Monday, June 22, 2015

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Open and Shut?: HEFCE, Elsevier, the “copy request” button, and the future of open access

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 02:17 AM PDT

" ... Currently, the signs are not great. Eleven months after HEFCE's announcement (and doubtless in response to it), Elsevier published a set of new sharing and hosting policies that, far from signalling the extinction of publisher embargoes, would seem more likely to set them in concrete. Most significantly, where previously authors were permitted to make papers they deposit in their institutional repository freely available from day one, henceforth Elsevier-published papers can only be made OA after the expiration of the specific journal's embargo — as Harnad was quick to complain. But if Harnad is right to argue that the button moots any publisher embargo does this matter? It would seem so, for two reasons. First, it is far from clear that researchers routinely respond to copy requests. Certainly that would seem to be the conclusion of a 2010 study undertaken by a group of open access advocates (including Harnad). While by no means a detailed or extensive study (reporting as it does on the use of the button in just three institutional repositories) the findings are not encouraging. Approval rates [i.e. when authors responded positively to a copy request] in these institutions varied from 27% (University of Minho), through 47% (University of Southampton) to 60% (University of Stirling). Moreover, these rates have subsequently fallen at the University of Minho, to just 23% last year. We don't know whether Southampton and Stirling have seen a similar drop, but the director of the University of Minho's documentation services Eloy Rodrigues reports that researchers quickly get 'tired' of using the button. Second, it has yet to be satisfactorily established that it is lawful to use the 'copy request' button. Harnad and fellow OA advocates argue that its use is covered by the fair use/fair dealing rules associated with copyright. But not everyone agrees ..."

Top tips for Early Career Researchers about Open Access - YouTube

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 02:07 AM PDT

In this video Erin gives her top tips for Early Career Researchers about doing Open Access.

Why Do Libraries Pay More Money for e-books?

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 02:02 AM PDT

"Libraries in Canada and the United States have been quite enamored with establishing digital collections. This includes audiobooks e-books, magazines, newspapers and video. 95% of all libraries in these two countries have an e-book collection and the costs are starting to add up. Predatory pricing by major publishers are pricing their e-books almost 500% more than the Kindle edition and libraries have had enough. The simple truth is that there is no uniform landscape of e-book pricing for libraries. Some publishers only allow for an e-book to be borrowed 26 times before the library has to purchase it again. Others opt for the digital license to expire after a single year. Random House and Hachette charge between 100% and 500% more for an e-book over the Kindle or Nook edition. The Toronto Public Library have been providing some very illuminating figures that really drive home how expensive e-books really are. The new Michael Connelly novel Burning Room costs $14.99 on Amazon, but they are paying $106.00 per copy. John Grisham's Grey Mountain costs $15.99 for anyone wanting to buy the Nook version, but libraries pay $85.00. Interested in checking out the new David Baldacci novel The Escape? You can purchase the Kobo digital edition for $14.99 and libraries are gouged $106.00. Why are e-book prices so expensive for libraries? Well to answer that question we have to look at the fundamental difference between print and an e-book ..."

ICT Centre of Excellence and Open Data –iCEOD

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 01:56 AM PDT

"Prof Muliaro Wafula PhD. FCCS,FCSK (Director ICT Centre of Excellence and Open Data –iCEOD, JKUAT) at the Forum on Open Data and Open Science in Agriculture on 15th June 2015"

Our Mission | Digital meets Culture

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 01:52 AM PDT

"The phenomenon of globalization and the spread of digital infrastructures – which are both the means and the cause of globalization itself – have been creating an interrelation among the fields of culture, once considered very distant. Today, the sciences, the arts, the humanities, while retaining irreducible differences, tend to meet, contaminate and mutually enrich through the use of new media and new technologies. DIGITALMEETSCULTURE is intended as a portal for gathering information about the digital culture in the world, taking into account the different approaches that science, cultural heritage and arts have to the digital age. This portal aims to act as a reference point and as a valuable mean of information and communication for different users in a global dimension. It is conceived as a meeting place between technologies and arts & humanities. The use of the network and digital technology is evolving towards more and more interactive forms, with a clear trend towards the interchangeability of roles between sender and receiver of information (Web 2.0). In particular, the speed and the amount of information offered by new technologies, allow, through specific projects, to increase the accessibility to cultural heritage: works of art, texts and documents, whose physical accessibility is limited by many factors, can be readily available to the global network, thus increasing the possibilities of use and approaching researchers, experts, enthusiasts and curious ones to a field which initially was elitist. In addition, more and more artists of every discipline, from visual to performance arts, use computer technology as a tool and the web as a space for displaying and disseminating their works. DIGITALMEETSCULTURE aims to promote and to foster the spread of the digital culture for its considerable innovative impact on the society, for its positive effects on the circulation of information and on the communication of ideas among and across different fields, and for its contribution to creative thinking ..."

Open Data and the Future of Science by Professor Geoffrey Boulton - YouTube

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 01:48 AM PDT

"This webinar is a rare opportunity for the Australian data community to hear more about Prof Geoffrey Boulton's views on open data and how it can be achieved, as well as this groundbreaking Report, and its six key areas for action. Professor Geoffrey Boulton is an international leader in the open science movement. He is Regius Professor of Geology and Vice Principal Emeritus at the University of Edinburgh, the lead author on 'Science as an open enterprise', current president of CoDATA (International Council for Science : Committee on Data for Science and Technology) and shares his own research as a glaciologist. This webinar would be of interest to: -- Librarians -- Researchers -- Data Managers -- Publishers More information: -- Science as an open enterprise Report: https://royalsociety.org/policy/proje... -- CODATA: http://www.codata.org/"

BOSTON #ODSC (Cambridge, MA) - Meetup

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 01:33 AM PDT

"The focus of this meetup group is to present informative lectures, hands-on tutorials, and networking events to help grow the use of open source languages and tools within the data science and data-centric community. As such our specific goals are: 1. Host data science talks specific to our goals 2. Promote the use of open source languages and tools amongst data scientists and    others. 3. Host educational workshops 4. Spread awareness of new open source languages and tools that can be used in data   science 5. Contribute back to the open source community ..."

OAI9 OMP workshop -- Publishing Open Access Books

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 01:31 AM PDT

Use the link to access the presentation.  

JAMA Network | JAMA | Science, Medicine, and Society:  A View From the Wellcome Trust

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 01:28 AM PDT

" ... The Wellcome Trust was established in London in 1936, under the will of Sir Henry Wellcome, to advance medical research and the understanding of its history. The Trust continues to pursue that vision today, supported by investments currently worth about $27 billion, of which more than $1 billion is spent each year around the world.3 The Trust funds research across the biomedical sciences and biotechnology, interrogating the fundamental processes of life in health and in sickness and using that knowledge to develop ways to promote well-being and to diagnose, treat, or prevent disease. Because the Trust appreciates the importance of the history and social contexts of medicine, it also supports research across the medical humanities, social sciences, and bioethics, as well as funding for artists and educators to engage the public with research. Wellcome Collection, a free public venue, offers exhibitions and events exploring the connections between medicine, life, and art. Last year saw the culmination of Art in Global Health, a project and exhibition involving artist residencies in Trust-funded research centers in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Malawi, Kenya, Thailand, and Vietnam. Such a range of activities provides a unique perspective on health and medicine, incorporating culture and society with science and innovation. Being independent, the Trust can work with national governments, health care systems, and pharmaceutical companies anywhere in the world, as well as with academia, whether funding basic cell biology, population health research, commercial applications, or capacity building and engagement. As part of the Affordable Healthcare in India scheme, for example, the Trust recently supported OneBreath, a Silicon Valley start-up, and Vaatsalya, a health care company in India, to develop a new ventilator that could substantially increase access to mechanical ventilation in Indian community hospitals and help prevent deaths from respiratory illnesses. In the United Kingdom, a different perspective is being explored in a project called Life of Breath: pulmonologists, philosophers of medicine, cultural scholars, and people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are working together to understand the subjective experience of breathing and breathlessness. The Trust can take a very long-term view ,,,:

The RECODE project recommendations for Open Access to Research Data are now available | Digital Agenda for Europe | European Commission

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 01:26 AM PDT

The RECODE project identified two overarching issues that are inhibiting take-up of policies related to open access to research data: a lack of a coherent open data ecosystem; and a lack of attention to the specificity of research practices, processes and forms of data collections. Against this background, the report provides policy recommendations on open access to research data targeted at key stakeholders in promoting open access: research funders; data managers; research institutions; and publishers. These recommendations will assist the above stakeholders in furthering the goals of open access to research data in each of their organizations and networks.

DOAJ Updated site information | News Service

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 01:24 AM PDT

"The site information pages on DOAJ have had an overhaul (long overdue!) and hopefully it is now easier for you to find all the information you need about submitting journals to DOAJ, uploading metadata or just about DOAJ itself. Three pages have changed: About DOAJ. It is now clearer that DOAJ is a member organisation. There is a new section about the DOAJ constitution and a more detail about what DOAJ is and who it partners with. Information for publishers. This page has been revamped to bring together information from a couple of pages and make it clearer about some of the basic criteria that your journal must meet before you submit an application. We have clarified our current admission policy in a disclaimer, making it clearer on how DOAJ treats publishers or journals who are found to be providing false information. (The disclaimer has also been added to the top of the application form.) It is now clearer about what happens when an application is accepted or rejected, including a list of common reasons for rejection. A complaints process has been added. The list of FAQs for publishers has been expanded and updated to include new information, for example on the DOAJ Seal. Frequently Asked Questions. The FAQs page has been restructured and expanded to include new and updated information. There is a new section for developers and on how to contribute to DOAJ. It is now clearer on how to get hold of, and what you can do with, our metadata ..."

bjoern.brembs.blog » What happens to publishers that don’t maximize their profit?

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 01:15 AM PDT

"Lately, there has been some public dreaming going on about how one could just switch to open access publishing by converting subscription funds to author processing charges (APCs) and we'd have universal open access and the whole world would rejoice. Given that current average APCs have been found to be somewhat lower than current subscription costs (approx. US$3k vs. US$5k) per article, such a switch, at first, would have not one but two benefits: reduced overall publishing costs to the taxpayer/institution and full access to all scholarly literature for everyone. Who could possibly complain about that? Clearly, such a switch would be a win-win situation at least in the short term. However, what would happen in the mid- to long-term? As nobody can foresee the future with any degree of accuracy, one way of projecting future developments is to look at past developments. The intent of the switch is to use library funds to cover APC charges for all published articles. This is a situation we have already had before. This is what happens when you allow publishers to negotiate prices with our librarians – hyperinflation ..."

PeerJ receives its first (partial) Impact Factor | PeerJ Blog

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 01:13 AM PDT

"PeerJ received its first Impact Factor last week (which is a 'partial' Impact Factor, and came in at 2.1). We know that being listed in the Web of Science and receiving an Impact Factor is very important for many stakeholders, and so this represents another milestone in our short history (having started our publication program in February 2013). From over 2,000 articles and preprints published to over 2 million article views and downloads, PeerJ is growing from strength to strength. For those not familiar with this metric, the 2014 Impact Factor is the number of citations in 2014 to articles published in 2012 and 2013 divided by the number of articles published in 2012 and 2013. Our very first Impact Factor is classed as partial because PeerJ only started publishing part way through the normal evaluation 'window' (of 2012-2013) and so our articles have not yet had the full time period in which to accrue citations. In other words because PeerJ only began publishing articles just over two years ago our first Impact Factor is drawn from the citation data of only 10.5 months of published articles rather than the standard 24 months. The diagram below shows exactly how much data is covered in our first Impact Factor versus the 2015 Impact Factor we are due to receive next year. We feel it is important to make this distinction in order for our existing and potential authors to see the true article data behind these citation numbers ..."

Latest 10 NEW OpenAIRE data providers: some of the most recent from M…

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 01:03 AM PDT

New OpenAIRE Data Providers. Some of the most recent from May and June 2015! + 1 million Open Access documents visible and curated in OpenAIRE!

Institutional ORCID Implementation and CostBenefit Analysis Report

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 12:42 AM PDT

"In May 2014, Jisc and ARMA commissioned eight HEI ORCID Pilot projects to support the broader use of ORCID unique researcher identifiers (ORCID iDs) in UK higher education. Information Power Ltd and Research Consulting Ltd were commissioned to prepare this report on the results of the eight pilot projects in order to: » Inform how ORCID is implemented in UK HEIs; » Enable institutional managers to build a business case for ORCID adoption in HEIs; and » Encourage wider adoption of ORCID iDs The report is based on semi-structured interviews with the Jisc-ARMA ORCID pilot projects and other research community stakeholders conducted either face-to-face or through telephone/Skype interviews, attendance at the September 2014 and January 2015 pilot project workshops and desk-based review of other relevant evidence. The key findings are presented in three parts, and are summarised below. A checklist summarising the lessons learned from the Jisc-ARMA ORCID pilot projects has also been developed, and is included at Appendix C ..."

Open science: revolution or continuity? [eScholarship]

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 12:28 AM PDT

Use the link to access the book chapter.

New project will gather biological data from children with autism for largest open-access repository - Autism Daily Newscast

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 12:23 AM PDT

"Autism researcher from Standford's School of Medicine Dennis Wall will lead a new project aimed at assembling data for the largest open-access repository of bioinformatic data on autism spectrum disorder. The new program is called The Hartwell Autism Research and Technology Initiative A.K.A iHeart and will be funded by a $9million grant from the Hartwell Foundation, a charity focused on funding autism studies aimed at the improving health of people on the spectrum. PhD Dennis Wall told the Stanford Medicine Newsletter that the goal for iHART is to make computing and analytical platforms easily accessible in order to perform complex queries 'that may refine the definitions of autism'. He further added that they hope to make solutions that will 'help families and their children.' The program will make available data from about 5,000 people with autism spectrum disorder. Some of the data that it will look at will include phenotypes, genomics, imaging of brain activity, gut microbiome and blood-based biomarkers. The Hartwell Foundation will also work with the Simons Foundation, the University of California-Los Angeles and the New York Genome Center to collect more data for a clearer picture of autism ..."

Open Access: A Chronology |

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 12:20 AM PDT

"I was first introduced to open access in early 2012, through the website of CERN, where the web started in 1990. All what I knew so far was about Creative Commons and the Public Library of Science (PLOS), probably a good start but not enough. I am learning about open access every day, and will try to enrich this chronology when/if possible. The purpose is not a list with 1,000 links because such lists already exist. The purpose is a small list with websites that can be checked thoroughly to learn more about the open access movement. Peter Suber's Open Access (the book) was very helpful to start this chronology. Here is also a chronology for ebooks I worked on from 1998 until 2010 (with an ongoing short version) ..."

A Curious Look over the Edge | Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB)

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 12:15 AM PDT

"Today, 12 years after the Berlin Declaration, the characteristic adjective "open" can be found in the most diverse scientific and social discourses [25]. In science and research, the subject Open Access increasingly refers to research data and research processes. Mass digitization of cultural artifacts and the application of information technology not only technically open up new framework conditions for knowledge production; they also enable a view beyond the horizon and confront traditional academic discourse with changed epistemic aspects ..."
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