PubDrug ist eine Wiki-Anwendung (und noch ziemlich leer). [Thanks to Silke Frank]
Schlagwort: Open Access
Open Access success of the Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
Open access in the developing world: Regaining the lost impact by Dr D. K. Sahu, Managing Director, Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd., Mumbai, India, auf dem Workshop on Electronic Publishing and Open Access Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 2-3 November 2006…
DFG-Projekt zu Self-Archiving: SHERPA/RoMEO auf Deutsch
Ein DFG-Projekt der UB Stuttgart: Open Access Policies – Was gestatten deutsche Verlage ihren Autoren? Im Rahmen dieses von der DFG geförderten Projektes sollen die an zahlreichen deutschen Hochschulen und wissenschaftlichen Einrichtungen vorhandenen Informationen zu Möglichkeiten der zusätzlichen Bereitstellung von…
Geschäftsmodelle des Open Access-Publizierens: Perspektiven für Bibliotheken
Und wenn wir schon mal bei BFP sind: Birgit Schmidt beschreibt in einem schönen Übersichtsartikel die Geschäftsmodelle des Open Access-Publizierens: Welche Perspektiven bieten sich hier für Bibliotheken?
NLM’s Long-Range Plan 2006-2016
Charting a Course for the 21st Century: NLM’s Long-Range Plan 2006-2016. Zitat der Woche (Thanks OAN and Clifford Lynch): [By 2025] the majority of new scientific research results will be freely available in permanent digital archives shortly after initial production…
University of Zürich with new Open Access site
The Open Access site of the University Zürich is now updated as well as bilingual (dt./engl.). The site seems to be maintained by the University Library.
Responses to EU study on scientific publication markets
I had reported before on the Study on the economic and technical evolution of the scientific publication markets in Europe by the European Commission’s Research Directorate-General. Someone performed a huge workload now and collected and synthesized all the responses: Synthesis…
Strong Copyright + DRM + Weak Net Neutrality = Digital Dystopia?
Article by Charles w. Bailey, Jr. Abstract: Three critical issues – dramatic expansion of the scope, duration, and punitive nature of copyright laws; the ability of Digital Rights Management (DRM) systems to lock-down digital content in an unprecedented fashion; and…
Open access and the Wellcome Trust – mandate effective from 1st October 2006
From 1st October 2006 it is a requirement on all Wellcome Trust-funded researchers to ensure that any research papers arising from Trust funded research, that have been accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal, are made freely accessible from the…
Elsevier agreement with Wellcome Trust
Tony McSean, Elsevier Director of Library Relations, is pleased to announce that Elsevier has made an agreement with the Wellcome Trust that allows authors who publish in Elsevier journals to comply with Wellcome Trust’s policy requiring grantholders to deposit final…
Taylor & Francis announce iOpenAccess
Taylor & Francis announced the introduction of an „iOpenAccess“ option for authors publishing in all journals from T&F and Informa Healthcare. From October 2006, all authors whose manuscripts are accepted for publication in one of the iOpenAccess journals will have…
Large-scale network of OA repositories
A consortium of international research institutions has launched DRIVER (Digital Repository Infrastructure Vision for European Research). Bielefeld and Göttingen take part. [Thanks OAN]
Open access for the medical librarian
Heather Morrison and Andrew Waller, Open access for the medical librarian, Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association, Summer 2006. [Thanks OAN]
Nature adopts Open Peer Review
The experiment of the weekly journal Nature with Open Peer Review seems to be a success, according to Matt Whipp, Nature journal puts blogging into peer reviews, PC Pro, September 15, 2006[Thanks OAN]
ALPSP/STM white paper on scientific publishing
Scientific publishing in transition: an overview of current developments, a white paper from ALPSP and STM. [Thanks OAN]
T.Scott about FRPAA
The US law initiative FRPAA was discussed earlier in this blog. T.Scott used the widespread letters of pro and cons for arguing about the fate of scientific societies and on what side a librarian should stand.
Summary of the open access policies of biomedical funders
BioMed Central has compiled a summary of the open access policies of different biomedical funders, linking to official policy statements from those funders where available.
Evidence Based Library and Information Practice aktuelle Ausgabe 3/06
„Evidence Based Library and Information Practice has just published its latest issue.“ [via EBLIG]
Inetbib-Tagung: Open Access
Am Nachmittag wurden zwei sehr interessante Vorträge über Open Access gehalten: Dr. Norbert Lossau, Universitätsbibliothek Bielefeld: Open Access an Hochschulen: Strategien, Chancen und Probleme bei der Umsetzung (Abstract) und Dr. Eric Steinhauer, Universitätsbibliothek Ilmenau: „Und bist du nicht willig, so…
Nine key questions to ask about any hybrid journal program
Peter Suber nennt neun Kriterien zur Beurteilung der „Open Access“ Programme kommerzieller Verleger. Lesepflicht!