Thursday, April 30, 2015

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Tools to Link Theses with ORCID Identifiers

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 06:43 AM PDT

"The British Library maintains the EThOS database, a national record of the more then 350,000 doctoral theses awarded by UK Higher Education institutions. EThOS supports the UK Government's principle that publications resulting from publicly-funded research should be made openly accessible to the public, providing opportunities for further research. " This article discusses the integration of Ethos, the electronic thesis and dissertation database run by the British LIbrary, and Orchid IDs.

CUNY Graduate Center introduces virtual open access repository | Baruch Ticker - Baruch Connect

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 06:37 AM PDT

This article is a description of the new institutional repository that is up and coming at  CUNY Graduate Center, in New York. In the article, Jill Cirasella, who is Associate Librarian for Public Services and Scholarly Communication at the Graduate Center, discusses the Academic Works institutional repository, which will be hosted on Digital Commons. Academic Works with the be the institutional repository for all 24 CUNY campuses.

Journal Lets Papers be Collectively Edited like Wikipedia Articles | Labcritics

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 06:24 AM PDT

"Research papers have followed the same model of publishing that was popularised decades ago before the advent of the internet. However, one journal is taking a new approach to adapting to the flexibility of the internet. F1000 Research is bringing a new form of innovation into research publication by allowing peer editorial via 'living figures'." This article is a discussion of the journal F1000 and the publishing model it has chosen.

Open access and Wikipedia

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 06:18 AM PDT

Stuart Lawson's talk on OA and Wikipedia, posted on Figshare, licensed as CCBY.This talk was given at the Norwegian Wikipedia Academy at UiT, Tromsø on 23 April 2015.

Citation:

Lawson, Stuart (2015): Open access and Wikipedia. figshare.

http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1394870
Retrieved 17:08, Apr 30, 2015 (GMT)

LIBER 2015 | OpenAire Gold Open Access Pilot Workshop

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 06:04 AM PDT

"This workshop will present the progress of the LIBER-led, OpenAIRE2020 Gold Open Access Pilot and discuss the Pilot's goals, challenges and working procedures. The EC Gold OA Pilot began recently by establishing collaboration agreements between a number of institutions in different countries and OpenAIRE regions. LIBER recognises the variety of publishing landscapes across Europe and wants to explore the possibility of international alignment in respect of institutional best practice in OA publishing management. The workshop will review the current OA publishing models in use at the institutional level. It will also explore the potential benefits of introducing more transparency to the reporting of institutional APC expenses. There will be a special emphasis on the opportunities for libraries that could flow from decentralised management of the OpenAIRE2010 Gold OA Fund, in particular learning more about researchers' publishing behaviour in order to better inform them of the various publishing choices they face."

First Workshop on Post-Grant Gold OA Pilot | Highlights

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 06:00 AM PDT

"Having institutions engaged in the early stages of the Gold OA Pilot will allow their libraries and research offices to play a key role in 'training' researchers on Gold OA funding workflows and providing them a useful and highly-valued service for navigating the landscape of diverse funder policies thay must meet" This article discusses events from the the "first technical workshop on the EC/OpenAIRE Gold Open Access Pilot project," 9 April 2015, which occurred at the National Library of The Netherlands, The Hague. The Pilot will set up a service so that institutions can assist with research in different ways, for example, with staff as "different roles, such as researcher, moderator, institutional library, publisher or project coordinator among others."

Early Career Researcher Workshop on Open Access to Research Data | Agricultural Information Management Standards (AIMS)

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 05:08 AM PDT

"This workshop is specifically aimed at early career researchers in all disciplines, within science, social science and humanities. The participants will benefit from the extensive knowledge of the RECODE consortium and other related experts." This is a discussion of an upcoming event on data management and and open science in the UK

Public Communication of Research: Broadening Open Access

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 04:56 AM PDT

This is the closing keynote at Advancing Research Communication and Scholarship Conference on April 28, 2015, in Philadelphia, presented by Monica Feliu-Mojer, the Manager of Outreach Programs, Department of Biostatistics, Univ. of Washington / Vice-director, Ciencia Puerto Rico at University of Washington. 

Open Research Data Report | Flexibility Enables Learning

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 04:49 AM PDT

"Paraphrasing the report's summary, it is estimated that the value of data in Australia's public research to be at least $1.9 billion and possibly up to $6 billion a year at current levels of expenditure and activity." This article is a summary of the Open Research Data Report,  which the ANDS commissioned from the Victoria Institute of Strategic Economic Studies to analyze public access in Australia.

Steps toward a new GSU ruling - Scholarly Communications @ Duke

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 02:48 AM PDT

"It looks more and more like we will get a new ruling from the trial court in the Georgia State case about what is or is not fair use for digital course readings." This article is a summary of the current status of of the trial brought against Georgia State regarding fair use. The publishers have tried to broaden the scope of the case, but Judge Evens "...District Court Judge Orinda Evans dismissed the motion to reopen the record and issued an order about briefing the court on what a new analysis of fair use for the original excerpts considered in the trial should look like."

Disrupting the subscription journals’ business model for the necessary large-scale transformation to open access: A Max Planck Digital Library Open Access Policy White Paper

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 01:30 AM PDT

[Abstract] "This paper makes the strong, fact-based case for a large-scale transformation of the current corpus of scientific subscription journals to an open access business model. The existing journals, with their well-tested functionalities, should be retained and developed to meet the demands of 21st century research, while the underlying payment streams undergo a major restructuring. There is sufficient momentum for this decisive push towards open access publishing. The diverse existing initiatives must be coordinated so as to converge on this clear goal. The international nature of research implies that this transformation will be achieved on a truly global scale only through a consensus of the world's most eminent research organizations. All the indications are that the money already invested in the research publishing system is sufficient to enable a transformation that will be sustainable for the future. There needs to be a shared understanding that the money currently locked in the journal subscription system must be withdrawn and repurposed for open access publishing services. The current library acquisition budgets are the ultimate reservoir for enabling the transformation without financial or other risks. The goal is to preserve the established service levels provided by publishers that are still requested by researchers, while redefining and reorganizing the necessary payment streams. By disrupting the underlying business model, the viability of journal publishing can be preserved and put on a solid footing for the scholarly developments of the future." 

bjoern.brembs.blog » A study justifying waste of tax-funds?

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 01:25 AM PDT

"Open Access (OA) pioneer and OA journal eLife founding member and sponsor, the Max Planck Society just released a white paper (PDF) analyzing open access costs in various countries and institutions and comparing them to subscription costs. Such studies are fundamental prerequisites for evidence-paced policies and informed decisions on how to proceed with bitterly needed reforms. The authors confirm the currently most often cited ballpark figures of a world-wide annual academic publishing volume around US$10b, averaging at around US$5000 for each of the approximately 2 million papers published every year. This confirmation from different sources than are usually cited is very valuable and solidifies our knowledge on the kind of funds available to the system. The authors detail that various institutions in various countries spend significantly less than the current subscription costs on their current author processing charges (APCs) for publishing in open access journals, around US$2000-3000 per article. They conclude from these data that a conversion from subscription to author-pays model would be at least cost-neutral (if not a significant cost-saver) and keep the publishing industry alive. I find these statements quite startling for a number of reasons ..."

SORA has passed 1000 full text publications freely available online! – St George's Library blog

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 01:20 AM PDT

"We're pleased that SGUL's open access institutional repository, SORA (St George's Online Research Archive) has now made over one thousand full text publications written by researchers at SGUL freely available online ..."

Open Education Timelines – Just like Buses! | Open Education Working Group

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 01:11 AM PDT

"In the UK we have a saying about buses: 'You wait ages for one and then three turn up at once.' It's an idea that can be applied to many of life's matters! So take a timeline about Open Education….the Open Education Working Group created one last year, and at the time I struggled to find any comparables. Now quite a few have surfaced! It felt only right to share them here: [1] Online interactive Open Education Timeline – captures events, projects and activities related to open education all around the globe. Can be edited by any interested party! It has also been linked to the OER Map. [2] OER Timeline – Interactive Open Educational Resources timeline from CETIS. [3] WikiEducator OER Timeline – Page started at a Learning4Content workshop as a resource to mark significant events in the Open Educational Resources(OER) movement. [4] Distance Learning Timeline – Interactive timeline charting the history of this educational movement from Brighton School of Business & Management. [5] Timeline of the Open Access Movement – Comprehensive timeline from Peter Suber, overs Open Access, Open Education and Open Data. [6] History of virtual learning environments – Wikipedia page on VLEs – system that creates an environment designed to facilitate teachers' management of educational courses for their students, especially a system using computer hardware and software, which involves distance learning. [7] The OU Story – History of Open University. [7] OER – a historical perspective – by David Kernohan and Amber Thomas. Paper delivered at ALTC2012 and OpenEd2012. [8] Open Education in the 1990s: Revisiting the History of the Open Education Movement by Valerie Irvine, Janet Symmons, and Rich McCue – Plans to make a video about the Open Education Movement.  To finish I'd like to mention a fantastic tool that could be useful for anyone wanting to create a timeline of anything. Histropedia builds on existing information on Wikipedia through Wikidata, a Wikimedia project creating a structured database to support Wikipedia and its sister projects. They use an advanced filter and query system that allow the creation of custom timelines to be created in seconds."

Photo Release -- Open Textbook Provides a Ground-Breaking Teaching Resource for Faculty and Instructors

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 01:04 AM PDT

"Teaching in a Digital Age: Guidelines for Teaching and Learning, by Dr. Tony Bates, Contact North | Contact Nord Research Associate, is a great resource for all faculty and instructors, especially as online learning and new technologies become an integral part of all teaching ... The new open textbook offers the latest research into student learning and teaching methods, and provides answers to questions for faculty and instructors, such as what technology should I use in teaching my subject? What does Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) mean for my future? What will my role be when all content is free and easily available over the Internet?  Through 12 informative chapters, Dr. Bates answers questions and provides helpful guidance and suggestions on a host of topics, including: How do I decide whether my courses should be campus-based, blended or fully online? What strategies work best when teaching in a technology-rich environment? What methods of teaching are most effective for blended and online classes? How do I make choices among all the available media, whether text, audio, video, computer, or social media, in order to benefit my students and my subject? How do I maintain quality of teaching, learning, and resources in a rapidly changing learning environment? What are the real possibilities for teaching and learning using MOOCs, OERs, and open textbooks?  Dr. Bates shares his understanding of theory, options, best practices, and point-by-point strategies. He provides clear, practical, and actionable advice and guidance based on research and best practices. The advantage of the open textbook is that it can be used by teachers and repurposed as they need. The only stipulation is to acknowledge the author ..."

Open-Access Publishing: The Way Forward? - Careers Advice - jobs.ac.uk

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 12:53 AM PDT

" ... Research funders have now followed institutions and academics in supporting OA publishing. It is now the case that all the UK research councils make OA deposit a condition of their funding (as does EU funding, and funding from a number of other sources). Furthermore, HEFCE (the Higher Education Funding Council of England and Wales) has recently announced its full support of OA research, stating that as of 1 April 2016 journal articles and conference proceedings must as a rule have been placed in an OA repository in order to be eligible for any future REF ..."

Open Access policy | News Service

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 12:39 AM PDT

"In a press release published yesterday, 50 Science Europe members agreed on 4 new common principles expected for publisher members when providing payments/subsidies for Open Access venues. The first principle states that journals must be listed in DOAJ, Web of Science, Scopus or PubMed. The new principles adopted by Science Europe aim at setting minimum standards for Open Access publishing services provided by scholarly publishers. These general – and at the same time very practical – principles will help ensure scholarly and technical quality and cost effectiveness of Open Access-related services in all fields, from sciences to social sciences and the humanities. As scholarly publishing makes its transition to an Open Access system, and as service providers change their business models, the outcome of the transition will depend on the added value and quality of the services provided. Of course, this is fantastic news for DOAJ. It underlines our position at the heart of Open Access publishing and it recognises officially the work we have been doing over the past two years to raise the quality bar for open access journals and publishing ..."

Blogging on the ice: connecting audiences with climate-change sciences

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 12:35 AM PDT

"Climate change is a perennially controversial subject frequently splashed across mainstream headlines. However, what we see in the news is not always what the scientists at the front line of climate change experience. Some scientists have been trying to counteract these misconceptions via citizen journalism and directly connecting with the public through blogging rather than official media channels.  Bournemouth University's (BU) Dr Einar Thorsen has spent several years researching citizen journalism around the globe with a particular interest in the polar regions. Growing up in Norway he had admiration for Norwegian national heroes – the polar explorers Nansen and Amundsen – but it was as an adult while co-editing 'Citizen Journalism: Global Perspectives' that Dr Thorsen got to combine his personal and professional interests.  He set about some polar exploring of his own, looking at the idea of citizen journalism as an education tool and the extent to which scientists achieve an unmediated form of communication through their blogging. The International Polar Year (2007-2008) was an obvious starting point for the research with a huge increase in the number of blogs originating from and written 'on the ice'. Focusing on the uses and decision-making behind blogging, Dr Thorsen analysed over 50 Antarctic blogs published throughout the period and interviewed several of the bloggers involved ..."

Really, Canine Science is Open Access | Dog Spies, Scientific American Blog Network

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 12:22 AM PDT

"I've noticed a trend. Not everyone wants someone else's interpretation of the latest canine science study. "I want to see the study's methods myself, how the research was done, and who the subjects were before drawing any conclusions," I see time and again on Facebook. Good news: There are a number of ways to access original research articles, such as checking whether the article is posted on the researcher's website (sometimes it is, like here and here) or emailing the corresponding author to request a copy. And more and more, canine-focused studies appear in open-access journals like PLoS ONE, Frontiers, and Animals, among others. Sometimes studies are available open-access even when they are published in journals typically behind a paywall. For example the recent dog 'guilty look' study that I covered in last week's post is available open-access through the subscription-based journal Applied Animal Behaviour Science. Then there are the special issues, like 'New Directions in Canine Behavior,' a special issue of Behavioural Processes with 15 articles available via free promotional access until January 2016. Download now, view whenever! This special issue features articles on a wide range of topics such as dog play and play behavior, self-regulation, human-directed affiliation in young wolves, puppy personality tests, canid behavioral sequences, smell-related brain activity, working-dog welfare, dog response to human emotions, and much more. I have an article in the issue exploring the role of citizen science in the growing canine science field — my co-author is Eleanor Spicer Rice who among other things, is behind the art-inspired science blog, Buzz Hoot Roar (featuring excellent posts like 'A Spider Did Not Bite You'). For generalists like me (the picture to the right captures the typical excitement of a generalist), special issues are where it's at; lots of different topics in one easy location! I recently checked in with Monique Udell, guest editor of the special issue 'New Directions in Canine Behavior' and head of the Human-Animal Interaction Lab at Oregon State University to learn more about the issue and her thoughts on the future of canine science. As an added bonus, she also shared how studying dogs has affected her ..."

A Network Approach to Scholarly Communication Infrastructure (EDUCAUSE Review) | EDUCAUSE.edu

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 12:19 AM PDT

"The open-access movement, fueled by the digital revolution, is transforming the business of scholarly communication, affecting the entire value chain. Rapidly emerging technologies have been crucial enablers of this transformation, blurring traditional roles and attracting new participants. The infrastructure and the economic framework established to support a centuries-old model of scholarly publishing are no longer adequate to the task. We believe that a radically different approach is required—one that is open, flexible, collaborative, and networked. What does that mean? If we look at how digital publishing generally and open-access publishing specifically have evolved, what we see is a project-based approach. From PLOS to Collabra, from Knowledge Unlatched and PeerJ to the Open Library of Humanities, from ArXiv and SCOAP3 to LOCKSS and the Digital Preservation Network—and others too numerous to mention—each represents a separate project or platform, with each taking a different but similar approach to dealing with an increasingly dynamic landscape. Each project has a purpose and a specific issue it intends to address, with stated goals and explicit deliverables. Each project also has a unique funding model, although quite often many of them are similar. Still, how often can all of these projects draw from the same wells (usually funders for startup money and libraries for ongoing support), especially since there are new projects and players all the time? We are not the first to recognize the precarious nature of the current situation. Alma Swan and Caroline Sutton point out: 'Many significant [infrastructure] services still depend on such 'soft' funding sources.'1 In response, the team established the Infrastructure Services for Open Access (IS4OA) to 'facilitate easy access to Open Access resources by providing a free-to-use discovery service for all users and a means to enable libraries to integrate Open Access publications in their services (library catalogues, web-portals etc.)' Similarly, in 2012 the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) and Vanderbilt University created the Committee on Coherence at Scale for Higher Education to 'examine emerging national-scale digital projects and their potential to help transform higher education in terms of scholarly productivity, teaching, cost-efficiency, and sustainability.' Both of these initiatives recognize and highlight the need to establish a more comprehensive infrastructure across higher education. Overlaying the current open-access environment is another layer of complexity. At the same time that we are trying to build the necessary infrastructure, the elements that compose scholarly communication are changing. For hundreds of years, books and journals have been the defining products of both the mode of communication and what counted as the record of research and scholarship that needed to be collected and preserved. In a recent OCLC Research report, the authors discuss how new technologies are influencing the nature of scholarly communication and what constitutes the scholarly record. It is now possible, and increasingly required, to include the evidence or 'raw materials' of research, such as data sets and computer models, alongside the more traditional outputs—all of which could become part of the scholarly record.2 And increasingly, research and learning objects developed from that research are presented in formats uniquely created for use in an online environment, from interactive textbooks to multimodal web projects. Stakeholders in the scholarly communication ecosystem have struggled to connect these projects to some kind of coherent and functioning whole. To build a scalable and sustainable scholarly communication infrastructure, we need to take a more holistic view of the entire system. The infrastructure has to accommodate new workflows—from discovery to preservation—and it must be built on a solid funding model. But what do we mean when we talk about infrastructure in the context of scholarly communication? ..."
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