisation for the advancement of science. I am interested in the strategic aspect and science policy, that is to say, working towards science as a European issue. This question is a real challenge for Europe, which is very strong on scientific research, but perhaps does not demonstrate this well enough to its citizens. Science & You is an excellent means of bringing together scientists, citizens and politicians, because the event addresses a broad audience which is not made up of just scientists. What's more, it seems to me to be very important to reach out to young researchers, because it is they who will bring about a change in scientific culture, particularly concerning the questions of open science, which are key issues in the future development of science ..."

A Proposal for a New APSA Journal

Posted: 24 May 2015 12:43 AM PDT

"APSA proposes adding a new online-only open access journal to its publication portfolio. This journal will be free of all paywalls or subscription requirements, meaning that it will be accessible to anyone in the world with an Internet connection. The open access model, together with the absence of a print edition, will combine to create a barrier-free venue for the timely publication of high-quality, peer-reviewed articles, reflecting the research diversity of political science and emphasizing innovation in form, submission, review, and presentation. Such a journal will play a central role as part of the broader APSA strategy to help build and strengthen the discipline of political science in the US and abroad and to foster new developments in political science research. It will build on APSA's premium brand and ensure that the association publishes more of the top-level research output from its members. The proposed journal is an excellent fit with the academic and professional development priorities of the association and will permit the association to respond effectively and creatively to emergent trends in higher education and the social sciences. Its core objectives can be summarized as follows ..."

Elsevier sharing policy criticised over its open access credentials | News | Times Higher Education

Posted: 24 May 2015 12:39 AM PDT

"A major publisher's new sharing policy creates 'unnecessary barriers' to open access, according to an analysis. Elsevier updated its article sharing and hosting policies in April to broaden the ways that researchers can share their work. But the Confederation of Open Access Repositories has denounced the changes and urged Elsevier to revise them. More than 32 organisations and 100 individuals have signed a petition after an analysis by COAR and the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition concluded that the policy posed a 'significant obstacle to the dissemination and use of research knowledge, and creates unnecessary barriers for Elsevier published authors in complying with funders' open access policies'. Among the signatories of the petition are Research Libraries UK and the University of St Andrews Library. The changes still allow researchers to share their work when it is at each stage of the publication process, for example the preprint, accepted manuscript and final publication stage. But Elsevier has now added specific guidelines about how papers can be shared at each stage of the process. Institutional repositories, for example, no longer require a formal agreement to host full text content, and authors can share papers on social collaboration networks. However, the petition claims that the policy also imposes 'unacceptably long embargo periods of up to 48 months' before some journals' articles can be placed in open access repositories ..."

Digging into data: Open Access and Open Data - Research Database, The University of York

Posted: 24 May 2015 12:28 AM PDT

[Abstract]  Since its foundation in 1995, the e-journal Internet Archaeology has been exploring imaginative and novel methods of publishing online, but also of providing seamless access to underlying data archives. All its content is archived by the UK's Archaeology Data Service (ADS), and articles and data are all freely available. This paper will discuss exemplars of integrated publications and archives, ranging from the award-winning LEAP (Linked E-Archives and Publications) project, to the more recent development of data papers. It provides some ground-breaking examples of new forms of archaeological dissemination and demonstrates the transformative impact of Internet Archaeology on the publication of archaeological research.
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