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The serials crisis and open access: a white paper for the Commission on Research, Virginia Tech - E-LIS

sennoma — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:52:00 -0500

The open access movement is an attempt to free scholarly communication from restrictions on access, control, and cost, and to enable benefits such as data mining and increased citations. While open access is approached here from the problem of subscription inflation, open access is not merely a library issue; it affects the availability of research to current and future students and scholars. This white paper offers an introduction to open access as well as a look at its current development. Tagged by sennoma under oa, oa.money, publishing, serialscrisis,

cotch dot net

sennoma — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:39:00 -0500

the tedious details put together add up to an understanding of how the cell works and how it goes wrong. The details could be put together by a human, going through the thousands of papers on the topic, assembling the facts and finding the trends. Or, more plausibly, given the amount of tedious details out there, they could be assembled by a computer, with a database and a clever algorithm. Except that four in every five of those tedious details, discovered at great expense to taxpayers, will be inaccessible to that clever algorithm. They will be locked away in the basements of university libraries, hidden in human-readable prose that humans will never read. The results of billions of pounds of work searching for an understanding of cancer and a better chance at defeating it will be worthless, because they will never be amongst the parts that add up to the greater whole. Tagged by sennoma under oaos.need, oa,

OAN: Sciyo Becomes the First Academic Publisher to Introduce Usage-based Author Royalties

sennoma — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:21:00 -0500

Sciyo Becomes the First Academic Publisher to Introduce Usage-based Author Royalties, press release, December 18, 2009. Authors publishing with Sciyo in 2010 will be the first in academic publishing to receive royalties based on the number of downloads of their publication. For every 10 downloads, 0.2 euro will be accredited to author’s account on an annual basis. Sciyo operates under the open access publishing model, replacing subscription fees with publication fees paid by the authors or their funders. All Sciyo’s publications are available online, free to view, download, print, copy and share under Creative Commons Attribution License and without sign up, which increases their visibility and citation rates. Author royalties will be accredited directly to the author's account, with the exception of royalties under 100 euro, which will be deducted from the author's publishing fee head on the next time he or she decides to publish with Sciyo. ... Sciyo's publishing fee of 470 euro is among the lowest in the open access publishing industry. ... Tagged by sennoma under oa, oa.money, scholarlycommunication, publishing.models,

Overcoming barriers: access to research information | Research Information Network

sennoma — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:48:00 -0500

This RIN report ﬁnds that many researchers are encountering difﬁculties in getting access to the content they need and that this is having a signiﬁcant impact on their research. Based on the ﬁndings of ﬁve studies, the report investigates the nature and scale of key restrictions on access to information resources of importance to researchers; the impact of these restrictions and the ways in which they might be alleviated or overcome. The report examines the frequency with which researchers encounter problems in accessing content; researchers’ perceptions of the ease with which they can gain access and the issue of researcher access to information resources in the public and private sector which are not formally published and which are often subject to copyright restrictions. It also reviews academic and research libraries arrangements to provide access to researchers who are not members of their institutions. The report’s key ﬁnding is that access is still a major concern for researchers. Tagged by sennoma under oa, oa.access,

Open Access: Unlimited Web Based Literature Searching

sennoma — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:10:00 -0500

misleading title -- actually a review of literature on whether OA articles are cited more than TA ones Tagged by sennoma under oa.numbers, oa, scientometics, bibliometrics,

News - STM

sennoma — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:12:00 -0500

A follow up to the 2006 report, 'Scientific publishing in transition: an overview of current developments,' 'The STM Report' collected the available evidence and provides a comprehensive picture of the trends and currents in scholarly communication. Tagged by sennoma under scholarlycommunication, oa, oaos,

Open Access Submission Fees « putting down a marker

sennoma — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:11:00 -0500

Mark Ware Consulting has been commissioned by Knowledge Exchange (www.knowledge-exchange.info), a partnership of JISC (UK), SURF (Netherlands), DEFF (Denmark) and DfG (Germany), to conduct a study into the feasibility of submission fees in open access journals (i.e. as distinct from publication fees). Tagged by sennoma under oa.money, oa.businessmodels, oa,

Global Information Society Watch 2009 | Association for Progressive Communications

sennoma — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:10:00 -0500

This third report in the GISWatch series is entitled “Access to online information and knowledge – advancing human rights and democracy” and reveals how vulnerable the internet as we know it is. The report unpacks the key issues impacting on access to online information and knowledge, including discussions on intellectual property rights, knowledge rights, open standards and access to educational materials and libraries. The report also offers an institutional overview and a reflection on indicators that track access to information and knowledge. 48 country reports –-ten more than last year— analyse the status of access to online information and knowledge in countries as diverse as the Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Mexico, Switzerland and Kazakhstan, while regional overviews offer a bird’s eye perspective on trends in North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, South Asia and Europe. For the first time there is an innovate section that visually maps global rights as seen through the lens of Google searches, as well as a visual analysis of Twitter messages sent out during the recent Iranian political crisis. Tagged by sennoma under mangosteen, oa, oa.access,

OAN: OA data: recent discussion and announcements

sennoma — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:01:00 -0500

OA data: recent discussion and announcements Tagged by sennoma under opendata,

Patterns of information use and exchange: case studies of researchers in the life sciences | Research Information Network

sennoma — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:03:00 -0500

This report by the British Library and the Research Information Network (RIN) provides a unique insight into how information is used by researchers across life sciences. Undertaken by the University of Edinburgh’s Institute for the Study of Science, Technology and Innovation, and the UK Digital Curation Centre and the University of Edinburgh’s Information Services, the report concludes that ‘one-size-ﬁts-all’ information and data sharing policies are not achieving scientiﬁcally productive and cost-efﬁcient information use in life sciences. The report was developed using an innovative approach to capture the day-to-day patterns of information use in seven research teams from a wide range of disciplines, from botany to clinical neuroscience. The study undertaken over 11 months and involving 56 participants found that there is a signiﬁcant gap between how researchers behave and the policies and strategies of funders and service providers. This suggests that the attempts to implement such strategies have had only a limited impact. Key ﬁndings from the report include: * Researchers use informal and trusted sources of advice from colleagues, rather than institutional service teams, to help identify information sources and resources * The use of social networking tools for scientiﬁc research purposes is far more limited than expected * Data and information sharing activities are mainly driven by needs and beneﬁts perceived as most important by life scientists rather than ‘top-down’ policies and strategies * There are marked differences in the patterns of information use and exchange between research groups active in different areas of the life sciences, reinforcing the need to avoid standardised policy approaches Tagged by sennoma under scholarlycommunication, oa,

CureHunter | Semantic Health Search

sennoma — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:05:00 -0500

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Words of Advice for NIH-Funded Authors

sennoma — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:55:00 -0400

• Does the manuscript apply under the NIH Public Access Policy? • Which NIH grant awards supported the manuscript? Use the NIH Grants Lookup Tool to confirm grant award numbers. • Which journal will the manuscript be submitted to? • Which method of submission does the journal fall under? See the NIH chart on submission methods. • If a Method C or D form of submission journal, which author will be assigned as the responsible author for the review and approval tasks? See the short video: Approving Submission of an Article to PubMed Central which outlines the process for authors in response to an email from NIHMS asking for approval of a submission done by a publisher or third party. • Which author will be responsible for making sure that the work has a PMCID within three months post publication of the manuscript, and notifying all authors and PIs associated with the manuscript of the most current means of documentation of compliance with the NIH Policy (“PMC Journal – In Process,” or NIHMS ID) until the PMCID is assigned? Tagged by sennoma under oa, oa.mandates,

Open Access - Greater Reach For Research

sennoma — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:43:00 -0400

Dutch national website providing information for academics about the advantages of OA to publicly financed research Tagged by sennoma under oa, oa.reference, oa.resources,

NEW! “Why Open Access Matters in the Developing World” Video — Open Access Week - October 19-23, 2009

sennoma — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:34:00 -0400

Hear Walter H. Curioso, M.D., M.P.H. talk about his views of open access and how it can help in developing countries. Tagged by sennoma under oa, mangosteen,

Getting Yourself Out of the Business in Five Easy Steps « Jason Baird Jackson

sennoma — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:07:00 -0400

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QUT ePrints

sennoma — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:19:00 -0400

Fitzgerald, Anne M. and Hooper, Neale (2009) A review of the literature on the legal aspects of open access policy, practices and licensing in Australia and selected jurisdictions. [Review] Tagged by sennoma under oa,

BioMed Central Blog : Open access and the developing world - read the latest

sennoma — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:01:00 -0400

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Open Archives Forum - Home

sennoma — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:45:00 -0400

The Open Archives Forum provided a Europe-based focus for dissemination of information about European activity related to open archives and, in particular, to the Open Archives Initiative. The aim of the Forum was to facilitate clustering of IST projects, national initiatives and other parties interested in the open archives approach. In order to do so, the Forum brought interested parties together to build a community of interest, enable exchange of information and establish a web-based European information source for open archives. In addition, the Forum undertook comparative reviews of technical and organisational issues. Tagged by sennoma under oa,

aRDi Access to Research for Development and Innovation

sennoma — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 11:34:00 -0400

The Access to Research for Development and Innovation (aRDi) program is coordinated by the World Intellectual Property Organization together with its partners in the publishing industry with the aim to increase the availability of scientific and technical information in developing countries. By improving access to scholarly literature from diverse fields of science and technology, the aRDi program seeks to: * reinforce the capacity of developing countries to participate in the global knowledge economy; and * support researchers in developing countries in creating and developing new solutions to technical challenges faced on a local and global level. Currently, 12 publishers provide access to over 50 journals for 107 developing countries through the aRDi program. Tagged by sennoma under oa, mangosteen,

How citation distortions create unfounded authority: analysis of a citation network -- Greenberg 339: b2680 -- BMJ

sennoma — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 04:21:00 -0400

Objective To understand belief in a specific scientific claim by studying the pattern of citations among papers stating it. Design A complete citation network was constructed from all PubMed indexed English literature papers addressing the belief that β amyloid, a protein accumulated in the brain in Alzheimer’s disease, is produced by and injures skeletal muscle of patients with inclusion body myositis. Social network theory and graph theory were used to analyse this network. Main outcome measures Citation bias, amplification, and invention, and their effects on determining authority. Results The network contained 242 papers and 675 citations addressing the belief, with 220 553 citation paths supporting it. Unfounded authority was established by citation bias against papers that refuted or weakened the belief; amplification, the marked expansion of the belief system by papers presenting no data addressing it; and forms of invention such as the conversion of hypothesis into fact through citation alone. Extension of this network into text within grants funded by the National Institutes of Health and obtained through the Freedom of Information Act showed the same phenomena present and sometimes used to justify requests for funding. Conclusion Citation is both an impartial scholarly method and a powerful form of social communication. Through distortions in its social use that include bias, amplification, and invention, citation can be used to generate information cascades resulting in unfounded authority of claims. Construction and analysis of a claim specific citation network may clarify the nature of a published belief system and expose distorted methods of social citation. Tagged by sennoma under scientometrics, oa, oaos.need,