Saturday, October 17, 2015

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Open Access Policies: An Introduction from COAPI - YouTube

Posted: 17 Oct 2015 01:39 AM PDT

"Learn about open access policies and their value to authors, readers, and the world at large. Start conversations on your campus about how to get started with an OA policy. This short animated video was developed by the Coalition of Open Access Policies (COAPI) with generous support from SPARC and ACRL."

Half-life is half the story | Unlocking Research

Posted: 17 Oct 2015 01:33 AM PDT

"This week the STM Frankfurt Conference was told that a shift away from gold Open Access towards green would mean some publishers would not be 'viable' according to a story in The Bookseller. The argument was that support for green OA in the US and China would mean some publishers will collapse and the community will 'regret it'. It is not surprising that the publishing industry is worried about a move away from gold OA policies. They have proved extraordinarily lucrative in the UK with Wiley and Elsevier each pocketing an extra £2 million thanks to the RCUK block grant funds to support the RCUK policy on Open Access. But let's get something straight. There is no evidence that permitting researchers to make a copy of their work available in a repository results in journal subscriptions being cancelled. None ..."

Google Gets Another Win in Book-Scanning Court Challenge – The Ticker - Blogs - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Posted: 17 Oct 2015 01:31 AM PDT

"The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit handed Google another victory on Friday in a high-profile case about copyright infringement, declaring that its scanning of books as part of the Google Books project constitutes fair use. In its ruling, a unanimous three-judge panel of the court upheld a federal judge's 2013 ruling against the Authors Guild, which sued the tech giant in 2005 ..."

"Institutional repository as a window of opportunity for scientist and institution - case study of AMUR" - Open Access Week

Posted: 17 Oct 2015 01:30 AM PDT

"19.10 at 12:00 (room 82) University Library in Poznań, Open Access Week lecture entitled 'Institutional repository as a window of opportunity for scientist and institution - case study of AMUR'. The lecture will be given by Małgorzata Rychlik, repository manager of AMUR."

Institutional repositories in El Salvador: Current Status and Prospects - Open Access Week

Posted: 17 Oct 2015 01:28 AM PDT

"Share  experience and  visions about institutional repositories from the point of view of many professionals"

International Open Access Week | EIFL

Posted: 17 Oct 2015 01:27 AM PDT

"Every year, libraries around the world advocate for change by taking part in International Open Access Week, a global event established by SPARC in 2008 which calls for open access (OA) as the new norm in scholarship and research. The theme this year, which is the 8th International OA Week, is 'Open for Collaboration'. The theme highlights the ways in which collaboration inspires and advances the OA movement — from the partnerships behind launching initiatives such as Public Library of Science (PLOS) and  ImpactStory, to the working relationships the community has established with policy makers that have delivered OA policies around the world. At a broader level, the theme provides an opportunity for OA supporters to consider working with those in similar, allied movements for Open Data and Open Education to advance common goals more quickly ..."

McMaster University: Open Access Week 2015.

Posted: 17 Oct 2015 01:25 AM PDT

"From October 19-23, join McMaster University Library for Open Access Week and learn more about how McMaster and other institutions, organizations and agencies across the globe are working to make this vision a reality ... McMaster University Library has developed a week of programming to help the McMaster community learn more about the evolving world of open access and to provide opportunities to participate in this global movement ..."

Preparing Early Career Researchers for Open Science - Open Access Week

Posted: 17 Oct 2015 01:23 AM PDT

"In the context of the International open Access Week 2015 the National Documentation Centre organizes the seminar 'Preparing Early Career Researchers for Open Science '. This is an immersive seminar on open access and open science for young researchers. This highlight accompanies the customary introductory short presentations that take place at set times for the duration of Open Access Week within the library of NHRF. More information on this and past open access week and other open access events by EKT at http://openaccess.gr/ekt_oa/oaweek/ "
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