Monday, September 28, 2015

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Open Science in der Soziologie - Eine interdisziplinäre Bestandsaufnahme zur offenen Wissenschaft und eine Untersuchung ihrer Verbreitung in der Soziologie

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:50 AM PDT

From Google's English: "On 18/09. is my thesis entitled "Open Science in Sociology - An interdisciplinary inventory to open science and a study of their distribution in sociology" appeared. It is both in print at a price of € 36.80 for order (ordering the publisher Werner Hülsenbusch  or via Amazon) as well as Open Access via Zenodo available. The publisher I want to thank for his support and unbureaucratic open access policy and can only recommend him colleagues....

 

"Here also the blurb:

"Open Science, the open science, aimed at the unconditional possible usability and availability of all accumulated largely in the research process information, primarily of text publications, research data and research software. Moreover, they should also bring transparency in scientific work moderating processes (such as the assessment and the review of text publications) and in the recovery of the review of scientific information relied Para (Impact metrics). Open science proponents therefrom a more efficient, innovation-friendly and transparent science because open information can be disseminated more quickly and easily and nachgenutzt and checked as non-open.

"The work is based on a multidisciplinary inventory of open science elements Open Access to Text publications, open access to research data, Open Access to Research Software, Open Review and Open Metrics, all more typically in the STM subjects (Science, Technology, Medicine) to find than in the social sciences or humanities. Based on this synopsis it is dedicated to going on the fachinhärenten specifics of sociology, which is commonly regarded as a latecomer in the Open Science, and empirically investigated the prevalence and relevance of open access to text publications, open access to research data, Open Access to Research Software, Open Review and Open Metrics in sociology."

Datatrics launches data science platform for marketeers - StartupJuncture

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:20 AM PDT

"Data science startup Datatrics came out of stealth mode this month with a new open data analytics platfom. We interviewed CEO  and 'data magician' Bas Nieland about the Datatrics strategy. Datatrics, based in Oldenzaal, was founded in 2014 and StartupJuncture met Datatrics for the first time at websummit 2014 in Dublin. At that time, the company did not have any products launched but performed data science for customers. Almost a year later, the startup is moving away from custom and closed projects towards an open platform ..."

- University of Leeds

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:18 AM PDT

"The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has proposed some amendments to its Open Access (OA) publication policy for research. The main changes proposed by HEFCE are: outputs accepted for publication from 1 April 2016 to March 2017 can be deposited in a repository at any time between acceptance and three months after the publication date: at the moment the deadline is three months after the date of acceptance outputs accepted as 'gold' open access may be treated as exceptions. See the HEFCE website for full details of the proposed changes.  HEFCE will review them during 2016. In the meantime, the University's Publications Policy will not change.  Authors should continue to 'deposit on acceptance'. ORCiD The University's Publications Policy encourages staff to register for an ORCiD identifier. This unique digital identifier can be applied to research outputs, awards and professional activities, allowing them to be linked.  This will help staff to ensure that their work is attributed correctly. See how to register and use an ORCiD identifier. Registration is straightforward and quick. Some research funders (for example the Wellcome Trust) and publishers already require applicants to use an ORCiD identifier."

Home الصفحة الرئيسية

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:08 AM PDT

"The Manar al-Athar website, based at the University of Oxford, aims to provide high resolution, searchable images for teaching, research, and publication. These images of archaeological sites, with buildings and art, will cover the areas of the former Roman empire which later came under Islamic rule, such as Syro-Palestine/the Levant, Arabia, Egypt, North Africa and Spain. The chronological range is from Alexander the Great (i.e., from about 300 BC) through, the Islamic period to the present. It is the first website of its kind providing such material labelled jointly in both Arabic and English. We will also be publishing related material, both online and on paper, in English and Arabic."

Team Leader – Agriculture Open Data Specialist | ReliefWeb

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:06 AM PDT

"MONTROSE is an international development project management and consultancy company providing support to clients operating in the developing world. Specialised in the sectors of health, education, rural livelihoods and private sector development, our clients include bilateral and multilateral development agencies, the private sector, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and other development stakeholders ..."

Digital Public Library of America » Blog Archive » Help the Copyright Office Understand How to Address Mass Digitization

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 08:42 AM PDT

"Wouldn't libraries and archives like to be able to digitize their collections and make the texts and images available to the world online? Of course they would, but copyright inhibits this for most works created in the last 100 years. The U.S. Copyright Office recently issued a report and a request for comments on its proposal for a new licensing system intended to overcome copyright obstacles to mass digitization. While the goal is laudable, the Office's proposal is troubling and vague in key respects. The overarching problem is that the Office's proposal doesn't fully consider how libraries and archives currently go about digitization projects, and so it misidentifies how the law should be improved to allow for better digital access. It's important that libraries and archives submit comments to help the Office better understand how to make recommendations for improvements. Below is a summary of the Office's proposal and five specific reasons why libraries and archives should have reservations about it. I strongly encourage you to read the proposal and Notice of Inquiry closely and form your own judgment about it. For commenting, a model letter is available here (use this form to fill in basic information), but you should tailor it with details that are important to your institution. Comments are due to the Copyright Office by October 9, 2015. The comment submission page is here."

Front | Open UBC Week

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 08:39 AM PDT

" ... Embedded within the vision of post-secondary institutions across British Columbia are the values of contributing to knowledge across disciplines and sharing the results of research with the local and global communities. Spurred by the need to make higher education accessible to all, the open movement has gained ground as the Internet evolved to enable easy sharing of different forms of media. However, while the notion of "open" in higher education has been growing in British Columbia, the default scholarly approach is still closed. It is time for the scholarly conversation to shift from why open, to why not open? This event will feature discussion about collaboration within the open movement and role of openness in higher education in British Columbia and examine: • if and why BC's universities and colleges should embrace open practices • what impact open access and the reuse of educational materials would have on the cost and efficacy of higher education • what role the governments of Canada and British Columbia should play in opening higher education ..."

New Research Tools: Harvard’s Berkman Center Launches “Internet Monitor Dashboard” | LJ INFOdocket

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 08:37 AM PDT

"The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University is pleased to announce the launch of the Internet Monitor dashboard, a freely accessible tool that aims to improve information for policymakers, researchers, advocates, and user communities working to shape the future of the Internet by helping them understand trends in Internet health and activity through data analysis and visualization ..."

About | Internet Monitor

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 08:36 AM PDT

"Internet Monitor is a research project based at Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet & Society. Internet Monitor's aim is to evaluate, describe, and summarize the means, mechanisms, and extent of Internet content controls and Internet activity around the world. The project helps researchers, advocates, policymakers, and user communities understand trends in Internet health and activity through research, analysis, and data visualization. Internet Monitor has three components: The Internet Monitor platform and Access Index give policy makers, digital activists, researchers, and user communities an authoritative, independent, and multi-faceted set of quantitative data on the state of the global Internet. The platform brings together 15 indicators on Internet access and infrastructure to create the Internet Monitor Access Index, which offers a starting point for further analysis of Internet access conditions in 92 countries. The Internet Monitor research series provides expert analysis on the state of the global Internet, focusing on on notable events and trends in the digital space. The Internet Monitor dashboard offers users the opportunity to customize a collection of data visualization "widgets" according to their interest. The dashboard compiles and curates data from multiple sources, including primary data collected by the Berkman Center and our partners, as well as relevant secondary data. Users can create individual boards that provide a real-time view of the state of the Internet across a variety of dimensions, enable easy comparisons across countries and data sources, and are easy to configure, edit, and share. Internet Monitor is a project of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. It is funded by the US Department of State and the MacArthur Foundation. For more information about the project, please see the Berkman Center website ..."

Defining an open access service | Jisc

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 08:30 AM PDT

"This webinar, delivered in partnership with the Association of Research Managers and Administrators (ARMA) will equip participants with the knowledge and practical realities of implementing an open access strategy and ensure compliance with policies at both a domestic and European level. Targeting the UK's professional community of research managers, administrators, librarians and all other institutional staff who are involved in or have an interest in the implementation of open access (OA), this second in a series of webinars will aim to deliver enhanced understanding of open access implementation across a range of thematic areas."

Smithsonian Announces Public Access Plan for Research | MPLIC Reference Highway

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 08:29 AM PDT

"The Smithsonian has released its Plan for Increased Public Access to Results of Federally Funded Research, based on the principles outlined by the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Through the new plan, all applicable publications and supporting data resulting from federally funded research will be available through the Smithsonian Research Online (SRO) website or CHORUS, a nonprofit membership organization that helps federal entities increase public access to research. The plan will take effect Oct. 1 and apply to articles submitted to publishers on or after that date … The public will be able to access qualifying manuscripts through either SRO or CHORUS after a designated waiting period. SRO will archive accepted manuscripts collected under the plan. It will also archive PDF copies of final publications when permitted by publishers."

One-day course: Open Data Science | European Public Sector Information Platform

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 08:23 AM PDT

The Open Data Institute will host a one-day paid course in London this October, designed to give participants practical knowledge and skills related to Open Data Science.

Homo naledi fossil discovery a triumph for open access and education

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 08:22 AM PDT

" ... As our cavers and scientists worked underground in challenging conditions, we kept the world up to date on Twitter, Facebook and with our Rising Star Expedition blog. Since those first days, the team has worked to build open access into every stage of the project. People can now share not only in the discovery but also in the process of understanding these ancient hominins. After nearly two years of work, on September 10 we published our first scientific papers on this discovery in the journal eLIFE. These original scientific descriptions of these fossils and their geological context are free for anyone in the world to download and share ..."

Open access offers alternatives to traditional research journals | The Daily Texan

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 08:21 AM PDT

"For the UT libraries, which constantly grapple with a small number of powerful, dollar-minded research journal publishers over the cost of texts, solving a minor financial crisis could entail taking a step back from the age-old industry altogether. With spending stagnant and the cost of research journals steadily rising year-over-year, embracing the concept of open access — putting articles out freely on the Internet and skipping paywalls — has emerged as a practical work-around for the UT Libraries that also keeps UT at the forefront of academic publishing ... But Haricombe said she sees opportunity in open access — for financial and philosophical reasons. Although the idea is not new, Haricombe said she hopes to establish a more serious focus on the concept at UT, declaring the 2015–2016 school year as 'the year of open' ..."

From Scientific Discovery to Cures: Bright Stars within a Galaxy: Cell

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 08:17 AM PDT

"We propose that data mining and network analysis utilizing public databases can identify and quantify relationships between scientific discoveries and major advances in medicine (cures). Further development of such approaches could help to increase public understanding and governmental support for life science research and could enhance decision making in the quest for cures."

Introducing Contributorship Badges - The Ubiquity Press Blog

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 08:14 AM PDT

"We are now rolling out Contributorship Badges for authors on the Ubiquity journals platform, in collaboration with the Mozilla Science Lab, ORCiD, the Wellcome Trust, Digital Science, PLOS and BioMed Central. The badges help authors claim specific credit for the roles they've played in the production of a paper. This not only ensures that everyone receives fair credit for their contribution, but also helps specialist contributors (e.g. of coding or data curation) to be given more weighting within their communities ..."

About the Project | Dictionaria: towards a Dictionary Journal

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 08:07 AM PDT

"In our project we are working on starting an electronic open access journal that publishes dictionaries of minor languages in database format. We are very glad to have received DFG funding for a start-up phase of four years. The name of the new journal, to be launched in 2016, is "Dictionaria". This journal will be part of the family of publications that belong to the Cross-Linguistic Linked Data framework (e.g. WALS, Glottolog, and APiCS). Collecting the words of as many languages around the world as possible is an important task of comparative linguistics, but up to now there was no good way of publishing high-quality dictionary data of minor languages. Conventional online dictionaries are not regular refereed publications and thus neither guarantee high quality nor do they contribute to career-building. They are often made available outside a stable institutional context and usually put their entries on html pages that emulate the format of print dictionaries, rather than exploiting the possibilities of electronic publication (database publication, using the principles of Linked Data) ..."

BMC Medicine | Article collections | Spotlight on breast cancer

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 08:04 AM PDT

"Breast cancer is the most common cancer type in women worldwide, with around 1.5 million new cases diagnosed every year. Despite the high incidence, advances in detection and treatment in recent years mean that more women than ever are surviving breast cancer, with an 89% 5-year survival rate in Western countries. Although men can also be affected, male breast cancer is very rare, accounting for less than 1% of all cancer in men. Advances in molecular subtyping of breast cancer and the development of targeted therapies have greatly impacted breast cancer survival rates, and many clinical trials are now underway to determine the best therapeutic strategy for those with different types of breast cancer, as well as in the pre- and post-surgical setting. Although breast cancer risk increases greatly with age, around 7% of all cases occur in women under 40, and there are unique issues facing younger women with breast cancer, such as long-term treatment effects and the impact on fertility. As people are living longer with breast cancer, clinicians are increasingly recognizing the impact of disease prognosis and treatment on quality of life, with ongoing efforts aimed at defining the optimal treatment strategy for individual patients. This article collection in BMC Medicine aims to highlight the latest progress in breast cancer risk profiling, detection and treatment, as well as the long-term issues faced by those surviving breast cancer. We are seeking submissions of research articles covering all areas of breast cancer medicine, including clinical studies of new therapies, molecular genomics and translational advances. If you have any research you would like us to consider for inclusion in this article collection, please email bmcmedicineeditorial@biomedcentral.com."

Open Library of Humanities Officially Launched Today With Support From 99 Institutions | LJ INFOdocket

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 08:01 AM PDT

"Over two years in the planning and execution, the platform starts with seven journals, supported by 99 institutions. Our estimated publication volume for year one is 150 articles across these venues. The economics of this work out at approximately £4 ($6) per institution per open-access article. You can read more about the platform in our editorial piece: 'Opening the Open Library of Humanities'. Crucially, we will be publishing new material in the OLH Journal on a weekly rolling cycle, so do keep your eyes peeled for fresh articles. This is, of course, only the beginning. What we have built should be understood as an economic, social and technological platform for a transition to open access, not just a publisher. Certainly, what we've built goes well beyond a proof of concept; at launch we are the same size as a small university press and have an underlying economic model with good levels of support and a path to sustainability ..."

OLH Launches | Open Library of Humanities

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 07:58 AM PDT

"It is with great pleasure that we announce the launch of the Open Library of Humanities. Over two years in the planning and execution, the platform starts with seven journals, supported by 99 institutions. Our estimated publication volume for year one is 150 articles across these venues. The economics of this work out at approximately £4 ($6) per institution per open-access article ..."

Open Access Week 2015 and the DOAJ Volunteer Loyalty Program | News Service

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 07:45 AM PDT

"What are you doing for Open Access Week 2015 (OAW 2015)? Perhaps you are holding a workshop at your university or giving a presentation in your library? OAW 2015 is the EIGHTH OAW and DOAJ stand firmly behind it. To honour this year's OAW, DOAJ is launching a volunteer loyalty program. You may have read about our wonderful volunteers that give a few hours of their time every week to review new journal applications. Our volunteers do fantastic work and are a talented and dedicated bunch. We decided that we should honour the fantastic work that they do with a series of rewards. We will be awarding a certificate of loyalty and achievement* to volunteers for every 50 applications reviewed and completed. The more applications a volunteer reviews, the more certificates they get. We're designing the certificate just now but I'll post an example here as soon as I have one. We will also be listing all our working volunteers on our site. I'll add a link to that page later. We're exploring the option of awarding Mozilla Open Badges so that a DOAJ volunteer can officially declare their work for DOAJ. we will host an annual virtual volunteer meeting to bring our volunteers together and give them the opportunity to network, exchange ideas or ask questions. Watch this space! If you are interested in volunteering for us, please get in touch! We are always looking for volunteers to help us process applications. *Credit to Felipe G. Nievinski, one of our volunteers, for the original idea. Thanks Felipe!"

Science in the Open » Blog Archive » The Political Economics of Open Access Publishing – A series

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 07:44 AM PDT

"One of the odd things about scholarly publishing is how little any particular group of stakeholders seems to understand the perspective of others. It is easy to start with researchers ourselves, who are for the most part embarrassingly ignorant of what publishing actually involves. But those who have spent a career in publishing are equally ignorant (and usually dismissive to boot) of researchers' perspectives. Each in turn fail to understand what libraries are or how librarians think. Indeed the naive view that libraries and librarians are homogenous is a big part of the problem. Librarians in turn often fail to understand the pressures researchers are under, and are often equally ignorant of what happens in a professional publishing operation. And of course everyone hates the intermediaries. That this is a political problem in a world of decreasing research resources is obvious. What is less obvious is the way that these silos have prevented key information and insights from travelling to the places where they might be used ... I'm increasingly feeling that the old debates (what's a reasonable cost, green vs gold, hybrid vs pure) are sterile and misleading. That we are missing fundamental economic and political issues in funding and managing a global scholarly communications ecosystem by looking at the wrong things. And that there are deep and damaging misunderstandings about what has happened, is happening, and what could happen in the future ... "

Scholastica Blog — Scholastica & Altmetric Announce Free eBook: The...

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 07:38 AM PDT

"Scholastica and Altmetric today release a new free-to-download eBook resource: The Evolution of Impact Indicators: From bibliometrics to altmetrics. As technology surfaces more opportunities to gauge the reach and influence of scholarly research than ever before, research impact remains in a constant state of evolution. Whether you're a researcher, a member of an academic journal, or both you're likely wondering - how will changes in the way we gauge the impact of research impact me? In a new free ebook resource titled The Evolution of Impact Indicators: From bibliometrics to altmetrics, Scholastica and Altmetric offer some answers to this question and insights into the current state of research impact and the rise of alternative metrics. The ebook explores challenges inherent in gauging research by citation-based metrics alone, which can take a long time to accrue, limit the scope of research impact to academia, and generally do not account for alternative research outputs. Additionally, the ebook offers a breakdown of the benefits of altmetrics, as well as real-life use cases of journals and scholars combining altmetrics and bibliometrics to get a broader view of their research impact ..."

PASTEUR4OA Case Study: Institutional policy implementation at University of Minho, Portugal

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 07:36 AM PDT

[Summary] This case study describes the implementation process of the Open Access institutional policy at the University of Minho (UMinho), Portugal. Starting with a brief introduction about the institution, in terms of its academic community and research, the document then provides a detailed description of the steps taken to implement the UMinho's institutional repository (the IR) and the Open Access policy. We highlight the main goals which oriented the implementation of the repository, the devised communication plan, the value-added services created for authors, and finally, the engagement within the international community in these areas. Regarding the Open Access policy, we present a brief summary of the main points of the self-archiving policy, approved late 2004, and also point out the main additions to the policy when it was upgraded in 2011. This case study also provides some figures and tables about the results of the various monitoring processes carried out by the University of Minho Documentation Services to follow-up and measure policy compliance. In summary, since the beginning of 2004 with the IR implementation, several initiatives have been taking place with the purpose of increasing the number of deposited documents. The Open Access policy adoption was, definitely, the main success factor amongst all the other initiatives and efforts.

Open science country notes | Innovation Policy Platform

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 07:33 AM PDT

"The country notes  present up-to-date information on the key actors in open science, and review recent policy trends in the areas of open access, research data, infrastructure, and skills at the national and international levels. These notes thus constitute a mapping of recent policy efforts to promote open science in OECD member and selected non-member countries. The information was gathered using a common template in the course of 2014, and is current as of Summer 2015."

ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 07:31 AM PDT

[From the Foreward] "Science is the mother of the digital age. And yet, twenty-two years after CERN placed the World Wide Web software in the public domain, effectively creating the open internet, science itself has struggled not only to 'go digital' but also to 'go open'. This report, Making open science a reality reviews the progress in OECD countries in making the results of publicly funded research, namely scientific publications and research data openly accessible to researchers and innovators alike. The report i) reviews the policy rationale behind open science and open data; ii) discusses and presents evidence on the impacts of policies to promote open science and open data; iii) explores the legal barriers and solutions to greater access to research data; iv) provides a description of the key actors involved in open science and their roles; and finally v) assesses progress in OECD and selected non-member countries based a survey of recent policy trends ..."

MADE IN LATIN AMERICA: OPEN ACCESS, SCHOLARLY JOURNALS, AND REGIONAL INNOVATIONS

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 07:29 AM PDT

[From the Foreward] "LATIN AMERICA IS THE MOST ADVANCED REGION in the world when it comes to adopting open access to their scientific and scholarly journals, which, for the most part, are available full text on the Web at no cost to either the reader or the author, significantly increasing the visibility and accessibility to scientific production in the region. This movement of open access to journals in the region was driven primarily by regional initiatives: SciELO; RedALyC; Latindex, the Portal of Portals (PPL); and, recently, journal collections in institutional open access digital repositories. These institutional repositories collaborate in national repository systems for science and technology that cooperate regionally under the Federated Network of Institutional Repositories of Scientific Publications 'La Referencia' (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas), a movement endorsed by advances at domestic legislation level in favor of open access to scientific information through digital repositories. Latin America distinguishes itself from other regions of the world by considering the scientific information as a common good. All the above initiatives are publicly funded and managed by the same academic community that publishes scientific journals, unlike in Europe and the United States, where much of the scientific communication — mainly journals — has been outsourced and commercialized. MADE IN LATIN AMERICA 12 The book presented here provides the results of exploratory research and different perspectives on achievements, detected problems and challenges the region will be facing in the future, in relation to access, visibility, and scientific and social impact of research published in journals in Latin America, the evaluation of these journals by assessment systems and incentives for academic and scientific careers in the region. The coordinators of this initiative, Juan Pablo Alperin (PKP) and Gustavo Fischman (FLACSO), provide recommendations to address the paradoxes detected by the authors of the studies and essays, which are the result of the project Quality in Open Access Scholarly Communication in Latin America, coordinated by FLACSO-Brazil and a team of researchers from Latindex, Public Knowledge Project (PKP), RedALyC, and SciELO-Brazil, funded by the International Development and Research Center (IDRC)-Canada ..."

Open access chemical probes for epigenetic targets

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 07:18 AM PDT

[Abstract] "Background: High attrition rates in drug discovery call for new approaches to improve target validation. Academia is filling gaps, but often lacks the experience and resources of the pharmaceutical industry resulting in poorly characterized tool compounds. Discussion: The SGC has established an open access chemical probe consortium, currently encompassing ten pharmaceutical companies. One of its mandates is to create well-characterized inhibitors (chemical probes) for epigenetic targets to enable new biology and target validation for drug development. Conclusion: Epigenetic probe compounds have proven to be very valuable and have not only spurred a plethora of novel biological findings, but also provided starting points for clinical trials. These probes have proven to be critical complementation to traditional genetic targeting strategies and provided sometimes surprising results."

Advocacy Resources | PASTEUR4OA

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 06:10 AM PDT

A catalog of the PASTEUR4OA Advocacy Resources.
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