MORE 'SCHOLARLY-PUBLISHING' POSTS
Now Available: Results of the EC Public Consultation on Scientific Information in the Digital Age
| Data Files, Funding, Libraries, Open Access, Preservation, Publishing
From a Summary Posted on the LIBER Web Site: The public consultation on scientific information in the digital age, which was recently undertaken by the European Commission, spurred great interest among a variety of stakeholders, with 1140 responses received from 42 countries. Respondents identified a strong need for better access to scientific publications and scientific […]
The White House Office of Scientific and Technology Policy has posted 375 comments that were sent to the office after a Request for Information was posted on November 3, 2011. From the Web Site: On November 3, 2011, OSTP released a Request for Information (RFI) soliciting public input on long-term preservation of, and public access to, […]
OCLC and Elsevier Sign Agreement To Provide Full-text Searching of SciVerse ScienceDirect Journals and E-Books via WorldCat Local
| Data Files, Elsevier, Libraries, Patrons and Users, Publishing, Resources
From an OCLC Announcement: OCLC and Elsevier have signed an agreement that will make the full text from Elsevier’s SciVerse ScienceDirect journals and e-books available to users of OCLC’s WorldCat Local. The expanded partnership makes it possible for researchers and students to search the full text of content from SciVerse ScienceDirect through WorldCat Local, OCLC’s […]
From The Chronicle of Higher Education: Timothy Gowers of the University of Cambridge, who won the Fields Medal for his research, has organized a boycott of Elsevier because, he says, its pricing and policies restrict access to work that should be much more easily available. He asked for a boycott in a blog post on […]
The editorial is titled, “College students will stick to paper books” and was published by Washington Square News today. From the Editorial: The benefits of these e-Textbooks include the ability to quickly search through large amounts of text, insert marginalia in electronic comment boxes and access hyperlinks. Yet the tactile quality of textbooks, something e-Books […]
A DSpace Powered Digital Library Opens in India With Four More Launching Soon
| Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Open Access, Publishing
From the The Times of India: Society was in need of youths who were ready to take the reins of the nation and transform themselves into global leaders, D Purandeswari, minister of state for human resources and development, said on Thursday. She was inaugurating the Dspace digital library at St Albert’s College, Ernakulam. [Clip] The […]
From The Chronicle of Higher Education (by Jennifer Howard): In a 19-page statement submitted to the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the publishers’ association argued against the idea that the government should get to decide what happens to the results of research it helps support financially. “It has become necessary for publishers to pointedly […]
From a RLUK Post: The briefing outlines the latest evidence on increased impact for researchers in terms of visibility, usage and citation, together with a description of the benefits for the profile of institutions and the wider economic impact for society. We hope that research administrators and librarians will use the briefing to support the […]
MIT Press Says AAPs Research Works Act News Release Does Not Reflect Its Position, Mission
| Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), News, Open Access, Publishing
Last week we pointed out that some members of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) might have issues/concerns with the Research Works Act (RWA) legislation. We asked if these organizations would leave the AAP or speak out against it. Today, Richard Poynder’s blog post, “MIT Press distances itself from Research Works Act” includes the following […]
ARL Responds to White House RFI on Public Access to Scholarly Publications (Full Text)
| Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Journal Articles, Libraries, Open Access, Productivity, Publishing
Update: Harvard U. has also posted their responses to the RFI The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has responded to eight questions from The White House that are found in the “Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications Resulting from Federally Funded Research” RFI. The responses were sent on January 8, 2012. From the ARL […]
