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The OpenAIRE2020 FP7 Post-Grant Open Access Pilot: Implementing a European-wide funding initiative for Open Access publishing costs

Posted on 27 avril 2016 by Hans Dillaerts

In the first half of 2015 the European Commission launched a new funding initiative to cover the Open Access publishing costs of publications arising from finished Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) projects.

This article addresses the opportunities and challenges faced by this FP7 Post-Grant Open Access Pilot and discusses early project findings six months into this two-year initiative.

This new and wide-scoped funding initiative arrives at a timely moment when a number of Gold Open Access funds are already in place at institutions in different European countries, which offers opportunities for promoting a gradual technical alignment of Article Processing Charges (APC) management practices.

At the same time, there are rather large differences across Europe in the attitudes and researcher culture towards this emerging Gold Open Access business model which will need to be addressed within a swiftly evolving publishing landscape.

URL : The OpenAIRE2020 FP7 Post-Grant Open Access Pilot

Alternative location : http://content.iospress.com/articles/information-services-and-use/isu786

Numérique et libération de la production scientifique

Posted on 27 avril 2016 by Hans Dillaerts

Auteurs/Authors : Christophe Magis, Fabien Granjon

À mesure que les technologies numériques de l’information et de la communication (TNIC) se déploient dans le champ scientifique (recherche et enseignement supérieur), impulsant, notamment au sein des humanités, de « nouveaux modes de travail », de « nouveaux lieux de production » et de « nouveaux publics » (Citton, 2015 : 172), plusieurs débats émergent quant au sens d’ensemble et à la direction à donner à ces mutations : « À l’heure du cloud, du software as a service (SAS), du big data et des géants mondiaux du numérique, il semble impossible d’éviter le débat sur les initiatives […] en matière d’infrastructures numériques de recherche » (Dacos, 2014).

C’est le cas notamment en ce qui concerne la problématique de l’Open Access, enjeu majeur des mutations numériques de l’université, actuellement très présente dans les discussions institutionnelles, et tout particulièrement en France.

Elle y joue, en effet, un rôle central dans la mesure où elle se trouve au cœur de la loi « pour une République numérique », laquelle a été adoptée par l’Assemblée nationale en première lecture en janvier 2016, et divise actuellement la communauté universitaire, entre des réactions particulièrement enthousiastes ou au contraire très sceptiques.

URL : https://variations.revues.org/733

Libraries as Content Producers: How Library Publishing Services Address the Reading Experience

Posted on 25 avril 2016 by Hans Dillaerts

This study establishes baseline information about the ways library publishing services integrate user studies of their readers, and common barriers to doing so.

The Library Publishing Coalition defines library publishing as « the set of activities led by college and university libraries to support the creation, dissemination, and curation of scholarly, creative, and/or educational works. »

This area includes traditional as well as novel publication types. Results suggest that discussions of library publishing underrepresent engagement with readers, but that ample room for increased attention remains.

Existing reader-related efforts vary widely and may in some cases be happenstance. These efforts also face key barriers in lack of prioritization, lack of expertise, and lack of control of out-of-the-box platforms.

URL : http://crl.acrl.org/content/78/2/219.abstract

Open Access Article Processing Charges (OA APC) Longitudinal Study 2015 Preliminary Dataset

Posted on 24 avril 2016 by Hans Dillaerts

This article documents Open access article processing charges (OA APC) longitudinal study 2015 preliminary dataset available for download from the OA APC dataverse.

This dataset was gathered as part of Sustaining the Knowledge Commons (SKC), a research program funded by Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. The overall goal of SKC is to advance our collective knowledge about how to transition scholarly publishing from a system dependent on subscriptions and purchase to one that is fully open access.

The OA APC preliminary data 2015 Version 12 dataset was developed as one of the lines of research of SKC, a longitudinal study of the minority (about a third) of the fully open access journals that use this business model.

The original idea was to gather data during an annual two-week census period. The volume of data and growth in this area makes this an impractical goal. For this reason, we are posting this preliminary dataset in case it might be helpful to others working in this area.

Future data gathering and analyses will be conducted on an ongoing basis. We encourage others to share their data as well. In order to merge datasets, note that the two most critical elements for matching data and merging datasets are the journal title and ISSN.

URL : Open Access Article Processing Charges (OA APC) Longitudinal Study 2015 Preliminary Dataset

Alternative location : http://eprints.rclis.org/29212/

Assessment of and Response to Data Needs of Clinical and Translational Science Researchers and Beyond

Posted on 22 avril 2016 by Hans Dillaerts

Objective and Setting

As universities and libraries grapple with data management and “big data,” the need for data management solutions across disciplines is particularly relevant in clinical and translational science (CTS) research, which is designed to traverse disciplinary and institutional boundaries.

At the University of Florida Health Science Center Library, a team of librarians undertook an assessment of the research data management needs of CTS researchers, including an online assessment and follow-up one-on-one interviews.

Design and Methods

The 20-question online assessment was distributed to all investigators affiliated with UF’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and 59 investigators responded. Follow-up in-depth interviews were conducted with nine faculty and staff members.

Results

Results indicate that UF’s CTS researchers have diverse data management needs that are often specific to their discipline or current research project and span the data lifecycle. A common theme in responses was the need for consistent data management training, particularly for graduate students; this led to localized training within the Health Science Center and CTSI, as well as campus-wide training.

Another campus-wide outcome was the creation of an action-oriented Data Management/Curation Task Force, led by the libraries and with participation from Research Computing and the Office of Research.

Conclusions

Initiating conversations with affected stakeholders and campus leadership about best practices in data management and implications for institutional policy shows the library’s proactive leadership and furthers our goal to provide concrete guidance to our users in this area.

URL : Assessment of and Response to Data Needs of Clinical and Translational Science Researchers and Beyond

Alternative location : http://escholarship.umassmed.edu/jeslib/vol5/iss1/2/

Enjeux géopolitiques des données, asymétries déterminantes

Posted on 21 avril 2016 by Hans Dillaerts

Auteurs/Authors : Ghislaine Chartron, Evelyne Broudoux

Cette communication veut contribuer à une analyse critique du big data et de l’open data en convoquant le concept d’asymétrie pour une lecture géopolitique des données massives, dans la filiation de certains travaux antérieurs sur la géopolitique du Cyberespace.

La géopolitique des données (nous adoptons ici une définition extensive de la notion de « données ») est mise en perspective entre les enjeux de l’économie numérique et de l’apparente gratuité et les enjeux de la sécurité, des droits fondamentaux difficilement convergents.

La grille de lecture s’appuie sur l’analyse de plusieurs asymétries installant des déséquilibres mondiaux : l’asymétrie technologique conférant à quelques acteurs un pouvoir central en terme de capacité de stockage, de calculateurs et de savoir-faire pour le traitement informatique des données à l’échelle mondiale ; l’asymétrie de la collecte des données et notamment le pouvoir des plateformes d’intermédiation notamment les GAFA (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon) et les data brokers spécialisés dans chaque secteur ; l’asymétrie de cadres législatifs qui confère à certaines zones géographiques des avantages de développement économique au détriment de protections plus attentives à la vie privée et enfin une asymétrie entre les acteurs produisant des contenus et les nouveaux acteurs du numérique revendiquant une ouverture sans barrière de ces contenus à leurs algorithmes dans une vision d’innovations de services.

URL : http://archivesic.ccsd.cnrs.fr/sic_01304035