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This feed contains the latest headlines from journals and sites in the Open Access interest group. http://www.libworm.com/rss/librarianqueries.php Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:54:18 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/SUXinHQAkS4/international-journal-of-u-and-e.html International Journal of u- and e- Service, Science and Technology B Sides Telos : Revista de Estudios Interdisciplinarios en Ciencias Sociales Azerbaijan Focus : Journal of International Affairs BANTAO Journal e-International Journal of Educational Research Revista Latinoamericana en Ciencias Sociales, Niñez y Juventud Journal of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Majlesi Journal of Electrical Engineering Diálogos DISEGNARECON Electronic Communications of the EASST 452º F : Revista de Teoría de la Literatura y Literatura Comparada Diabetic Foot & Ankle Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine Signos Filosóficos Trypillian Civilization Journal AAUP Journal of Academic Freedom Journal of Mid-Life Health Journal of Social Inclusion Buletinul Institutului Politehnic din Ias,i. Sect,ia IV, Automatica( s,i Calculatoare Comunicações Geológicas Journal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College Nursing Research and Practice Pharma Science Monitor : An International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:48:40 +0100 868627 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/16797 *Apologies for multiple/cross postings* This message is just a reminder that applications for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's 2011 Access to Learning Award are due no later than 30 September 2010. Please see below for additional information. Steve Bergen ATLA Administrator atla-8g+lCuef3gMekmWlsbkhG0B+6BGkLq7r< at >public.gmane.org ***** The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is currently accepting applications to its 2011 Access to Learning Award (ATLA), which recognizes the innovative efforts of public libraries and similar institutions outside the United States to connect people to information and opportunities through free access to computers and the Internet. The award is given by Global Libraries, an initiative of the foundation's Global Development Program. The recipient of the Access to Learning Award will receive $1 million (U.S.). Computers and the Internet are powerful tools that provide opportunities for people to improve their social and economic well-being. Worldwide, just one person in six (Source: gmane.education.web4lib) Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:00:00 +0100 868521 http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/60270 Last week we mentioned that SAGE had completed migrating all 560+ journals to their next generation platform for SAGE Journals Online (SJO). The new platform is supported by HighWire Press’ “2.0” technology (H2O). In the post we pointed out that at the beginning of September, SAGE would offer free access to their entire catalog of [...] (Source: ResourceShelf) Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:46:33 +0100 868475 http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/60223 Last week we posted that Kaplan Publishing (the test prep company) was providing FREE access to 95 full text e-books that you can download from the iBookstore for the iPhone/Pad/Touch. They're full text titles. Here's the post from last week. Today, Kaplan Publishing announced they will continue to offer free access to 21 titles for [...] (Source: ResourceShelf) Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:03:29 +0100 868327 http://digital-scholarship.com/digitalkoans/2010/08/30/daily-tweets-2010-08-30/ Copyright, Ebooks and the Unpredictable Future http://icio.us/k5hucm # Testing Jan Velterop's Hunch about Green and Gold Open Access http://icio.us/vy50jx # First Results of the SOAP Project http://icio.us/q1g1xq # Institutional Repositories: The Promises of Yesterday, The Promises of Tomorrow http://icio.us/q0mbwt # Authors Publication Strategies in Scholarly Publishing http://icio.us/5irxkv # Colour Me Red – the Ingect System for Research Data Collections http://icio.us/no0bqd # Oxford English Dictionary "Will Not Be Printed Again" http://icio.us/yam2hl # Reason for Hope Survives in Academic Publishing Despite a Month of Bad News http://icio.us/i2iw5m # Elsevier and Royal Tropical Institute Sign 5 Year Memorandum of Understanding http://icio.us/khtalh # (Source: DigitalKoans) Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 867653 http://digital-scholarship.com/digitalkoans/2010/08/30/opening-the-door-how-faculty-authors-can-implement-an-open-access-policy-at-their-institutions/ Science Commons has released Opening the Door: How Faculty Authors Can Implement an Open Access Policy at Their Institutions. Here's an excerpt: This White Paper is intended as a companion to the "Open Doors and Open Minds" SPARC/Science Commons White Paper of April 2008. The purpose of this companion paper is to provide the legal and statutory bases for implementation of an open access policy, as well as to explain best practices for implementation of that policy. It is intended to be used by faculty and administrators interested in implementing an open access policy at their own educational institutions. See also: Open Doors and Open Minds: What Faculty Authors Can Do to Ensure Open Access to Their Work through Their Institution. (Source: DigitalKoans) Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 867652 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/08/30/intellectual-property-searchinfo-site-ip-com-upgrades-search-functionality-adds-ibm-redbooks-as-non-patent-literature-collection/ From the Website: …a significant upgrade to our patent search engine technology. The new engine provides faster results and supports an advanced syntax mode. For casual users, it provides improved results without using any special syntax. [Clip] We’re also pleased to announce the addition of the IBM Redbooks as a Non-Patent Literature collection. The Redbooks represent a unique source of technical art; we’re excited to bring the Library’s advanced searching and more-like-this capabilities to this material. IP.com Searching Overview + Text Search Overview + Text Search Advanced Syntax Details + Text Search Advanced Examples + More-Like-This Search Overview (Semantic Search) ++ Powered by Textwise From the About Page: The Intellectual Property Library, launched in December 2009, is a free international database of patent and patent-related publications. It’s goal is to encourage worldwide access to resources where innovators can easily locate and explore Intellectual Property (IP) including patents, technologies, and related art. The Library’s collections contain an ever increasing number of international patent databases as well as carefully selected non-patent literature (including our own Prior Art Database). The Library introduces some unique concepts in free online patent searching: + It is the first free access website to actively combine patent and non-patent prior art searching into a single resource. + In addition to a classic full text search engine, it also offers access to a sophisticated semantic search engine, creating unique abilities to rapidly locate related art. + It is one of the first websites outside of of the People’s Republic of China to enable free access to SIPO patent data. (Source: ResourceShelf) Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:51:26 +0100 867702 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BabyBoomerLibrarian/~3/1WIzFTakgRc/jobs-usa-new-york-albany-seeking.html POSITION:  Associate Director for Collections The University at Albany, SUNY, invites applications and nominations for the position of Associate Director for Collections. Reporting to the Dean and Director of Libraries, this senior administrative position is responsible for building, assessing and managing the Libraries' print and electronic collections, managing a $5 million acquisitions budget, and supervising, coordinating and evaluating the work of the Libraries' subject specialists. Responsibilities also include oversight of gifts, Special Collections, University Archives, and the Preservation Department. As a member of the senior administrative group, the Associate Director shares responsibility for developing and implementing the mission, goals and broad policy directions for the University Libraries. Albany is looking for an experienced, creative, forward-thinking leader with a keen sense of the evolving role of research libraries in the digital age and demonstrated knowledge of best practices and current trends in collection management and scholarly communication.  The Associate Director works actively with academic schools and departments to determine selective areas of excellence and growth to be reflected in the Libraries' collection investment. S/he is responsible for coordinating initiatives with other associate directors and library managers, advising and mentoring junior faculty, and promoting staff professional growth. S/he represents the Libraries on collaborative projects with other campus units and other libraries.  The Associate Director demonstrates commitment to personal professional development through scholarly research and publication, presentations, and participation in national professional associations. Required: Graduate degree in librarianship from an ALA-accredited institution and from a college or university accredited by a U. S. ... Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:32:00 +0100 867416 http://www.slis.indiana.edu/careers/view_job_specific.php?job_id=7689 State: International The University of Texas at Arlington Job Title Librarian Posting number 10-07-21-01-0100 Job status Open Information: http://utdirect.utexas.edu/pnjobs/index.WBX?comp=1 Check "Professional/Non-faculty" ___ Basic Information Date available 09/01/2010 Position duration Funding expected to continue Position open to all applicants Monthly salary $3333 negotiable depending on qualifications. Hours per week 40.00 Standard from 900AM to 600PM Location Arlington, TX Hiring department Library http://library.uta.edu General notes This is an entry level Science and Engineering Librarian position. Reference desk duty includes one week night, Sunday rotations and occasional holidays. Some instruction includes nights and weekends. Instructions about additional materials to be submitted by all applicants will be provided once you apply. Finalist(s) will be required to give a formal presentation on a library-related topic. Required Application Materials A Resume is required in order to apply. A Letter of Interest is required in order to apply. A List of 3 References is required in order to apply. Additional Information Purpose of position The Science/Engineering Librarian serves as liaison to assigned departments within the Colleges of Science and Engineering; contribute to and supports the Library's mission to foster and promote quality learning, teaching, and research. Essential functions Serves as subject liaison to assigned academic units for promotion and outreach of library services and resources for Science and Engineering disciplines, cultivates partnerships and relationships with faculty, staff and students. Provides general reference while maintaining a service desk area, also provides complex and/or consultative reference and research assistance in assigned subject areas including virtual reference. ... Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:20:04 +0100 867350 http://digital-scholarship.com/digitalkoans/2010/08/29/which-topic-in-open-access-journals-bibliography/ Which topic in the Open Access Journals Bibliography has the most references? Interestingly enough, it's "Open Access Journal Research Studies." Here's the bibliography's section list ranked by number of references. Open Access Journal Research Studies Open Access Journal Economic Issues Open Access Journal Case Studies Open Access Journal General Works Open Access Journal Publishers and Archives Open Access Journal Library Issues (Source: DigitalKoans) Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 867656 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/GIFSi81g0Mg/ Which topic in the Open Access Journals Bibliography has the most references? Interestingly enough, it's "Open Access Journal Research Studies." Here's the bibliography's section list ranked by number of references. Open Access Journal Research Studies Open Access Journal Economic Issues Open Access Journal Case Studies Open Access Journal General Works Open Access Journal Publishers and Archives Open Access Journal Library Issues (Source: DigitalKoans) Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:03:23 +0100 867316 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/web2learning/YOVk/~3/sE8Zc91L8n0/4060 FishMemory Create multi-level ToDo lists. Set email reminders. Share, print or export your lists. Add tags and notes. tags: lists todo productivity Open Access Journals Bibliography This bibliography presents selected English-language scholarly works that are useful in understanding open access journals. tags: journals bibliography open_access library Archon: The Simple Archival Information System Archon is award-winning software for archivists and manuscript curators. It automatically publishes archival descriptive information and digital archival objects in a user-friendly website. With Archon, there is no need to encode a finding aid, input a catalog record, or program a stylesheet. Archon’s powerful scripts will automatically make everything in the system searchable and browsable on your repository’s website! tags: opensource archives library The Ultimate jQuery List A really big 1-page list of plugins & examples for jQuery tags: jquery javascript tutorials programming ajax plugins Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here. (Source: What I Learned Today...) Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:35:17 +0100 867925 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/h5FHj_aYbRc/directory-of-open-access-journals_29.html Revue Roumaine d'Histoire de l'Art : Série Beaux-Arts Analecta Hermeneutica International Journal of Ad Hoc, Sensor & Ubiquitous Computing International Journal of UbiComp International Journal of Web & Semantic Technology (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:40:01 +0100 867175 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/smwm/~3/MviaZVXFWwE/digicmb Twitpic - Share photos on Twitter CochonBlue at Noorderzon, Grunn http://twitpic.com/2h7a4m Open Access Journals Bibliography Version one of the Open Access Journals Bibliography is now available at Digital Scholarship. http://digital-scholarship.org/oajb/oajb.html Bibliovirtual en FaceBook RT @bibliovirtual: Buenos días, hoy hay post en el blog: Bibliovirtual en FaceBook http://nblo.gs/76erz (Source: DigiCMB) Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:40:02 +0100 867135 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/infoesfera/~3/XxJlQ-AMLVY/sociedad-digital.html «Dejemos ya de lado el funesto “que inventen ellos” e inventemos el futuro entrando todos con paso firme en la sociedad digital»MILAGROS DEL CORRAL (FUE DIRECTORA GENERAL DE LA BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL DE ESPAÑA)Día 21/08/2010La irrupción de las tecnologías en nuestras vidas es ya imparable. Todo empezó con la virtualización del dinero y las tarjetas de crédito, pero el desarrollo de novedosas aplicaciones para la defensa fue el factor desencadenante. No es de extrañar. Una vez más, los grandes adelantos vinieron de la mano del capital y de la inteligencia militar. Pronto aquella Arpanet castrense gestó la Internet civil, imprescindible en menos de dos décadas para cualquier ciudadano y universo por derecho propio para los más jóvenes. Del correo electrónico, instantáneo y gratuito, pasamos a la web, ese gigantesco escaparate de contenidos de toda laya que crece exponencialmente sin respetar fronteras geográficas ni temporales. Internet era en sus inicios un misterioso arcano solo para iniciados, con un lenguaje propio y reglas de buena educación —la Netiquette— que todos respetábamos para ser respetados. Internet fue creciendo y no dábamos abasto para anotar los sitios interesantes que descubríamos navegando al azar por el proceloso ciberespacio a partir de las pocas direcciones URL que cuidadosamente anotábamos en una libreta como si fuesen tesoros. Navegar era emocionante, pero pronto se reveló inmanejable. El cambio radical llegó de la mano de Google cuyo famoso algoritmo de búsqueda y exitoso modelo de negocio arrasaron con todo lo anterior.Tan genial y rentable idea pronto animó a sus jóvenes fundadores a ensayar nuevas e improbables aventuras. Su primer gran sueño, al que seguirían muchos más, fue la construcción de la gran biblioteca mundial en la que todos los libros, debidamente digitalizados, estarían disponibles gratuitamente. ... Sun, 29 Aug 2010 05:20:00 +0100 867125 http://digital-scholarship.com/digitalkoans/2010/08/27/daily-tweets-2010-08-27/ Czech Copyright Bill Undercuts Copyleft, Artists http://icio.us/ocdsgm # Japan’s National Diet Library Collaborating with Library of Congress on Digitization of Prewar Japanese Resources http://icio.us/v1xped # More on Mendeley and Repositories http://icio.us/vrqihp # Provider-Neutral Ebook Records, Help! http://icio.us/ejoe5v # Dear JSTOR: What Went Wrong? http://icio.us/zs0ftt # New: National Library of Poland Puts 20 Digital Collections Online http://icio.us/4v0ytx # Elsevier to Launch Soon a New Science Platform http://icio.us/1pynol # Southern African Music Collection Society Fighting Attempt to Put Public Domain Works Under Copyright http://icio.us/cfhjfa # Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Accord Likely to be Signed in September http://icio.us/0q12el # American Council of Learned Societies' Humanities E-Book Goes Live with Koha http://icio.us/20ul52 # What Everybody Knows http://icio.us/51x4e0 # Learned Society Members and Open Access http://icio.us/bmvhtn # (Source: DigitalKoans) Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 867659 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/Ntn4B-4k9Xs/ Czech Copyright Bill Undercuts Copyleft, Artists http://icio.us/ocdsgm # Japan’s National Diet Library Collaborating with Library of Congress on Digitization of Prewar Japanese Resources http://icio.us/v1xped # More on Mendeley and Repositories http://icio.us/vrqihp # Provider-Neutral Ebook Records, Help! http://icio.us/ejoe5v # Dear JSTOR: What Went Wrong? http://icio.us/zs0ftt # New: National Library of Poland Puts 20 Digital Collections Online http://icio.us/4v0ytx # Elsevier to Launch Soon a New Science Platform http://icio.us/1pynol # Southern African Music Collection Society Fighting Attempt to Put Public Domain Works Under Copyright http://icio.us/cfhjfa # Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Accord Likely to be Signed in September http://icio.us/0q12el # American Council of Learned Societies' Humanities E-Book Goes Live with Koha http://icio.us/20ul52 # What Everybody Knows http://icio.us/51x4e0 # Learned Society Members and Open Access http://icio.us/bmvhtn # (Source: DigitalKoans) Sat, 28 Aug 2010 02:00:00 +0100 867322 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/08/27/legal-research-using-brand-new-ipad-specific-app-for-westlawnext-from-thomson-reuters/ From the Announcement: Thomson Reuters has optimized its new legal research system, WestlawNext, specifically for iPad users. The iPad offers exciting capabilities for the lawyer on the go – greater portability than a laptop and a large, high-resolution Multi-Touch display that makes it far more functional for legal research than a smartphone. The new iPad app is available at the App Store free of charge to all current subscribers of WestlawNext. [Clip] Just like WestlawNext and WestlawNext Mobile, the intuitive design of the WestlawNext iPad app makes it easy to navigate the comprehensive content and use the most advanced legal research features, including WestSearch – the proprietary search engine that leverages over 100 years of editorial assets to provide more inclusive, better-ranked results. “When we talk with lawyers, most say they wouldn’t do more than five minutes of research on their smartphone,” said Andy Martens, senior vice president of New Product Development for Thomson Reuters, Legal. “The iPad is a device where we can see attorneys comfortably doing an hour or more of comprehensive research.” According to Jarvis, research shows that attorneys are using the BlackBerry, the iPhone, Android devices, the Kindle, and now the iPad in growing numbers. “Our approach is to make sure customers can access what they need on any Web-enabled device,” he said. [Clip] Learn More Download the App (Free) Access the Complete Announcement See Also: WestLaw Next Mobile for BlackBerry, iPhone, Palm, and Android See Also: Free App: LexisNexis Get Cases and Shepardize (For iPhone) (Source: ResourceShelf) Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:44:28 +0100 866413 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/16745 Hi, Ani Lopez, at Dynamical.biz, made a translation into English of the main findings of a very interesting recent research article on an eye tracking analysis of Google page results, depending on the different objectives of the search carried out by the users: http://dynamical.biz/blog/web-analytics/serps-user-behaviour-eye-tracking-study-32.html The original article was published in Spanish in the journal "El Profesional de la Información" (EPI), and it is now downloadable in open access on: http://elprofesionaldelainformacion.metapress.com Marcos, Mari-Carmen; González-Caro, Cristina. "Comportamiento de los usuarios en la página de resultados de los buscadores. Un estudio basado en eye tracking" (User behavior in the search engines results page: a study based on the eye tracking technique). El profesional de la información, 2010, julio-agosto, v. 19, n. 4, pp. 348-358. DOI: 10.3145/epi.2010.jul.03 Regards, Tomàs Baiget http://elprofesionaldelainformacion.com EPI is indexed by Social SCI, Sco (Source: gmane.education.web4lib) Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 866248 http://www.echosdoc.net/index.php#info1168 Charles W. Bailey a mis en ligne, ce 23/08/10, une bibliographie reprenant les publications académiques en anglais consacrées à "The Open Access Journals". (Source: EchosDoc : actualité de l' I. & D.) Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:00:00 +0100 866253 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ScholarlyElectronicPublishingWeblogrss/~5/SAnnET1MNaU/AJIC10-Gray.pdf Next Weblog update on 9/29/10. The African Journal of Information and Communication, no. 10 (2009/2010): Includes "Access to Africa's Knowledge: Publishing Development Research and Measuring Value," "Copyright and Education in Africa: Lessons on African Copyright and Access to Knowledge," "Open Access and Open Knowledge Production Processes: Lessons from CODESRIA," "Research Productivity-Visibility-Accessibility and Scholarly Communication in Southern African Universities," and other articles. Ariadne, no. 64 (2010): Includes: "Data Services for the Sciences: A Needs Assessment," "Repository Software Comparison: Building Digital Library Infrastructure at LSE," "Retooling Libraries for the Data Challenge," and other articles. Aslib Proceedings 62, no. 4/5 (2010): Includes "Excavating Grey Literature: A Case Study on the Rich Indexing of Archaeological Documents via Natural Language-Processing Techniques and Knowledge-Based Resources" and other articles. Bailey, Charles W., Jr. Open Access Journals Bibliography, version 1. Houston: Digital Scholarship, 2010. International Journal of Digital Curation 5, no. 1 (2010): Includes "Bit Preservation: A Solved Problem?," "Chronopolis Digital Preservation Network," "Towards Interoperable Preservation Repositories: TIPR," "Towards Smart Storage for Repository Preservation Services," "The Use of Quality Management Standards in Trustworthy Digital Archives," and other articles. Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship, no. 62 (2010): Includes "Publishing Practices of NIH-Funded Faculty at MIT" and other articles. Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries 7, no. ... Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:23:48 +0100 866426 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/ScNunXTVOQ0/ Courtney Crummett et al. have published "Publishing Practices of NIH-Funded Faculty at MIT" in Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship. Here's an excerpt: Faculty and researchers who receive substantial funding from NIH were interviewed about their publication practices. Qualitative data was collected from interviews of eleven faculty members and one researcher representing six academic departments who received NIH funding. Interview responses were analyzed to identify a representative publication workflow and common themes related to the publication process. The goals of this study were to inform librarians about faculty publication practices; to learn how faculty are affected by and responding to NIH publication policy changes; and to inform planning and discussion about new services to support NIH compliance in addition to general faculty publishing. Major themes from the interviews included consistency in publishing workflows, but variety in authorship patterns and in data management practices. Significant points of pain for authors included difficulty finding quality reviewers, frustrating submission processes, and discomfort about the implications of publication agreements. Some authors found the NIH submission requirement to be burdensome, but most assumed their publishers were taking care of this process for them. Implications for library services are considered. (Source: DigitalKoans) Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:14:21 +0100 867329 http://digital-scholarship.com/digitalkoans/2010/08/25/publishing-practices-of-nih-funded-faculty-at-mit-2/ Courtney Crummett et al. have published "Publishing Practices of NIH-Funded Faculty at MIT" in Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship. Here's an excerpt: Faculty and researchers who receive substantial funding from NIH were interviewed about their publication practices. Qualitative data was collected from interviews of eleven faculty members and one researcher representing six academic departments who received NIH funding. Interview responses were analyzed to identify a representative publication workflow and common themes related to the publication process. The goals of this study were to inform librarians about faculty publication practices; to learn how faculty are affected by and responding to NIH publication policy changes; and to inform planning and discussion about new services to support NIH compliance in addition to general faculty publishing. Major themes from the interviews included consistency in publishing workflows, but variety in authorship patterns and in data management practices. Significant points of pain for authors included difficulty finding quality reviewers, frustrating submission processes, and discomfort about the implications of publication agreements. Some authors found the NIH submission requirement to be burdensome, but most assumed their publishers were taking care of this process for them. Implications for library services are considered. (Source: DigitalKoans) Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:12:51 +0100 866048 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/ckS-u6U4iMI/directory-of-open-access-journals_25.html Boletim da Sociedade Paranaense de Matemática Journal of Surgical Case Reports Forests International Journal of VLSI Design & Communication Systems Micromachines Journal of Environmental Biology (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:34:25 +0100 865681 http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Why_Visiting_the_Public_Library_as_a_College_Student_is_a_Good_--- One of the perks of being a college student is having wide open access to a stunningly well-stocked library located just a few feet from your everyda (Source: pligg - all) Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:00:19 +0100 865024 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TScott/~3/C5Kj1pj158E/taxpayers-and-peer-review.html One of the most effective soundbites in the public access debates around FRPAA is that taxpayers ought to have ready, easy and immediate access to the results of the research that they’ve paid for.   Seems to be obviously true. It quickly gets muddy, however, because most people who follow the OA orthodoxy intend it to mean that taxpayers ought to have ready, easy and immediate access to the peer-reviewed articles reporting the results of that research.  After all, the argument goes, they’ve already paid for it, and the subscription system forces them to pay twice! When publishers object that what’s been paid for is the doing of the research, but that taxpayers have not actually paid for the peer review and publication of those articles, they are typically shouted down with the claim that since all of the key elements of peer review and publication are either done for free or are simple anyway, the publishers really don’t add any value and so have no claim to compensation. And yet, there doesn’t seem to be any outcry at the notion of paying PLoS (or any other publication-fee based OA publisher) a considerable sum of (usually) taxpayer money to perform those same tasks.  If it’s double-dipping to pay Wiley-Blackwell a subscription fee to get access to the peer-reviewed published articles, why isn’t it double-dipping to pay PLoS or Biomed Central?  Aren’t we still making the taxpayer pay twice? This is no criticism of PLoS – I’m just looking for some consistency in how we judge these things.  PLoS has proven that a publication-fee based top notch journal can be successfully produced in certain well-funded disciplines.  And I’ve always been persuaded by the logic that says that since peer-reviewed publication is just the final step of a research project, it ought to be funded in the same way that all the rest of the costs of the project are. ... Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 867143 http://librarywriting.blogspot.com/2010/08/cfp-urban-library-journal.html CFP: Urban Library JournalThe editors of Urban Library Journal (ULJ) announce a call for proposals for the Winter 2011 issue.Urban Library Journal, an open access, refereed journal of research and discussion dealing with all aspects of urban libraries and librarianship, welcomes articles dealing with academic, research, public, school, and special libraries in an urban setting. Manuscript length should fall between 2,500 and 5,000 words. Full author guidelines can be found on the ULJ website: http://ulj.lacuny.org/. Proposals are due by September 20, 2010. Full manuscripts are due by December 15, 2010. For more information about ULJ and to see the latest issue: http://lacuny.org/ulj/index.php/current-issue/47-issue-161-spring-2010.  Proposals should be one page or less and include an overview of the topic as well as its relevance to urban libraries. Please email queries and proposals to the journal co-editors:Lisa FinderHunter College Librarieslfinder@hunter.cuny.eduLauren YannottaHunter College Librarieslyannott@hunter.cuny.edu (Source: A Library Writer's Blog) Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 866352 http://digital-scholarship.com/digitalkoans/2010/08/24/special-issue-of-the-african-journal-of-information-and-communication-on-scholarly-communication-and-opening-access-to-knowledge/ The African Journal of Information and Communication has published a special issue on scholarly communication and opening access to knowledge. Here's a selection of articles: Access to Africa's Knowledge: Publishing Development Research and Measuring Value Research Productivity-Visibility-Accessibility and Scholarly Communication in Southern African Universities Copyright and Education in Africa: Lessons on African Copyright and Access to Knowledge 'Dazzling Technologies': Addressing the Digital Divide in the Southern African Universities Open Access and Open Knowledge Production Processes: Lessons from CODESRIA (Source: DigitalKoans) Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:03:45 +0100 866053 http://digital-scholarship.com/digitalkoans/2010/08/24/daily-tweets-2010-08-24/ Google's Book Search: A Disaster for Scholars http://icio.us/yep5n4 # A Busy Summer for DSpace — GSoC & DSpace 1.7 Updates http://icio.us/zbb1mr # Wireless Net Neutrality so Bad, Verizon Already Agreed to It http://icio.us/pei4ir # RIAA: U.S. Copyright Law "Isn't Working" http://icio.us/12c3hr # Open to Change: How Open Access Can Work http://icio.us/2kduu2 # Pass the Hat: Voluntary Payment as a Complementary Model for Music Copyright http://icio.us/pmswpv # Literature Review: IncReASe Project http://icio.us/kook4i # Literature Review: EM-Loader Project http://icio.us/3ihzcy # Comparing Social Sharing of Bibliographic Information with Institutional Repositories http://icio.us/vjv1nu # For Scholars, Web Changes Sacred Rite of Peer Review http://icio.us/btqxtd # Free Data Services [British Library] http://icio.us/pqmqd2 # Common as Air http://icio.us/dst5ja # (Source: DigitalKoans) Wed, 25 Aug 2010 02:00:39 +0100 866056 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/08/24/new-mobile-web-resource-from-nature-publishing-groups-educational-team/ From MobileBeat/VentureBeat: Nature Education — the educational arm of Nature Publishing Group — launched a mobile version of its open-access science library Scitabletoday [Monday] — bringing its extensive library of science articles and social networking features to any student, teacher, or researcher with a mobile device. Mobile users are automatically directed to the appropriate mobile site for their device when they visit Scitable.com. [Clip] The site has gone on to reach 500,000 science students across 165 countries, reports Vikram Savkar, senior vice-president and publishing director at Nature Publishing Group. But despite its success, he wanted a versatile mobile version of Scitable to better reach students in developing countries who don’t have easy access to computers or broadband internet. “With the launch of our mobile site, any student with a cell phone, even a very basic device, has access to a simplified version of the site that includes a wealth of quality, citable information, ” Savkar said. Scitable and Scitable Mobile also has access to full text content including articles by researchers, journalists, and educators as well as topic overviews (aka spotlights) and other materials. A glossary of genetic related terms is also available on the mobile site. The primary concentration of Scitable is on, “genetics, the study of evolution, variation, and the rich complexity of living organisms.” Of note that a day after the launch there is no mention (or we are just missing it) of the new mobile site on the Scitable primary web site or “about” page. Perhaps they are trying to build buzz with a few articles, tweets, and blog posts? We didn’t even find a news release listed. Again, to access the mobile site simply go to the main URL at: http://scitable.com and you’ll be redirected to the proper mobile version for your Blackberry, Android, or iPhone. Source: VentureBeat, Scitable. ... Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:25:33 +0100 864864 http://kairosnews.org/writing-spaces-seeks-volume-3-proposals The open access series Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing seeks chapter proposals for its third volume. We are interested in a wide range of topics relevant for first-year composition, but especially in accessible discussions of rhetoric. Possible topics include but are not limited to the following: rhetorical appeals, especially ethos rhetorical fallacies inductive and deductive arguments strategies for addressing different audiences We are not interested in "general introductions to rhetoric" kinds of chapters. The deadline for proposals is September 1st. To submit a proposal, please visit http://writingspaces.org/authors/submit-proposal. If you have questions, please contact the series editos Charles Lowe and Pavel Zemliansky at http://writingspaces.org/contact Writing Spaces is published in partnership with Parlor Press and the WAC Clearinghouse. (Source: Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy) Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:53:44 +0100 865035 http://www.librarystuff.net/2010/08/23/law-gov-issues-principles-and-declaration/ InfoToday – “Will you ever get free access to the authentic primary law (acts, codes, statutes, regulations, judicial opinions) affecting your life, your business, your money, and relationships?” (Source: Library Stuff) Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:48:25 +0100 865819 http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com/2010/08/of-downloads-and-lemmings.html Following is my contribution to a recent discussion on the American Scientist Open Access Forum on the topic of downloads:What the institutional repository does with respect to download counts, is to direct traffic to the university's site. This will increase the university's web presence and hence emerging institutional web impact assessments, likely to be of increasing importance in years to come.Having said that, I would also like to point out that there are serious dangers to scholarship that come with over-emphasis on the numbers. What is popular from a scholarly perspective at one point in time is not necessarily what is important.One way to think of this: imagine that we humans are like a group of lemmings rushing madly towards a cliff (given the climate crisis and our limited attention to this, I would argue that this is a reasonable comparison). Any lemming that says (or writes) about - how to get to the cliff even faster - is likely to be well-heeded (and cited, if it is an academic lemming). On the other hand, the scholar who looks ahead and sees the cliff and shouts off (or writes up for a peer-reviewed lemming paper): "Hey! Cliff ahead! Should be change direction? " may not get much attention immediately. (Later on, after the early birds have gone over the cliff, could be a different story).Another important point: one real danger of usage statistics is the potential for usage-based pricing. If we go this route, it is just a matter of time before some of us impose limits on reading. If the undergraduate research project becomes a cost item, there will be a strong incentive to limit research and/or eliminate research projects. When one copy of an article can easily serve anyone, anywhere, it would be a shame to go this route. (Thanks to Andrew Odlyzko for pointing to this danger). ... Mon, 23 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 866653 http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/2010/08/ifla-2010-world-report-on-access-of.html The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) has released its World Report 2010:"The World Report series is a biennial report series that reports on the state of the world in terms of freedom of access to information, freedom of expresion and related issues (...) The 2010 Report has been designed as a customizable interactive electronic publication and can be accessed in different formats through the maps below: The country-oriented map interface on the left allows users to produce a full or partial country report or comparative country reports, depending on choices on the following page. The question-oriented interface on the right allows users to get information on a single question for all countries that have participated in the 2010 Report."For each of the 122 countries in the report, the authors provide information on:Numbers and facts about national libraries, public, university, school and government funded research librariesLibraries and the Internet (availability of local content, use of filtering and blocking software, Open access)Legal issues (copyright laws, freedom of information, privacy, intellectual freedom protections)Social issues (HIV/Aids awareness, women’s literacy and freedom of access to information, the disabled and freedom of access to information, senior citizens and freedom of access to information, libraries and the provision of universal primary education, libraries and environmental sustainability)Ethics and IFLA initiatives (Source: Library Boy) Mon, 23 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 864924 http://freegovinfo.info/node/3079 As you might have noticed, I was inspired to register for a PACER account because of the presentation from the Six State Virtual Conference. Today I'd like to share my brief initial experience with PACER. I received my password a few hours after applying for it. Today I logged into PACER and decided to look for documents related to Perry et al v. Schwarzenegger. I realize that some documents in this case are already publicly available, but I wanted something to search that I knew would be in the system. First I clicked on the database link for the Northern District of California, since I knew the case was heard in San Francisco. The resulting search screen offered my several choices, including searching by attorney name. I tried Theodore Olsen, knowing he was one of the attorneys. I got back two cases, but neither was Perry et al v. Schwarzenegger. I was charged $0.08. According to PACER documentation, I would have been charged $0.08 even if I had zero results. So I did a quick Google search to learn that Perry's first name was Kristen and did a party search for Kristen Perry. I immediately got Case Number 3:09-ev-02292-VRW, better known as Perry et al v. Schwarzenegger. This also cost me $0.08, but since I got a useful result, I didn't mind. I looked at the Case Summary ($0.08). I looked at the Case File Location ($0.08) and determined the case files might still be with Judge Walker. Then I looked at the Docket Report. There were 742 files associated with the case. PACER determined that this should be charged as 30 pages or $2.40. Browsing through the list I decided to pull up a 10 page letter from "Voter X" which was sent to Judge Walker during the trial. This person said they feared retaliation from pro-same sex marriage forces and represented themselves as just one of the many voters who voted for Prop 8. The letter was written like a legal brief and I suspect the author was an attorney or paralegal. Viewing and downloading this letter cost me $0. ... Sun, 22 Aug 2010 22:59:09 +0100 865727 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Grumpator/~3/F0iI7AT-Ot4/let-fall-semester-anxiety-begin.html It's been a busy couple of months - we visited the Maughans in Utah, rented a cabin in Greer with the Perrys, Chris decided to start his own business, and now the fall semester is underway. All in all, it was a lovely summer. On the downside, I spent the summer in an unfocused fog at work.  I'm working on a paper that I find really interesting, but feel that I'm a little out of my league.  My abstract was not accepted for a paper proposal at a non-library conference this fall. We got some great feedback, but I can't help but feel that I could have better directed my efforts over the summer, and maybe I need to revise my focus for the paper.  Since the semester has begun, I now find myself a little overwhelmed by my list of things to do this fall.  Of course, that happens every year! Here's my list so far: Set up and administer a survey on the Library Minute in 1 week. Prepare a poster session that includes the survey results for the EDUCAUSE conference in October. Hopefully also turn poster & survey results into a paper I can manage to get published this year. Teach 2 instruction sessions for UNI 110 Serve as a mentor to a freshman, and coordinate about 20 other mentors for the Obama Scholars program Co-chair a new workgroup (I named it TOAD). Plan some activities for Open Access Week (also in October). Plan out and submit a poster proposal for the ACRL conference next spring (due in Nov. 1). Continue writing this other paper Continue planning the AzLA Annual Conference in November, of which I'm a co-chair Continue working on my packet for promotion and continuing appointment, due next summer. It's just the sort of thing you don't want to save for the last minute. All of this is while our reorganization is still vague, uncertain and unannounced, so I'm still trying to feel out where my place is, what my focus should be, and what, exactly, my job really is. ... Sun, 22 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 866520 http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com/2010/08/open-access-advocacy-for-procrastinator.html Best excuse for procastinating I've come up with in a long time: what do you mean, this won't be open access? Suitable for authors of all toll access publishers. (Source: The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics) Sat, 21 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 866655 http://gnomicutterance.livejournal.com/49353.html Over at the Transformative Works and Cultures blog, TWC editor Karen Hellekson has posted an excellent essay "Breaking the primacy of print". Karen asks why online-only peer-reviewed journals are valued less than peer-reviewed journals with a print presence, when the delivery medium has nothing to do with the rigorous miss of the scholarship. TWC, in particular, is a multimedia-rich scholarly journal, for which a print presence would be a watered down equivalent.(This is mirrored from an original post at Dreamwidth where there are comments. You can leave a comment here or over there. (Source: Ramblings on Librarianship, Technology, and Academia) Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:11:48 +0100 865999 http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com/2010/08/worlds-of-differences-between.html Many librarians have never studied economics. Now that we are playing a key role in transforming scholarly communication, we need to know a little about the topic, at least as it applies to the stuff we work with. This is true whether we're in library management, collections, or at the front lines working with faculty on scholarly communication issues. This post is the first in a series designed to provide an easy reading introduction to librarians on this topic and for this purpose, called Economics 101.Today's topic introduces the concept of the worlds of differences that exist between publishers. I will be using one of my favorite examples - since it is both so extreme, and from LIS. Emerald's Library Management, with a subscription price of Euro 11819 according to Ulrich's (that's 15,138 USD by today's conversion rate), costs about 190 times as much as ACRL's College and Research Libraries (similar in number of peer-reviewed articles per year), at a maximum non-member non-US rate of 80 USD. While this is an extreme example, it nonetheless illustrates an important point: the journals of the for-profit commercial sector can cost not only more than the not-for-profits, the commercials often cost a very great deal more.This is important, because if we would like to see a healthy, affordable future for scholarly communication, we need to understand and support the often small, not-for-profit publishers, whether they are our own, as in the case of C&RL, or help our faculty members to see the importance of supporting such journals in their own disciplines.Following are a few ways to think about this:When it comes time for renewal, budgets are tight, and of course we want publishers to keep their prices down. ... Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 866656 http://freegovinfo.info/node/3078 The Government Printing Office posted the following announcement to their FDLP-L list that seemed worth sharing: From: Announcements from the Federal Depository Library Program On Behalf Of FDLP Listserv Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 8:50 AM To: GPO-FDLP-L@LISTSERV.ACCESS.GPO.GOV Subject: Training Sessions from the Six-State Virtual Conference Available The six states of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming recently held an online conference using the OPAL web conferencing software. Over 5 days, the Six-State Virtual Government Information Conference ran 17 different programs covering numerous topics of interest to Federal depository libraries and government information professionals. GPO is proud to have provided technical support for this online conference and we invite the wider FDLP community to view 15 archived sessions of the conference in the OPAL Archives at their convenience at http://www.opal-online.org/archivegpo.htm. The topics of the sessions vary greatly to cover both hot issues in depository libraries as well as training on Federal information products. Examples include: the Sunlight Foundation's address on open access, demographic and business information from the Census Bureau, tracking the usage of your online depository collection, moving to a more electronic collection, FDsys, and marketing depository collections and services, to name a few. Be sure to visit the Web page the conference organizers developed to accompany the virtual conference. The page includes links to the PowerPoint presentations, audio clips from government information specialists, a Twitter feed, OPAL information, and more. See http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/govpubs/conference/6state/index.htm In addition to the above, there is a program on using PACER, the federal courts documents system. I've got a lot to learn about PACER and this session seems like a great place to start. ... Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:54:29 +0100 865728 http://lib.wmrc.uiuc.edu/enb/2010/08/18/biochar-research-yields-significant-results/ Read the full story in Biomass Magazine. The full research paper, entitled “Sustainable biochar to mitigate global climate change”, is available at http://www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v1/n5/full/ncomms1053.html as an open access article. Although it will not solve climate change entirely, biochar has the potential to mitigate up to a tenth of current greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study. The extensive research paper, which has been in the works for several years, centered on the carbon sequestration capabilities of biochar was published this week in Nature Communication, and co-author James Amonette hopes it will have great influence on those in the scientific community who doubt biochar’s climate mitigation potential. (Source: Environmental News Bits) Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:39:14 +0100 865091 http://lib.wmrc.uiuc.edu/enb/2010/08/18/public-perceptions-of-energy-consumption-and-savings/ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Published online before print August 16, 2010, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1001509107) / by Shahzeen Z. Attaria, Michael L. DeKay, Cliff I. Davidson, and Wändi Bruine de Bruin (Open access article) http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2010/08/06/1001509107.full.pdf+html Many Americans believe they can conserve energy by taking relatively inconsequential steps, such as turning off lights, while ignoring far more important measures, according to a new survey. The survey of residents in 34 states, conducted by researchers at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, said that only 2 to 3 percent of Americans cited major energy-saving steps — such as purchasing energy-efficient cars and appliances, and weatherizing homes — as being important in cutting energy consumption. Yet nearly 20 percent of Americans cited turning off lights as the best approach to conserving energy — an action that, in fact, saves very little electricity. Researchers said most Americans focus on what they can do that is cheap and easy at the moment, and do not think about the importance of taking basic steps, such as buying high-mileage vehicles. Another problem, researchers said, is that the public suffers from a “single-action bias,” meaning that after doing one or two things to save small amounts of energy, people feel they have done enough. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, said the survey results show that environmental groups, scientists, and government officials have failed to effectively communicate the relatively painless steps people can take to slash their energy consumption. Hat tip to the RFF Library Blog for the link. (Source: Environmental News Bits) Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:17:56 +0100 865101 http://medinfo.netbib.de/archives/2010/08/17/3789 Die heurige Jahrestagung der AGMB findet zwischen 27. und 29. September 2010 an Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz statt. Die Anmeldung zur Tagung ist noch bis 30. August 2010 möglich. Mittlerweile sind auch das Programm der Tagung, die dem Motto alles – einfach – sofort : Service in Medizinbibliotheken gewidmet ist, und Abstracts online zugänglich. Die Abstracs wurden, wie in den letzten Jahren auch, auf der Open Access Publikationsplattform German Medical Science publiziert. Zur Kongress-Website von German Medical Science – Jahrestagung der AGMB 2010 in Mainz Abstracts Meeting Abstract (10agmb01) Virtuelle Lehrbuchsammlung und E-Books-On-Demand als Facetten der Hybridbibliothek: zwei innovative Services der Universitätsbibliothek der Medizinischen Universität Wien Bauer B Meeting Abstract (10agmb02) Neue subito-Dienste auf der Basis von §52a und b des Urheberrechtsgesetzes Braun-Gorgon T Meeting Abstract (10agmb03) Neubau der Fachbibliothek Medizin der ULB Düsseldorf: O.A.S.E. Brunenberg U Meeting Abstract (10agmb04) Projekt bibnet.org Fischer M, Kandera S, Sulzer D, Mayer S, Krone M, Niedermann E, Kleibel V Mit Erratum (10.08.2010) Meeting Abstract (10agmb05) Blended-Learning-Kurs: “Medizinische Literaturrecherche” Kaiser A Meeting Abstract (10agmb06) Dienstleistung im Fokus: Praxisbericht über die Einführung eines Qualitätsmanagement-Systems nach ISO 9001 Kintzel M, Sunderbrink N Meeting Abstract (10agmb09) Library services in a UK research institute Norman F Meeting Abstract (10agmb12) Service vor Ort – Die Bibliothek geht zum Nutzer Schulz M Product Reviews Product Review (10agmb15) Neue medizinische Produkte und Erwerbungsmodelle von De Gruyter Kapler B Product Review (10agmb16) BMJ Best Practice: innovation in clinical decision support Dilworth P Related posts No related posts. (Source: medinfo) Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:47:12 +0100 867486 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AginfoBlogFromIaald/~3/Tvi5FA4nmCM/ifpri-adopts-3-d-approach-to-web.html Chris Addison writes:To accommodate a complete change in the way we use the Internet to find information and stay in touch, a new and different strategy for online publishing is essential. At IFPRI, we have been experimenting with the concept of a “3-D” approach using (1) decentralized content, (2) a descriptive system to put information in context, and (3) ways to ensure we are part of the discussion. So, we have been looking at our work through 3-D glasses, and it has brought the system vividly to life.1. DecentralizeFirst, we have begun to decentralize what we do by moving from a “one-platform-fits-all” approach to one that encourages the most appropriate platforms for particular types of content. Individuals, projects, divisions, and departments in the organization need to be able to update information online, so the ability to input data and documents cannot rest solely with one group. We make extensive use of Slideshare and YouTube whenever content is photo- or video-based. To post short communications, we use Wordpress, which we also use to create “websites on the fly.” Our publications follow an open-access workflow that ensures they are published on the IFPRI website and stored on the server repository to be accessible to all. The decentralization also applies to how our content reaches our audience. We have turned the core IFPRI website into a web engine able to produce content feeds, which can be used by others. These feeds are now one of the top sources of traffic to our website. We are also rapidly moving toward providing content that can be embedded elsewhere, as is the case with the Global Hunger Index map.2. DescribeSince our content is now so well dispersed in different platforms, it is essential to link related items through a descriptive system so that information is displayed in context. ... Mon, 16 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 867406 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/mleggott/loomware/~3/R70lM8vweus/upei-web-of-science-and-knowledge-for-all.html There has been a great deal of interest in the last few days in an article that appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education this week. Since it is about open access to knowledge, it seemed unfortunate to me that the article is behind a fee wall, so I have copied the text below, based on the assumption that the Chronicle is actually interested in facilitating a discussion around this issue. (I had to get a colleague to send me the article since I do not subscribe.) Might I suggest to the Publisher that they move the article outside the fee wall as a nod to the importance of access to knowledge. The Knowledge for All Proposal (about which I will write more in the coming weeks) is available on the Robertson Library Website : http://library.upei.ca/k4all. Hot Type: Canadian University Hopes to Lead Fight Against High Subscription Prices U. of Prince Edward Island By Jennifer Howard Famous for mussels, serenity, and as the setting for Anne of Green Gables, Prince Edward Island, the smallest of Canada's provinces, seems an unlikely hotbed of revolution. But at the University of Prince Edward Island, the province's only university, a bit of scholarly-communication revolt is stirring. On June 15, the university librarian, Mark Leggott, released a campus letter to let the faculty know the institution would not be renewing its subscription to the Web of Science database. Mr. Leggott's letter cited several reasons for the decision: "a challenging fiscal climate," a required three-year contract with price increases every year, a weaker Canadian dollar that would make those increases even harder to bear. But here are the real fighting words: "Any subscription increase in these challenging times is difficult, but an increase of 120 percent is simply not acceptable," Mr. Leggott wrote. ... Sat, 14 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 866336 http://catalogablog.blogspot.com/2010/08/oai-oclc.html Some good news from OCLC about their OAI database, now you can submit your own records for harvesting, just use the WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway.Repository managers from libraries, museums, archives and other cultural heritage and research institutions can now contribute metadata records for digital materials to WorldCat using the new, enhanced WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway, increasing visibility and accessibility of special collections, institutional repositories, and other unique digital content to Web searchers worldwide....Designed for self-service use, the WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway is a Web-based tool that enables repository managers to customize how their metadata displays in WorldCat.org and determine their metadata harvesting schedule—monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually. Additionally, it applies their institution's "holdings symbol" to their records, thereby highlighting the unique information resources their institution is contributing to WorldCat. (Source: Catalogablog) Fri, 13 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 864792 http://wulibraries.typepad.com/bionews/2010/08/new-wiley-and-springer-sites.html Wiley and Springer both brought up new web sites for their ejournal and ebooks recently. The new Springer interface has been available as their Beta site for several months. On the new platform you will find: Related documents for every article or eBook chapter; this is nice but only leads you to related documents within the Springer universe PDF Preview for eBook chapters. Note: I find this especially useful in when browsing in collections we do not subscribe to because you can see several pages of each chapter online even though we do not have full access to the book. Then, if needed, you can search the catalog or Mobius to find out if we have the book available. The ebook collections which we do have, 2005+, are Biomedical & Life Sciences, Medicine, Computer Science, and Mathematics & Statistics. Enhanced browsing features. Note: use the TOOLS menu if you would prefer to turn off Access Indicators or search-term Highlighting. View abstracts without leaving search results Improved search functionality - including searching by citation Easy filters for Online First and Open Access articles Wiley Online Library is also more than just a new "look." More info about Features and Benefits. My favorite feature so far is that it is much easier to see when access is freely available or accessible (due to WU-license). I have noticed several links on subject pages that need repair, particularly Wiley links, but the links from the library online catalogs and EJournals Holdings list seem to be up-to-date. If you have bookmarks or RSS feeds to Wiley or Springer tables of contents alerts or new book alerts, you may need to update your links. Please let me know when you have access problems or when you note other new features. I really appreciate your reports. (Source: Biology Library News) Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 866609 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/6298 BERKMAN BUZZ: A look at the past week's online Berkman conversations If you would like to receive the Buzz weekly via email, please sign up here. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * What's being discussed...take your pick or browse below. * Stuart Shieber defends publication-fee OA journals. * Peter Suber intertwines search and open access. * Ethan Zuckerman blogs Kate Crawford's "art of noise" talk. * Radio Berkman 161: "A Brief History of Noise" * David Weinberger, calling all flatfooted programmers! * ProjectVRM previews the upcoming VRM+CRM Workshop. * Doc Searls is not an eyeball. * OpenNet Initiative on UAE vs. BlackBerry. * Jonathan Zittrain puzzles through Blackberry encryption, via Yossarian's tent-mate. * CMLP on warrantless FBI information gathering and ISPs. * Harry Lewis isn't surprised about fully body scanners. * Weekly Global Voices: "Cambodia: Mixed views on Duch Verdict" * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The full buzz. "D expects publication fees to hyperinflate, with scholars unhappily having to acquiesce to a kind of extortion. This worry of runaway publication fees leads D to the conclusion that publication fees are an unsustainable business model for open access journals. The problem with the argument becomes transparent when one sees that it applies equally well to subscription journals. Nothing prevents subscription journals from charging publication fees, and many do." From Stuart Shieber's blog post Will open-access publication fees grow out of control? "In 1979, William Garvey made a remarkable claim: " ... in some disciplines, it is easier to repeat an experiment than it is to determine that the experiment has already been done." (See W.D. Garvey, Communication: The essence of science, Pergamon Press, Oxford 1979, p. 8. ... Fri, 06 Aug 2010 22:00:00 +0100 865919 http://mblc.state.ma.us/jobs/find_jobs/rss.php?job_id=6308 Scholarly Communications Librarian The Boston College Libraries seek an energetic and innovative leader to develop the Libraries' eScholarship@BC institutional repository program and associated initiatives to highlight and preserve the scholarly and research output of the University. The Scholarly Communications Librarian plays a key outreach role, promoting new forms of scholarly publication and Open Access (OA) activities and educating the Boston College community on intellectual property isues related to scholarly publishing. Working closely with both internal partners in the BC Libraries and external stakeholders (particularly faculty), and plays a central role in promoting eScholarship@BC and establishing the BC Libraries as a hub of conversation and services around scholarly communication and publishing. Building a robust and sustainable institutional repository is a key element of the Libraries' recently completed strategic planning process. The Scholarly Communications librarian will lead these efforts, building on work already under way as well as developing new services in support of the repository. Major components of the eScholarship@BC program include: A database of openly accessible faculty publications Growing electronic theses and dissertations program Open-access e-journals hosted by the libraries Faculty-contributed digital collections Digitized library special collections Research output from academic departments and research centers. This position, which reports to the Associate University Librarian for Collections, requires proven organizational, communication, and leadership skills coupled with an ability to manage in an ever-changing environment that embraces entrepreneurship, collaboration, and the continuing development of a learning organization. (Source: MBLC Job Listings) Thu, 05 Aug 2010 06:05:02 +0100 864631 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/08/04/online-database-base-bielefeld-academic-search-engine-passes-25-million-records/ From an Email: + More than 25 million records from more than 1.720 repositories worldwide + About 3 million records this year or about 14.200 records per day, while the number of repositories increased in 2010 about 22 % until now + More and more journals deliver content via OAI-PMH (especially journals using OJS), which is another evidence for the growing importance of open access in scholarly communication From the BASE Web Site: BASE is one of the world’s most voluminous search engines especially for academic open access web resources. BASE is operated by Bielefeld University Library. As the open access movement grows and prospers, more and more repository servers come into being which use the “Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting” (OAI-PMH) for providing their contents. BASE collects, normalises, and indexes these data. [Clip] In comparison to commercial search engines, BASE is charcterised by the following features: + Intellectually selected resources + Only document servers that comply with the specific requirements of academic quality and relevance are included + A data resources inventory provides transparency in the searches + Discloses web resources of the “Deep Web”, which are ignored by commercial search engines or get lost in the vast quantity of hits. + The display of search results includes precise bibliographic data + Several options for sorting the result list + “Refine your search result” options (authors, subject headings, year, resources and language) Access BASE Search Interface Source: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine Hat Tip: OATP (Open Access Tracking Project)/Peter Suber and E-Mail from Dirk Pieper (Source: ResourceShelf) Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:08:09 +0100 864677 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/08/04/new-online-from-sparc-study-on-the-economic-returns-of-open-access-policies/ From the SPARC Announcement: Delivering timely, open, online access to the results of federally funded research in the United States will significantly increase the return on the public’s investment in science, according to a new study by John Houghton at the Centre for Strategic Economic Studies at Victoria University. The study, “The Economic and Social Returns on Investment in Open Archiving Publicly Funded Research Outputs,” co-authored by Bruce Rasmussen and Peter Sheehan, was released today by SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). Public funding of scientific, technical, and medical research assumes that economic and social returns to taxpayers will exceed the amount of the research investment. A proposal currently before the U.S. Congress – the Federal Research Public Access Act, H.R. 5037 and S. 1373 (FRPAA) – seeks to ensure and maximize the public’s return by delivering open online access to the results of research funded through 11 federal agencies no later than six months after publication in a journal. The Victoria University study outlines one approach to measuring the potential impact of this policy on returns on public investment in research and development (R&D). The new study examines the effect of key variables that influence the potential return on investment from this research. These variables concern both access to research – including content embargoes – and the efficiency with which research is applied in practice. The study also defines the additional data and model developments necessary for an accurate estimate of the policy’s likely impact. Access the Complete Announcement Full Text of Study: “The Economic and Social Returns on Investment in Open Archiving Publicly Funded Research Outputs” by John Houghton, with Bruce Rasmussen and Peter Sheehan You can also access full text study as a complete PDF file (45 pages; PDF). ... Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:45:47 +0100 864572 http://infobib.de/blog/2010/08/04/kein-open-access-fur-artikel-uber-open-access/ Man sollte sich ja eigentlich dran gewöhnt haben. Es wird viel über Open Access oder Open Content geschrieben. Aber längst nicht alle dieser Artikel, nicht mal diejenigen, die Open Access sehr positiv gegenüber stehen, sind tatsächlich auch frei zugänglich. Ein Beispiel aus jüngerer Vergangenheit ist aus der Nature: The delay in sharing research data is costing lives. Ob es darin wirklich konkret um Open Data & Co ging, weiß ich nicht. Beim folgenden Artikel ist die Sachlage jedoch recht eindeutig: The Open Access Availability of Library and Information Science Literature Für die bibliothekarische Fachkommunikation in Deutschland sieht es größtenteils ähnlich aus, wie man auch in Jakobs Spreadsheet “Deutschsprachige Bibliothekszeitschriften (außer Blogs)” erkennen kann. [via @bckaemper und ResourceShelf] (Source: Infobib) Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:46:46 +0100 866202 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AginfoBlogFromIaald/~3/6QGvzLyvqRk/ifla-2010-current-trends-in.html The agricultual libraries session of IFLA 2010 comprises the following contributions:Current trends in agricultural information services for farmers in Trinidad and Tobago/Caribbean - SHAMIN RENWICK (University of the West Indies, Agriculture and Life Sciences Division, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago)Information worlds of Chinese farmers and their implications for agricultural information services: a fresh look at ways to deliver effective services - LIANGZHI YU (Nankai University, Department of Information Resource Management Tianjin, China)An investigation into the use of ICT in the provision of agricultural information to small scale farmers in Harare - COLLENCE T. CHISITA (Information Science Faculty, Harare Polytechnic, Harare, Zimbabwe)Helping citizen farmers turn cities into gardens that serve multiple purposes - BARBIE E. KEISER (Barbie E. Keiser, Inc., Alexandria, VA, USA)Open access repository for the Brazilian literature on agroecology - MARIA DE CLÉOFAS FAGGION ALENCAR (Embrapa Environment, Jaguarína, SP, Brazil)Information to farmers: the role of CTA in facilitating agricultural information transfer to farmers and the work done by the Lengau Centre at the University of the Free State - ERNÉNE VERSTER (Programme for Agricultural Information Services (PRAIS), Library and Information Services, University of the Free State, South Africa)Farmer- oriented information services: an overview - DEVA ESWARA REDDY (Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA) (Source: AgInfo News from IAALD) Wed, 04 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 867411 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/08/03/nature-publishing-group%e2%80%99s-npg-managing-director-publishes-annual-letter-to-customers-price-increase-discussed/ Access the Complete Letter The letter was written by Steven Inchcoombe, Managing Director, Nature Publishing Group The Nature Publishing Group Web Site: A Passage From the Letter: We recognise the pressure on library budgets, and the need for evolving business models in scholarly communication. The state of the global economy is impacting on all of us. To keep prices as low and predictable as possible, NPG is actively investing in diversifying our income sources, launching open access journals, and driving down costs. Nature Education is one example of this approach, working with sponsors to provide free science education resources to students and teachers around the world. Two years ago we announced we would keep increases on NPG-owned journals below 7% for 2009, 2010 and 2011 list prices, and we have delivered on this promise. Nevertheless, there has been extensive discussion about NPG’s 2010 and 2011 price increases in recent months. Unfortunately and despite our efforts, confusion has arisen between list prices and volume discounts for consortia. So let me be clear; on site licenses for NPG-owned journals there was a 3.5% increase from 2009 list price to 2010 list price. The 2011 list price increase for NPG-owned journals will be 4.5%. List prices for society journals are set independently in consultation with individual societies. Site license list pricing for academic customers will be published shortly on the NPG Librarian Gateway. In 2010, prices will come into effect on 1 December for Nature-branded journals, and 1 September for academic and society journals. In 2011 and in future years, list prices will come into effect in on 1 October 2011 for all NPG titles. Therefore, 2012 list prices will come into effect on 1st October 2011, for both Nature-branded and NPG’s academic journals. This synchronizes the pricing cycle for all of the journals we publish. ... Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:42:58 +0100 864413 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/08/03/full-text-published-version-the-open-access-availability-of-library-and-information-science-literature/ This paper was available as a preprint. The following is the published version from the July, 2010 Issue of College and Research Libraries (71.4). The Open Access Availability of Library and Information Science Literature by Doug Way is Head of Collection Development at Grand Valley State University From the Abstract: To examine the open access availability of Library and Information Science (LIS) research, a study was conducted using Google Scholar to search for articles from 20 top LIS journals. The study examined whether Google Scholar was able to find any links to full text, if open access versions of the articles were available and where these articles were being hosted. The results showed that the archiving of articles is not a regular practice in the field; articles are not being deposited in institutional or subject repositories at a high rate; and, overall, the percentage of available open access articles in LIS was similar to the findings in previous studies. In addition, the study found that Google Scholar is an effective tool for finding known LIS articles. Access the Full Text Paper (8 pages; PDF) Source: College and Research Libraries (Source: ResourceShelf) Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:04:30 +0100 864250 http://freegovinfo.info/node/3068 More reporting on the hearing this week on Public Access to Federally-Funded Research: In his testimony to the House Committee On Oversight and Government Reform, Alan Adler of the Association of American Publishers, said: Publishers strongly believe that American taxpayers are entitled to the research they've paid for.... But taxpayers have not paid for the private sector, peer-reviewed journal articles reporting on that research. ...Peer-reviewed articles published in scholarly journals are not research, federally-funded or otherwise. They describe and explain the process, findings and significance of research. They require substantial amounts of the publisher's resources to ensure that their content is accurate, new, and important. Or, as Barbara Fister comments at Inside Higher Education, Sure, taxpayers are entitled to federally funded research, but "peer-reviewed articles published in scholarly articles are not research." No, they are the intellectual property of publishers, because they're the ones who spend all kinds of money to make sure the science in them is accurate. I'm not kidding. He actually said that. It's publishers who make sure the research is "accurate, new, and important." That peer review you do for free? They have to spend millions to make sure you do it right. So we have no problem, and taxpayers have to right to this stuff because it's not research. (Source: Free Government Information (FGI) blogs) Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:39:45 +0100 864213 http://freegovinfo.info/node/3067 Publisher argues free access to research violates administration's transparency initiative, By Aliya Sternstein, NextGov (07/30/2010). ...But a mother of two children diagnosed with a rare disease, who also testified at the hearing, said access to such articles has been critical to treating their illness.... (Source: Free Government Information (FGI) blogs) Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:03:07 +0100 864214 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/08/03/american-physical-society-offers-free-access-to-libraries I thought I’d pass this along in case anyone is interested - The American Physical Society is offering online access to their journals free to public libraries. I haven’t decided if my library will take advantage of the offer, because these journals seem more academic that what our patrons are usually after, and also, it’s in-library access only. But on the plus side, it’s free, and this is a good direction for publishers to be headed. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APS ONLINE JOURNALS AVAILABLE FREE IN U.S. PUBLIC LIBRARIES Ridge, NY, 28 July 2010: The American Physical Society (APS) announces a new public access initiative that will give readers and researchers in public libraries in the United States full use of all online APS journals, from the most recent articles back to the first issue in 1893, a collection including over 400,000 scientific research papers. APS will provide this access at no cost to participating public libraries, as a contribution to public engagement with the ongoing development of scientific understanding. APS Publisher Joseph Serene observed that “public libraries have long played a central role in our country’s intellectual life, and we hope that through this initiative they will become an important avenue for the general public to reach our research journals, which until now have been available only through the subscriptions at research institutions that currently cover the significant costs of peer review and online publication.” Librarians can obtain access by accepting a simple online site license and providing valid IP addresses of public-use computers in their libraries (http://librarians.aps.org/account/public_access_new). The license requires that public library users must be in the library when they read the APS journals or download articles. Initially the program will be offered to U.S. public libraries, but it may include additional countries in the future. ... Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:00:39 +0100 864259 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/8bVUFebX7hs/directory-of-open-access-journals_03.html Journal of Critical Globalisation Studies (JCGS) Open Fuels and Energy Science Journal Retos : Nuevas Perspectivas de Educación Física, Deporte y Recreación Revista Română de Anatomie Funcţională şi Clinică, Macro şi Microscopică şi Antropologie (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:33:53 +0100 864198 http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com/2010/08/open-access-for-canada-for-canadian.html As librarians across the country know, it is not easy for searchers to find information about Canada. Recently, in a discussion about the Canadian Census, someone pointed out how much more open and useful the U.S. Census data is. Have a look - it is impressive indeed. The point was, that this Canadian admitted to doing research using U.S. Census data rather than Canadian data for their grad thesis, just because it was too hard to find Canadian data. A story that reference librarians are all too familiar with. Update August 7: Allison Martell explains why she used American census data rather than Canadian for her undergraduate project, because the Canadian data were not usable.When American information is easy to find, and Canadian information almost impossible to find, what ends up happening is that Canadian researchers end up helping Americans with their problems, even if they want to help us with ours. If Americans thought about this and wanted to reciprocate, they'd have a hard time finding our information and probably give up.The U.S. already has a strong mandatory open access law with the National Institutes of Health, and discussions are well underway to extend this to all U.S. federal funding agencies. Canada had better get going on our own OA mandates and make our work visible, quick, or we'll end up becoming even more marginalized from a knowledge standpoint. This anecdotal view is a good fit with the author impact advantage illustrated in Steve Hitchcock's excellent bibliography of studies on this topic.Canadians who are advocating for the return of the mandatory long form of the census: why not add to the list of the demands that the data be made just as open and usable as the U.S. Census data is? (Source: The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics) Tue, 03 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 866659 http://www.libology.com/blog/2010/08/02/one-possible-oclc-solution.html I am going to be very presumptuous and put forth a possible solution to the OCLC situation. Ready? Divide OCLC in two. One entity, which we will call OCLC.org (just to keep from having to make up some name for one of them) will encompass the bibliographic collective of thousands of libraries worldwide. Membership fees will be the primary source of income for this non-profit organization.  They will serve as a repository of bibliographic records and collective resources available to members at minimal or no cost.  Minimal would mean the amount needed to recoup the expense to provide whatever services.  OCLC.org would truly be a non-profit organization. OCLC.org could be governed by a board made up of member library representatives, voted in by general election.  It could hold conventions every few years to debate the charter and map the future of the collective. The bibliographic records contained in the WorldCat database would be licensed with minimal restrictions, primarily to ensure that more restrictive licensing could not be imposed upon them by others.  A license such as the Creative Commons ShareAlike could be a starting point for discussion. Recognizing that the data contained within the records is part of the Public Domain would encourage the organization to search for funding models that didn’t include paying piecemeal for records. A means of searching, adding, editing, and retrieving records would need to be maintained, but cataloging services and software would be outside the scope of the organization.  Software such as xISBN and xISSN would be a good fit for the database, especially since the complete WorldCat API would be open and available to all, and services like these would add to the value of the collection. An OPAC-like interface such as WorldCat.org may, or perhaps may not, be necessary. ... Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:27:19 +0100 864516 http://www.echosdoc.net/index.php#info1153 OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks) a mis en ligne les contributions présentées lors de son séminaire "Promoting Open Access for Academic Books" (Amsterdam, 10/06/10). (Source: EchosDoc : actualité de l' I. & D.) Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:00:00 +0100 864285 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BabyBoomerLibrarian/~3/9CuEhAjpyQc/misunderstanding-univ-of-houston.html Everyone, Access to these resources was briefly suspended while we transitioned to our new website this morning. The University of Houston Libraries are committed to open access initiatives and providing continuing access to this content. If Mr. Bailey had contacted anyone at the UH Libraries, we would have reassured him that access to the content would continue. Here are links to the resources that Charles referenced in his email below: The Public-Access Computer Systems Review (PACS Review) http://epress.lib.uh.edu/pr/pacsrev.html Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography http://www.digital-scholarship.com/sepb/sepb.html Public-Access Computer Systems News http://serials.infomotions.com/pacsn/ PACS-L http://epress.lib.uh.edu/pacsl/pacsl.html PACS-P http://epress.lib.uh.edu/pacsp/pacsp.html If you have any questions about these resources or our new website, please feel free to contact me. Thanks, Rachel Rachel E. Vacek Head of Web Services University of Houston Libraries 114 University Libraries Houston, TX  77204 713-743-5820 (o) 713-743-9811 (f) revacek@uh.edu Posted via email from Bill Drew - BabyBoomer Librarian (Source: Baby Boomer Librarian) Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:18:00 +0100 864029 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/eLKv5Zm0nSg/ Without explanation, the University of Houston Libraries have restored The Public Access-Computer Systems Review and other deleted publications. (Source: DigitalKoans) Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:02:00 +0100 864022 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/rxbxXr6_7Iw/ The University of Houston Libraries published one of the first open access peer-reviewed journals published on the Internet, The Public Access-Computer Systems Review. Established in 1989, the journal's last issue was published in 1998. It had over 4.2 million Gopher or Web file requests from January 1994 through December 2006. Today, the University of Houston Libraries have deleted this open access journal from their website. The only remnant of the digital version of the journal is an online catalog record, whose link is inoperative. The current Dean of the University of Houston Libraries, Dana C. Rooks, served as an editor of the journal. The University of Houston Libraries have also deleted the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography archive. The UH Libraries published this updated digital book from 1996 through 2006. The only remnant of the of the digital book is an online catalog record, whose link is inoperative. From October 1996 through December 2006, the digital book had over 6.6 million Web file requests. The University of Houston Libraries have also deleted Public-Access Computer Systems News. The UH Libraries published this digital newsletter from 1990 though 1995. There is no catalog record for this newsletter. Both Dean Dana Rooks and Senior Associate Dean Linda Thompson were editors of this newsletter. The University of Houston Libraries have also deleted the home pages for two early Internet discussion lists, PACS-L and PACS-P. Preliminary searching in Google suggests that, in spite of a copyright agreement that permitted libraries from freely archiving The Public Access-Computer Systems Review, none have done so. Perhaps they expected that the University of Houston Libraries would perpetually archive a digital journal that they published. Although there appears to be no library archive of the The Public Access-Computer Systems Review, print versions of volumes 1-5 are still available in some libraries. ... Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:35:28 +0100 864023 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/08/02/new-spec-kit-317-from-arl-special-collections-engagement/ SPEC Kit #317 is now available. The full text “kit” is fee-based but an 18 page executive summary is available at no charge. From the Summary/News Release/Ordering Information The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published, “Special Collections Engagement, SPEC Kit 317,” which examines exhibits, events, instruction, and other activities that are targeted to engage students, faculty, and other scholars/researchers with special collections for research and education. It investigates who coordinates these activities, where they are held, how they are promoted, and how they are evaluated. By the March deadline, responses had been submitted by 79 of the 124 ARL member libraries for a response rate of 64%. A genuine commitment to outreach activities in special collections is evident throughout the responses to this survey. Over 95% of respondents are staging exhibits, holding events, and engaging students and faculty in the use of collections; most institutions are participating in all of these activities, as well as in many others not specifically addressed in the survey. At the heart of all outreach activities are the collections. Libraries are going to great lengths to promote their unique and specialized collection strengths, employing many creative outreach and engagement approaches. While the traditional methods of exhibits, events, and curricular instruction continue to be the emphasis of special collections’ outreach programs, institutions are also embracing opportunities to be active physically beyond the borders of their campuses and virtually through blogs, social networking sites, and other Web 2.0 technologies. More than two-thirds of the respondents have encountered barriers in providing effective outreach to faculty, students, and other scholars/researchers affiliated with their institutions. ... Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:21:52 +0100 864142 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/44S3XiyUn5Q/directory-of-open-access-journals.html Archeologia e Calcolatori Journal of Electronic Science and Technology PontodeAcesso Revista de Estudos da Linguagem Ensayos : Revista de la Facultad de Educacion de Albacete Rege : Revista de Gestão New Knowledge Environments (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:52:10 +0100 863963 http://oalibrarian.blogspot.com/2010/08/discovery-rediscovery-and-open-access.html Peter Suber has just released the August 2010 SPARC Open Access Newsletter. Featured this month: discovery, rediscovery, and open access. Starts with: In 1979, William Garvey made a remarkable claim: " ... in some disciplines, it is easier to repeat an experiment than it is to determine that the experiment has already been done."Subscribe to OA Librarian (Source: OA Librarian) Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 866266 http://digital-scholarship.com/digitalkoans/2010/08/02/last-weeks-digitalkoans-tweets-2010-08-01/ Emerging Technologies Librarian [NASA Langley Technical Library] http://icio.us/1mkeqq # Publisher argues free access to research violates administration's transparency initiative http://icio.us/n1rk34 # Clearing up some confusions [Federal Research Public Access Act] http://icio.us/fh4kl3 # Lessons From 20 Years of Current Cites http://icio.us/utuaiw # National Leadership Grants , July 2010 Planning Grant Announcement http://icio.us/fzika2 # An Insider's View of the WIPO: Interview with Janice T. Pilch, UIUC http://icio.us/a4czii # Public Access to Federally-Funded Research Hearing Page with Testimony http://icio.us/kjaxfy # In Testimony, Publishers Say Public Access Bill Would Undermine Copyright, Scholarly Journals http://icio.us/gzfd0f # Now Available: Prepared Testimony (Full Text) From “Public Access to Federally Funded Research” Hearing http://icio.us/yjnt4o # Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog Update (July 30, 2010) http://bit.ly/bZlKtK # Technology Librarian [Dexter District Library] http://icio.us/frhidf # Worth the Wait – installment #1 http://icio.us/b2hcwx # Automated Accessibility Analysis of PDFs in Repositories http://icio.us/vc2gve # Kindle 3 vs Nook, Sony Reader http://icio.us/khri3i # Kindle 3 Insights http://icio.us/0vwk01 # Breaking Down the 2009 DMCA Rulemaking, Part 1: Victory for Vidders http://icio.us/d0cvqh # American Physical Society Makes Journals Free–In U.S. Public Libraries http://icio.us/brabcy # University of Ottawa Press goes Open Access http://icio.us/5zrkkd # Emerging-technology expert calls for open access to academic knowledge http://icio.us/4lzvur # Congressional Hearing Over Public Access Filled With High Drama http://icio.us/bhcboo # Consultant for COILS (Colleges of Ontario Integrated Library System Group) http://icio.us/3ei2ce # Witness List for the Hearing entitled, "Public Access to Federally-Funded Research" http://icio. ... Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 864255 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/1Hdj3MlD09Q/ Emerging Technologies Librarian [NASA Langley Technical Library] http://icio.us/1mkeqq # Publisher argues free access to research violates administration's transparency initiative http://icio.us/n1rk34 # Clearing up some confusions [Federal Research Public Access Act] http://icio.us/fh4kl3 # Lessons From 20 Years of Current Cites http://icio.us/utuaiw # National Leadership Grants, July 2010 Planning Grant Announcement http://icio.us/fzika2 # An Insider's View of the WIPO: Interview with Janice T. Pilch, UIUC http://icio.us/a4czii # Public Access to Federally-Funded Research Hearing Page with Testimony http://icio.us/kjaxfy # In Testimony, Publishers Say Public Access Bill Would Undermine Copyright, Scholarly Journals http://icio.us/gzfd0f # Now Available: Prepared Testimony (Full Text) From “Public Access to Federally Funded Research” Hearing http://icio.us/yjnt4o # Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog Update (July 30, 2010) http://bit.ly/bZlKtK # Technology Librarian [Dexter District Library] http://icio.us/frhidf # Worth the Wait – installment #1 http://icio.us/b2hcwx # Automated Accessibility Analysis of PDFs in Repositories http://icio.us/vc2gve # Kindle 3 vs Nook, Sony Reader http://icio.us/khri3i # Kindle 3 Insights http://icio.us/0vwk01 # Breaking Down the 2009 DMCA Rulemaking, Part 1: Victory for Vidders http://icio.us/d0cvqh # American Physical Society Makes Journals Free–In U.S. Public Libraries http://icio.us/brabcy # University of Ottawa Press goes Open Access http://icio.us/5zrkkd # Emerging-technology expert calls for open access to academic knowledge http://icio.us/4lzvur # Congressional Hearing Over Public Access Filled With High Drama http://icio.us/bhcboo # Consultant for COILS (Colleges of Ontario Integrated Library System Group) http://icio.us/3ei2ce # Witness List for the Hearing entitled, "Public Access to Federally-Funded Research" http://icio. ... Sun, 01 Aug 2010 16:00:00 +0100 864024 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/HMuPYQt6c0w/carl-e-lert-386.html CARL E-Lert # 386, July 30 2010 from Canadian Association of Research Libraries. Some of this week's items: University of Ottawa Press launches innovative open access collection; Canadian researchers hope to green the web, make Canada the world's web server; Bringing Data Mining Into the Mainstream; Driving UK Research. Is copyright a help or a hindrance? A perspective from the research community (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:39:20 +0100 863608 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/07/30/mobile-web-state-of-oklahama-releases-iphone-and-android-apps/ From the State of Oklahoma Web Site: Oklahoma Government’s is now available on iPhone and Android mobile devices! Over 1,500 people have enjoyed the release of this new mobile application. OK.gov for mobile devices gives Oklahomans convenient access to Oklahoma government directly from an iPhone or iPod touch. Features of the OK.gov application include: + State Agency Lookup – Quickly find agencies by keyword or category search and displays contact information including main phone number, address, and Web site address. Get directions or call directly from the application. + Professional Licensee Search – Easily search for or browse over 122 Oklahoma licensee types from over 20 state agencies. + Oklahoma Government News – Keep up-to-date with the latest news and announcements from Oklahoma state agencies. Apps are Free. Access and Download iPhone App Access and Download Android App Source: State of Oklahoma (Source: ResourceShelf) Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:27:28 +0100 863557 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/07/30/elsevier-and-pangaea-next-steps-to-linking-published-research-articles-to-associated-data-sets/ From the Announcement: Elsevier and PANGAEA – Publishing Network for Geoscientific & Environmental Data – [have] announced their next step in interconnecting the diverse elements of scientific research. Elsevier articles at ScienceDirect are now enriched with graphical information linking to associated research data sets that are deposited at PANGAEA. This enrichment functionality offers a blueprint of how Elsevier would like to work with data set repositories all over the world. This next step follows the introduction, last February, of ‘reciprocal linking’ – automatically linking research data sets deposited at PANGAEA to corresponding articles in Elsevier journals on its electronic platform ScienceDirect and vice versa. The new feature adds a map to every ScienceDirect article that has associated research data at PANGAEA; it displays all geographical locations for which such data is available. A single click then brings the user from the ScienceDirect article to the research data set at PANGAEA. Much more in the Complete Announcement More About PANAGEA (an Open Access Library) and Elsevier Includes a Couple of Screen Caps Source: Elsevier (Source: ResourceShelf) Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:03:23 +0100 863429 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/07/30/video-interview-amazon-com-founder-and-ceo-jeff-bezos-appears-on-charlie-rose/ On Wednesday, Amazon.com’s Founder and CEO, Jeff Bezos, sat down with Charlie Rose for a 40 minute interview about the Kindle and ebooks, the publishing industry, Amazom.com, and the competition. You can access the interview here (free). If you’re interested in learning more about Amazon.com in general, CharlieRose.com also provides free access to an archive of nine interviews between Bezos and Rose. The first interview is from April 2, 1999. Source: CharlieRose.com, Charlie Rose. (Source: ResourceShelf) Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:02:04 +0100 863431 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/07/30/now-available-prepared-testimony-from-public-access-to-federally-funded-research-hearing/ From the Subcommittee Web Site: Background On Thursday, July 29, 2010, the Information Policy, Census, and National Archives Subcommittee [part of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform] [held] a hearing entitled, “Public Access to Federally-Funded Research.” The hearing will review the current state of public access to federally-funded research in science, technology and medicine. The hearing will provide an opportunity to assess the issues surrounding public access policies, including the impact of increasing public access on scientists, physicians, and researchers. Prepared Testimony and Additional Documents All materials are PDF files. Opening Statement of Subcommittee Chairman Wm. Lacy Clay Prepared Testimony Mr. Allan Adler Vice President, Government Affairs Association of American Publishers Prepared Testimony Dr. Steven Breckler Executive Director for Science American Psychological Association Prepared Testimony Professor Ralph Oman Pravel Professorial Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law Fellow Creative and Innovative Economy Center The George Washington University Law School Prepared Testimony Dr. Richard Roberts Chief Scientific Officer New England Biolabs Prepared Testimony Ms. Sharon Terry President/CEO Genetic Alliance Prepared Testimony Mr. Elliott Maxwell Project Director, Digital Connections Council Committee for Economic Development Prepared Testimony Dr. Sophia Colamarino Vice President, Research Autism Speaks Prepared Testimony Dr. David Shulenburger Vice President, Academic Affairs Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities Prepared Testimony Ms. Catherine Nancarrow Managing Editor Public Library of Science Community Journals Additional Document 1 Submitted by Ms. Nancarrow “Creative Reuse of an OA Article Demonstrates the Power of Semantic Enhancement” Additional Document 2 Submitted by Ms. ... Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:11:42 +0100 863433 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ScholarlyElectronicPublishingWeblogrss/~3/5m0ye3BduOQ/ Next Weblog update on 8/25/10. Collection Building 29, no. 3 (2010): Includes "Assessment of the Problems LIS Postgraduate Students Face in Accessing E-Resources in Makerere University, Uganda" and other articles. Collection Management 35, no. 3/4 (2010): Includes "Resolving the Challenge of E-Books" and other articles. College & Research Libraries 71, no. 4 (2010): Includes "The Open Access Availability of Library and Information Science Literature," "Walk the Talk: Open Access and Academic Libraries," "The York Digital Journals Project: Strategies for Institutional Open Journal Systems Implementations," and other articles. College & Research Libraries News 71, no. 7 (2010): Includes "Open Access at the University of Kansas: Toward a Campus Initiative" and other articles. D-Lib Magazine 16, no. 7/8 (2010): Includes "No-Fault Peer Review Charges: The Price of Selectivity Need Not Be Access Denied or Delayed," "Semantically Enhancing Collections of Library and Non-Library Content," and other articles. First Monday 15, no. 7 (2010): Includes "Scientometrics 2.0: New Metrics of Scholarly Impact on the Social Web" and other articles. IFLA Journal 36, no. 2 (2010): Includes "Innovative Services for Libraries through the Virtual Reading Rooms of the Digital Dissertation Library, Russian State Library" and other articles. The Journal of Academic Librarianship 36, no. 4 (2010): Includes "Can Web 2.0 Enhance Community Participation in an Institutional Repository? The Case of PocketKnowledge at Teachers College, Columbia University" and other articles. Learned Publishing 23, no. ... Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:49:24 +0100 863589 http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Very_cool_-_American_Physical_Society_offers_free_access_to_public_--- Here's the press release from PAMnet: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APS ONLINE JOURNALS AVAILABLE FREE IN US PUBLIC LIBRARIES Ridge, NY, 28 July 2010: The Am (Source: pligg - all) Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:00:30 +0100 863267 http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=American_Physical_Society_APS_Announces_Free_Access_for_Public_--- Public libraries who subscribe to APS online journals, purchase individual articles from them for users, or who have always wanted to provide access (Source: pligg - all) Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:00:28 +0100 863269 http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com/2010/07/dinosaurs-roar-or-does-us-need-outmoded.html The publishing dinosaurs, predictably, are predicting that dire things will happen if the U.S. enacts strong public access legislation. The simple fact is that in the day of the Internet, open access publication is a very great deal more efficient and effective than what was possible with print. One online copy is readily available to anyone, anywhere; plus with full libre open access, allowing for re-use, it is possible to use data mining techniques to much more rapidly advance research. If the arguments that publishers have invested in this system make sense, here is a thought: why doesn't the U.S. enact a law protecting manufacturers of outmoded lab equipment? These people have invested in technology, products, and services, and every time a better technology comes along, they need to come up with new and better technology, or go the way of the dinosaurs. If the arguments of the publishing community make sense, so do this. (Source: The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics) Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0100 864203 http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com/2010/07/if-we-dont-need-to-read-research.html One of the more puzzling arguments made by publishers lobbying against open access is the notion that in some areas, there is a long lag between publication and reading, so a lengthy embargo of multiple years is needed.If this is the case, it seems obvious to me that if there are other areas - such as keeping up with the latest in my own field of communication, advancing medical research, or finding environmentally sustainable energy solutions - where the needs are more urgent, instead of protecting the publishers of the less-pressing research, why not redirect the research funding?Not that I am advocating such a step be taken - but doesn't it seem logical?Addition August 1st: this argument is a part of a larger argument, that is, if there is no compelling public interest in viewing the results of publicly funded research - then why is the public funding the research in the first place? (Source: The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics) Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0100 864201 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/07/29/american-physical-society-aps-announces-free-access-for-public-libraries-to-all-aps-online-journals-content-back-to-1983/ If you’re in the public library world in the U.S. and are interested in providing free access to scholarly journal content, keep reading. Public libraries who subscribe to APS online journals, purchase individual articles from them for users, or who have always wanted to provide access to them, will be happy (no, probably thrilled) to learn that APS is now making access to all APS online journals available to public libraries for free. We wonder if any other scholarly organizations/publishers are going to do the same thing. From an APS Announcement: The American Physical Society (APS) announces a new public access initiative that will give readers and researchers in public libraries in the United States full use of all online APS journals, from the most recent articles back to the first issue in 1893, a collection including over 400,000 scientific research papers. APS will provide this access at no cost to participating public libraries, as a contribution to public engagement with the ongoing development of scientific understanding. [Clip] Librarians can obtain access by accepting a simple online site license and providing valid IP addresses of public-use computers in their libraries (http://librarians.aps.org/account/public_access_new). The license requires that public library users must be in the library when they read the APS journals or download articles. Initially the program will be offered to U.S. public libraries, but it may include additional countries in the future. Access the Complete Announcement Source: American Physical Society (Source: ResourceShelf) Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:19:42 +0100 863240 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/mKMQm0Enq94/directory-of-open-access-journals_29.html Journal of Spatial Information Science Scientific Herald of the Voronezh State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology Fe Dergi : Feminist Elestiri Journal of Bioanalysis & Biomedicine Meta : Avaliação Photonics Letters of Poland Praktiske Grunde : Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kultur- og Samfundsvidenskab INNOVAR : Revista de Ciencias Administrativas y Sociales Konturen Addiction and Health Archivo Español de Arte Excursions Roteiro Journal of Antivirals & Antiretrovirals Journal of Cancer Science & Therapy Journal of Microbial & Biochemical Technology Opinión Jurídica Revista Argentina de Dermatología Aktuelnosti iz Neurologije, Psihijatrije i Granicnih Podrucja Annals of Neurosciences Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning International Journal of Preventive Medicine Vértices (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:57:17 +0100 863092 http://hangingtogether.org/?p=801 The following panelists will help us explore the ins and outs of group collaborations during “Yours, Mine, Ours: Leadership through Collaboration“: Rob Stein, CIO, Indianapolis Museum of Art Collaboration Trials and Triumphs: ArtBabble, Steve, etc. Tom Garnett, BHL Director, Smithsonian Institution Collaboration Trials and Triumphs: Biodiversity Heritage Library John F. Helmer, Executive Director, Orbis Cascade Alliance Collaboration Trials and Triumphs: Northwest Digital Archives & Western Regional Storage Trust (WEST) As with our previous panel on local solutions, the specific projects serve as exemplars for collaboration strategies which the audience will be able to apply to realizing their own ambitions. Speaking of which, we’ve made sure to have some time on the agenda where attendees can explore the implications of what they’ve heard in smaller group settings (see the Birds-of-a-Feather slots on Day 2). During online registration, people vote for specific topics they’d like to see covered in these facilitated discussion settings, such as single search (local), digital preservation (group) or open access (global). Here’s some background on group collaborations: Group Solutions - Common Interest “We work together because we have common interests.” Moving beyond the single institution, collaboration across organizational boundaries occurs when there is a common interest. A group of motivated individuals or institutions bands together to work on an issue they would have found difficult or impossible to solve in isolation. Many collaborative grant-funded projects fall into this category: a finite number of players tackle an issue that vexes participants in their own local contexts. Because the local benefit of this type of collaboration can be readily perceived, common interest collaborations are generally accepted as a way to achieve broad outcomes. ... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:47:11 +0100 864044 http://www.lisnews.org/public_access_crusade_carl_malamud Despite being public property, government documents are not necessarily free or easy to obtain. Carl Malamud of Public.Resource.Org details his decades-long quest for open access to "America's Operating System." Transcript and MP3 download here. (Source: LISNews - Librarian And Information Science News) Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:44:19 +0100 863840 http://lisnews.org/public_access_crusade_carl_malamud Despite being public property, government documents are not necessarily free or easy to obtain. Carl Malamud of Public.Resource.Org details his decades-long quest for open access to "America's Operating System." Transcript and MP3 download here. (Source: LISNews.org) Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:44:19 +0100 862966 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/07/28/after-25-years-stat-usa-will-say-goodbye-shutting-down-as-of-september-30-2010/ News on the STAT-USA web site that the well-known U.S. Government business/finance database is shutting down as of September 30, 2010. A post by Francine Krasowska, Director, STAT-USA provides details: After more than 25 years of operation, STAT-USA is closing its doors. This was not an easy decision, but the world of access to government information has evolved to the point that STAT-USA’s business model, as a fee for service office, is no longer viable. In its early years, STAT-USA was on the progressive edge of government data delivery. Its mandate from Congress, to serve as a central collection and delivery mechanism for economic and trade information from all the federal agencies, was a much-needed innovation. Since then, the Internet and information technology in general have grown and changed at dazzling speed. Information sharing, data tools, and social media have become intrinsic parts of American life. In this new atmosphere, STAT-USA/Internet’s historic role as a straightforward storehouse of static government information releases has become outdated. As we move on, we applaud and acknowledge these new innovations, new tools for new needs, and a new world of government data-sharing. Fast Facts USA Trade Online will continue, provided by the Foreign Trade Division of the Census Bureau—a key source of STAT-USA data. All USA Trade Online subscription accounts will be handled directly by that agency, with no interruption to the customer. STAT-USA/Internet (which includes all State of the Nation and GLOBUS & NTDB databases) and our syndication services will cease September 30, 2010. The letter includes email and telephone contact info if you have any questions. A page of asked and answered questions (including refund info) is also online. Numbers (as of Today) State of the Nation 50,000 Current and historical U.S. ... Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:36:25 +0100 863009 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ouseful/~3/JejBzJLMLP0/ Some time ago, I put together a recipe for watching over recent contents lists from a set of journals listed in a reading list (Mashlib Pipes Tutorial: Reading List Inspired Journal Watchlists). But what if we wanted to maintain a watchlist over content that is published in just open access journals? Unfortunately, it seems that TicTocs (and the API version (I think), JournalTOCs, don’t include metadata that identifies whether or not a journal is open access. A quick scout around, as well as a request to the twitter lazyweb, turned up a few resources that might contribute to a service that, if nothing else, returns a simplistic “yes/no” response to the query “is the journal with this ISSN an open access journal?” - a list of journals in TicTocs (CSV); - a list of open access journals listed in DOAJ (csv); - SHERPA/RoMEO API (look up open access related metadata for journals?) So – as a placeholder for myself: think about some sort of hack to annotate and filter TicTocs/JournalTOCs results based on open access licensing conditions Following a quick bounce around of ideas with @kavubob on Twitter, what else might this be used for? Ranking journals based on extent to which articles cite articles from open access journals, or ones that support some sort of open access publication? Also – is it easy enough to find citation data at gross level – eg number of citations from one journal to other journals over a period of time? Colour nodes by whether they are OA or note, size/weight of edges between journal nodes to show number of references from one journal to another? Maybe normalise edge weight as percentage of citations from one journal to another and size nodes by number of references/citations? (Source: OUseful Info) Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:26:42 +0100 864156 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/commissaresse/~3/F3h19w0SWFU/library-mashups Mashups zijn webapplicaties die de inhoud van twee of meer bronnen samenbrengen tot één nieuwe, originele toepassing. Slim gebruikt kunnen ze bibliotheekwebsites en -catalogi meer dynamiek, een grotere zichtbaarheid en betere functionaliteit geven. Populaire mashups maken gebruik van kaarten – denk aan Google Maps – of remixen foto’s, video’s, RSS feeds, enz. In Library mashups laat Nicole C. Engard een schare gerenommeerde early adopters aan het woord. Jenny Levine, Darlene Fichter, Tim Spalding, John Blyberg, Karen A. Coombs, Joshua Ferraro en vele anderen implementeerden voor hun bibliotheken of organisaties jaren geleden al een of meerdere mashups. In hun getuigenissen proberen ze de lezer vooral te overtuigen van het gemak om met mashups aan de slag te gaan. Er vallen grootse dingen te verwezenlijken, ook zonder veel tijd, budget en personeel. Toch is het boek in zijn geheel beschouwd veeleer iets voor de gevorderde: behoorlijk wat bijdragen baden in terminologie en technische details. Na het lezen van dit werk zullen begrippen als API, web service, REST, SOAP, AJAX, microformats, RDF, linked data, JSON, SOPAC en SRU geen geheimen meer hebben. Ook geeft het een heldere kijk op een aantal inspirerende projecten zoals biblios.net Web Services, WorldCat Affiliate Services, The Repository Mashup Map en The LibraryThing API. Let wel, dit is niet iets voor een strandvakantie. De hoofdstukken dienen bij voorkeur geconsumeerd achter een rustig bureau met een computer erop. Door de vele schermafbeeldingen en kopieerklare codefragmenten die in het boek te vinden zijn, leent het zich bij uitstek tot onmiddellijk uitproberen. Zo overtuigt het onder meer om meteen met de mashup editor Yahoo! Pipes aan de slag te gaan. Voor de creatie van mashups geldt immers dat men al doende leert. Uiteraard bestaan mashups enkel bij de gratie van sites die hun data publiek beschikbaar stellen. ... Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:07:00 +0100 865322 http://infobib.de/blog/2010/07/28/upload-formulare-in-repositorien-iii/ Übersicht: Teil I Teil II Teil III Nachdem ich den Ist-Zustand skizziert und mögliche Vorbilder vorgestellt habe, möchte ich nun einen Lösungsvorschlag für ein Open-Access-Upload-Formular machen. Es besteht aus drei Teilen. 1. Datei(en) hochladen Wie bei Youtube & Co sollte der Upload der Datei zuerst erfolgen. Ich erhoffe mir davon eine erhöhte Motivation der AutorInnen, den Veröffentlichungsvorgang zu komplettieren. Ob dies tatsächlich der Fall ist, sollte auf jeden Fall einmal untersucht werden. Generell sollte in Zukunft ein Hauptaugenmerk bei der Weiterentwicklung von Repository-Software auf der Usability liegen. Welches Metadatenmodell unterstützt wird, interessiert AutorInnen nicht. Hier geht’s zum Dummy1 . Achtung, diese Webseiten könnten verändert werden oder verschwinden. Die Screenshots dokumentieren den Zustand während des Verfassens dieses Postings. Das Formular funktioniert nicht. Um zum nächsten Schritt zu gelangen, bitte ganz unten auf “nächster Schritt” klicken. 2. Dokument beschreiben Es sollten wirklich nur Daten erhoben werden, die nicht selbst durch Autopsie erhoben werden können. Ich bin dabei (exklusive Datei-Auswahl, inkl. Lizenzauswahl) auf drei Phasen mit insgesamt 12 auszufüllenden Feldern gekommen. Würde man den Upload zum Beispiel mit einem Nutzerkonto verknüpfen, entfiele zum Beispiel noch die Angabe einer Email-Adresse. Hier geht’s zum Dummy. 3. Lizenz wählen Dies müsste graphisch noch eleganter gelöst werden. Im letzten Schritt sollten die bibliographischen Details überprüft und geändert werden können. Wichtiger jedoch ist die rechtliche Seite der Veröffentlichung. Hier werden Nutzungsrechte vereinbart und eine Creative-Commons-Lizenz gewählt. Das Menü für letzteres ist eins zu eins von Creative-Commons.org übernommen. Schöner, also nutzerfreundlicher, kann man es kaum machen. ... Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:06:59 +0100 863489 http://infobib.de/blog/2010/07/28/upload-formulare-in-repositorien-ii/ Übersicht: Teil I Teil II Teil III Hier habe ich die Unübersichtlichkeit der klassischen Upload-Formulare in Open-Access-Repositorien zusammengefasst. Nun möchte ich darstellen, wer es besser macht. Und warum das so ist. Youtube Der Content-Gigant Youtube verzeichnete unlängst zwei Milliarden angesehene Videos pro Tag. Die genaue Zahl der Nutzer konnte ich nicht herausfinden. Die Schätzung von 300 Millionen Accounts konnte ich nicht verifizieren, ich halte sie aber zumindest in der Größenordnung nicht für unrealistisch. Ob es nun doppelt so viele sind oder nur 10% der 300 Millionen, ist an dieser Stelle unbedeutend. Festzustellen ist: Millionen von Usern sind in der Lage, ein Video auf Youtube zu veröffentlichen. Und das sieht folgendermaßen aus: Datei hochladen Dieses ist der erste Streich. Videoinformationen und Datenschutzeinstellungen Und der zweite folgt sogleich. Fünf Felder stehen zur Auswahl. Titel Beschreibung Tags Kategorie Datenschutz Fertig. Scribd Noch radikaler geht Scribd vor. Auf der Startseite ist ein großer Upload-Button. Klickt man dort drauf, kann man sofort die zu veröffentlichende Datei auswählen. Dann folgt die Metadaten-Erfassung. Edit title Choose a category Ggf. Unterkategorie Scribble your description here Slideshare Auch Slideshare geht ähnlich vor. Zuerst lädt man die Datei hoch, dann füllt man folgende Felder aus: Title Description Tags Category Privacy Allow Download Fazit Gemeinsam ist den hier beschriebenen Upload-Vorgängen folgendes: Der Upload des Dokuments erfolgt am Anfang. Wenn die Datei einmal dem Server übergeben ist, ist die Motivation viel höher, auch noch die Erfassung vorzunehmen.1 Umgekehrt besteht überhaupt kein Problem, den Veröffentlichungsvorgang abzubrechen, wenn die Datei noch gar nicht hochgeladen wurde. Es werden nur die wichtigsten Daten erfragt. Bei einem Repository sind das immer mehr als z.B. bei Scribd. ... Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:58:55 +0100 863490 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/xmMJQEayzBA/university-of-ottawa-press-launches.html "The University of Ottawa Press is pleased to announce the launch of a new open access collection that supports free and unrestricted access to scholarly research. As of July 30, 2010, a total of 36 UOP books will be available free to the online community, an initiative under the UOP's digital publishing plan. The collection consists of both French-language and English-language in-print titles in the arts, humanities and social sciences" (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:42:58 +0100 862671 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/07/27/canada-just-announced-new-open-access-project-from-u-of-ottawa-library-and-u-of-ottawa-press-36-titles-will-be-available-as-program-gets-underway/ From a News Release: The University of Ottawa Press is pleased to announce the launch of a new open access collection that supports free and unrestricted access to scholarly research. As of July 30, 2010, a total of 36 UOP books will be available free to the online community, an initiative under the UOP’s digital publishing plan. The collection consists of both French-language and English-language in-print titles in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Developed in collaboration with the University of Ottawa Library, the open access collection will be available in PDF format through the University of Ottawa’s institutional repository, uO Research, which can be searched by title, author, date or keyword. uO Research, which can be searched by title, author, date or keyword. Print and e-book editions of the U. of Ottawa Press open access titles will continue to be for sale. Search and Review the Open Access Titles Access the Complete News Release Source: U. of Ottawa Press (Source: ResourceShelf) Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:23:17 +0100 862731 http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/new/index.php/2010/07/27/free-access-to-the-facts-the-oil-spill-and-you/ To learn the facts about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, take advantage of free access to the most up-to-date news from library database provider Gale. Gale is giving free access in GREENR to the newly created portal: Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill 2010.  Updated daily, this portal offers: * More than 70 annotated web links guiding you to reliable sources on the open web * An in-depth expert overview * Primary sources of congressional hearings * More than 250 podcasts * More than 1,500 news articles * Case studies about disaster relief, offshore drilling and connections to other spills * Direct links to BP’s response * More than 100 images * More than 70 videos Access to this information will expire on August 31, 2010. (Source: What's New) Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:23:37 +0100 862583 http://weblog.ib.hu-berlin.de/?p=8213 Der Computer- und Medienservice (CMS) der HU hat im MLZ noch eine Stelle für eine studentische Hilfskraft (möglichst 80h) im Bereich Open Access und Open Educational Resources mit der Laufzeit bis 31.6.2011 zu vergeben. Es geht um die Unterstützung von Open Courseware in Moodle. Die Stelle ist ab sofort zu besetzen und nächste Woche sollen die Bewerbungsgespräche stattfinden. Bei Interesse unverbindlich nachfragen oder gleich per Mail bewerben bei: andreas.vollmer@cms.hu-berlin.de mit den üblichen Informationen (Lebenslauf, Stand Studium etc.). Den ausführlichen Ausschreibungstext findet Ihr unter: http://www.cms.hu-berlin.de/ueberblick/stellen/stelle93_mm-F10-08n.pdf. (Source: IB Weblog) Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:24:40 +0100 862634 http://infobib.de/blog/2010/07/27/upload-formulare-in-repositorien-i/ Übersicht: Teil I Teil II Teil III Die Green Road funktioniert langfristig nur, wenn sich Open-Access-Repositorien den Bedürfnissen ihrer Nutzer anpassen. Nutzer sind dabei nicht die Mitarbeiter der Bibliotheken, die den jeweiligen Server administrieren. Nutzer sind die Autoren, deren Publikationen archiviert und publiziert werden sollen. Wer selbst einen Publikationsserver und somit auch Autoren betreut, wird diese Fragen und Hilferufe kennen: “Welche Lizenz wähle ich?” “Um Himmels Willen, muss ich das alles ausfüllen?” “Was ist SWD, warum sieht die aus wie eine Webseite von 2001 und vor allem: Was soll ich damit?” “Muss das wirklich so kompliziert sein?” Diese und ähnliche Fragen kulminieren oft in: “Können Sie das vielleicht für mich übernehmen?” Die Antwort ist logisch: “Natürlich kann ich das für Sie übernehmen! Würden Sie der Bibliothek ein von Ihnen geschriebenes Buch schenken, müssten Sie es schließlich auch nicht selbst katalogisieren.” Die Realität sieht oft anders aus. Wer sein Dokument auf dem Server und in die Bibliothekskataloge bekommen möchte, muss neuerdings selbst formal und inhaltlich erschließen. Die in Deutschland am weitesten verbreitete Repository-Software ist meines Wissens OPUS. Das klassische Veröffentlichungsformular von OPUS enthält folgende Punkte: Veröffentlichungsvorgang starten Dokumentart Über 20 verschiedene Dokumententypen stehen zur Auswahl, z.B. 22 in Hannover, 24 in Freiburg. Lizenz Die Auswahl der Lizenzen erfolgt per Drop-Down. Das führt dazu, dass man Creative-Commons-Lizenzen kaum ohne Vorkenntnisse auswählen kann. Wer weiß schon, was Angaben wie Creative Commons – Namensnennung, Nicht kommerziell, Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen bedeuten? BibTeX-Upload Ein Feature, dass Experten sicher weiterhelfen kann, aber die meisten Autoren ebenso sicher verwirrt. ... Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:35:07 +0100 863492 http://centeredlibrarian.blogspot.com/2010/07/85-reasons-to-be-thankful-for.html 1. Librarians take care of libraries, which are still invaluable today.2. Not all information is on the internet.3. Older books still hold great cultural significance.4. Libraries are still repositories for some of the most valuable works of literature in the world.5. Even with the internet, the library is still the best place to do research.6. Girls with glasses can still rock the “sexy librarian” look.7. “Sexy Librarian” is still a popular costume at Halloween.8. You can’t exactly find periodicals like The New England Journal of Medicine in Barnes and Noble.9. For that matter, looking at turn-of-the-century National Geographics is still pretty entertaining.10. Colleges need something to remodel every so often.11. The library is still the best meeting spot for college students working on group projects.12. Libraries are where most colleges store some of their history (choir CDs, videos of athletic matches, etc.).13. A library is one of the few places people can have free internet access.14. This means some libraries even hold LAN parties during later hours.15. Somebody has to help lazy people find what they want.16. Even online collections of books usually connect directly to a library.17. “Librarian” is still a better career choice for spinsters over “School Lunch Lady.”18. Studies have shown libraries and librarians improve student test scores.19. They also have been shown to improve students’ individual learning skills.20. With their training in instructional design, librarians can help teachers find resources for their curriculum.21. Librarians also help teachers to use a variety of media in the classroom.22. Many libraries today offer enough DVDs to serve as a poor man’s Netflix or Blockbuster.23. Librarians often put together special programs to get children to read early on.24. While teaching children to use the library, librarians end up teaching them valuable problem solving skills.25. ... Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0100 863953 http://outofthejungle.blogspot.com/2010/07/federal-register-relaunches-new-nicer.html The good folks at the Federal Register are relaunching their new website, a much nicer interface than the old GPO website. Take a look at http://www.federalregister.gov, to see the new access. The Washington Post has an article covering the relaunch, noting it is part of the Obama administration efforts to make government information more available. The relaunch is scheduled for July 26. The article notes that the relaunch demystifies the arcane searching of the Register by reorganizing the thousands of rules and regulations issued each week into six categories:money, environment, world, science and technology, business and industry, and health and public welfareApparently, more categories may be added later, with public input. Notices will appear on the home page. Each request for comments will appear on a single web page. And the contents will be in plain language as much as possible. Editors will create headlines or highlights tied to the current debates and hot topics in the Capitol. The website will be modeled on punchy, successful newspapers such as USA Today. (Update from an e-mail: the upgrade marks the "75th anniversary of the Federal Register Act on July 26, 2010, the National Archives Office of the Federal Register and GPO have launched FR 2.0 on http://www.federalregister.gov. The FR 2.0 web site is a beta site at this time, but it may be approved as an official edition in 2011." Tip of the OOTJ hat to Janice Anderson at Georgetown Law and to my colleague, Susan Sweetgall at Suffolk U. Law Library in Boston, who alerted me to the story in the Washington Post). The tip end of the Post article comments that one day, the Register may appear only online. That, of course, has been the dream and pressure both, to reduce costs and make materials more widely available. Librarians and folks at the National Archives and GPO are aware of the problems involved. ... Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0100 862791 http://www.slaw.ca/2010/07/26/access-copyright-scores-in-federal-court/ According to a press release issued by Access Copyright, “Canadian creators and educational publishers have won a six-year legal battle to receive reasonable compensation for the reproduction of copyright-protected teaching materials used in the classroom”. Access Copyright is the organization that collects and distributes revenue to authors and publishers from photocopy licenses negotiated with ministries of education, corporations and the like. In 2009, the Copyright Board of Canada certified a tariff to compensate creators and publishers for the photocopying of their works in K – 12 Schools. The provincial Ministers of Education then asked the Federal Court to review the decision. Today we learned that the Federal Court of Appeal found that the Copyright Board’s decision was reasonable in light of the evidence before it. In preparing for the Copyright Board hearing, Access Copyright had invested substantial time and resources in order to determine exactly what is being photocopied today by the primary, secondary and post-secondary education sector. The number of pages was staggering – as many as 250 million pages of text books and other materials are being copied every year. As a result, the Copyright Board doubled the amount previously charged ($2.57 vs $5.16 per student), and added a $40 million retroactive payment. The game has just begun While Access Copyright appears to have scored big time, it is still early in the game. The tariff is potentially a short term gain. Access Copyright is facing serious challenges on two fronts, one domestic and one international. In Canada, the federal government has proposed changes to the Copyright Act that expand the scope of fair dealing to provide free access to much of the content that is covered by the new licensing tariff for education purposes. ... Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:06:10 +0100 862756 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/smwm/~3/uslfYbUEtq0/digicmb Follow the Green Road to your Repository. (Poster EAHIl2010) Follow the Green Road to your Repository (BioMedCentral ) Check out this SlideShare document : http://slidesha.re/9wXARi #eahil2010 Dcs00341 Check out this SlideShare document : HYPATIASALUD: institutional repository for t... http://slidesha.re/aSk7tN #eahil2010 Environmental Cancer risk, Nutrition and Individual Susceptibility subject specific repository (poster EAHIL2010) Environmental Cancer risk, Nutrition & Individual Susceptibility subject specific repository ECNIS http://slidesha.re/d2scVl #eahil2010 (Source: DigiCMB) Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:40:01 +0100 862390 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/07/25/uk-jisc-and-open-access/ by Neil Jacobs We’ve just published an account of Open Access and JISC’s contributions to it over the years: It covers how OA meets institutional and sector demands for sustainable efficiency and effectiveness in scholarly communication, how work in the UK fits into a wider international picture, and how it works for stakeholders including researchers, institutions and publishers. It also includes case studies and a list of relevant JISC and related reports. We are working with others this year to coordinate OA developments at a UK strategic level, and so it’s timely that this review of JISC’s work is available, showing the work done both at that level, but also by helping institutions implement practice and systems that make OA a reality, something JISC’s been in a unique position to do. Access the Complete Report Source: JISC Information Environment Team Hat Tip and Thank You: Peter Suber and the Open Access Tagging Project (OATP) (Source: ResourceShelf) Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:13:18 +0100 862186