Sunday, October 4, 2015

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Strategies for Success: Open Access Policies at North American Educational Institutions

Posted: 04 Oct 2015 01:43 AM PDT

[Abstract] Recognizing the paucity of quantitative and qualitative data from North American educational institutions that have pursued open access policies, the authors devised a survey to collect information on the characteristics of these institutions, as well as the elements of the open access policies, the methods of promoting these policies, faculty concerns about the policies, and how those concerns have been addressed. The data collected through survey results from fifty‐one institutions can inform the strategic decisions being made by other institutions considering an open access policy and illustrates the essential roles that academic libraries can play in the development and passage of open access policies.  

Open scholarship and links to academic integrity, reward & recognition | Scholarly Communication

Posted: 04 Oct 2015 01:41 AM PDT

"How is Open Access (to data, methods and findings) linked to academic integrity and research conduct? What are the correlations between citation counts and research visibility? Where are open monographs headed?  Please join us for an opportunity to hear from a leading expert in the open access community, Emeritus Professor Tom Cochrane who is briefly visiting Cambridge from Queensland University of Technology in Australia. During his tenure as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Technology, Information and Learning Support), Professor Cochrane introduced the world's first University-wide open access mandate, in January 2004. Amongst his many commitments Professor Cochrane serves on the Board of Knowledge Unlatched (UK) is a member of the Board of Enabling Open Scholarship (Europe) and is co-leader of the Creative Commons project for which QUT is the institutional partner for Australia."

How to license research data? | Scholarly Communication

Posted: 04 Oct 2015 01:40 AM PDT

"SG1 room, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DT This lunchtime workshop will be delivered by Jenny Molloy, Synthetic Biology SRI Coordinator, and will provide you with information on: the importance of choosing a proper licence for your research data; examples of licences for research data; what licences can and cannot do. The workshop is open to everyone. If you have any specific questions about licences, you will be able to ask them at the registration stage, or directly during the workshop."

A primer on Open Access: everything a librarian needs to know Tickets, Cambridge | Eventbrite

Posted: 04 Oct 2015 01:39 AM PDT

"Come along to a session discussing what open access is, what the policy landscape looks like in the UK and what the University is doing about dealing with these requirements. We will spend some time talking about the theory and research behind these policies and look at the realities of implementing them, and consider whether they are achieving what they have set out to do."

Open Access Week: Stop. Think. Click: Information Security in a Research Environment Tickets, Cambridge | Eventbrite

Posted: 04 Oct 2015 01:37 AM PDT

"This thirty minute session will give you an insight to:

1. Information Security, and how it affects you. 2. What are the Challenges? 3. A case study of what could happen on data release when doing classified research. 4. What you can do to protect yourself, but maintain academic freedom throughout.  5. What Services the University of Cambridge can provide, to give you advice and assistance."

Panel discussion: 'Can society afford open access?' | Scholarly Communication

Posted: 04 Oct 2015 01:36 AM PDT

"Join us for an entertaining evening where scholars, publishers, adminstrators and other discuss the question 'Can society afford open access?' Open access disseminates research to the community, circumventing expensive publisher subscriptions. But there is a high cost associated with open access and it is not without risk ..."

How Citizen Scientists Are Revolutionizing Data Collection

Posted: 04 Oct 2015 01:18 AM PDT

"This week, The White House hosted a live-webcast forum on citizen science and crowdsourcing, indicating the scale at which open science and innovation is becoming the new reality in data science. Next week, four dynamic teams using crowdsourcing technology from the Congo Basin to the Peruvian Rainforest will present at the Eye on Earth Summit in Abu Dhabi October 6–8, 2015. They'll showcase their work and emphasize the importance of data in measuring not only progress towards sustainable development but also ways to hold companies and governments accountable. During the Summit, the winner of the Citizen Science Challenge will be announced ... [1] Airscapes Singapore, crowdsourcing air pollution ... With her team at MIT's Senseable City Lab, Environmental Epidemiologist Marguerite Nyhan visualizes crowdsourced air quality data so people can make informed decisions about their daily habits and avoid exposure to high levels of pollution ,,, [2] Logging roads in the Congo Basin Rainforest ... In the Congo Basin, geography students, activists, scientists and local officials are using crowdsourcing to monitor forests. Leo Bottrill is the Founder and project leader at Moabi, an organization that collaboratively monitors natural resource use in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ,,, [3] Hack the Rainforest, combining new technology with indigenous wisdom ... Deep in the Peruvian Amazon, indigenous communities are also holding governments and companies accountable for illegal logging and oil contaminations. The team at Hack the Rainforest is bringing together environmental monitors and collaborating with software developers and designers to prototype a mobile data collection app to monitor environmental abuses in remote areas ... [4] Biocaching, Hyperlocal Biodiversity Data Collection Game ... Say you're walking with your kids in the woods and come across an interesting plant or insect, you take a photo and upload it to Biocaching, a data game that allows your information to be shared with national and international databases ..."

Introduction to open data | SmartData Collective

Posted: 04 Oct 2015 01:13 AM PDT

" ... Three key terms of data are used to describe how available it is to people who wish to access it. There is closed, shared and open data. Closed data is confidential and is not meant to be shared with the public. This can vary from confidential companies' reports, government security data or any other data that is deemed classified. Open data is readily available to anyone who wishes to access it. Governments and companies have allowed access to various types of data for those wishing to find new solutions to problems that can benefit society. For data to be considered open the owner of the data must specifically state that the data is free to use in any way, shape or form that the user sees fit. In the middle of this spectrum is shared data. Shared data can be accessed and used by specific groups of people, who meet certain criteria, for clear defined purposes. That might include medical data, consumer shopping habits or electoral data ..."

A panorama of Open Data

Posted: 04 Oct 2015 01:08 AM PDT

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Copyright Clearance Center -- Open Access: The Nest Wave

Posted: 04 Oct 2015 01:05 AM PDT

"As the Next Wave of Open Access arrives, scholarly publishing must move beyond a single-issue focus on Article Processing Charges to address end-to-end solutions that engage authors throughout the workflow. Join leading executives in publishing and technology firms for a lively, informative and open exchange."

Challenges and opportunities of linking Open Access and Open Science …

Posted: 04 Oct 2015 01:03 AM PDT

"Strengthening the Sustainable Development Goals with Open Access and Open Science Challenges and Opportunities Webinar in conjunction with the e-forum on 'Sustainable Development Goals: The Impact of Access to Information on our Societies'. Sept. 15, 2015 Leslie Chan University of Toronto Scarborough"
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