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Highlights from the SOAP project survey….

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Highlights from the SOAP project survey. What Scientists Think about Open Access Publishing :

« The SOAP (Study of Open Access Publishing) project has run a large-scale survey of the attitudes of researchers on, and the experiences with, open access publishing. Around forty thousands answers were collected across disciplines and around the world, showing an overwhelming support for the idea of open access, while highlighting funding and (perceived) quality as the main barriers to publishing in open access journals. This article serves as an introduction to the survey and presents this and other highlights from a preliminary analysis of the survey responses. To allow a maximal re-use of the information collected by this survey, the data are hereby released under a CC0 waiver, so to allow libraries, publishers, funding agencies and academics to further analyse risks and opportunities, drivers and barriers, in the transition to open access publishing. »

URL : http://arxiv.org/abs/1101.5260

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Le manuel scolaire à l’heure du numériq…

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Le manuel scolaire à l’heure du numérique – Une « nouvelle donne » de la politique de ressources pour l’enseignement :

« Dans un environnement profondément transformé par le développement du numérique et les nouvelles impulsions des politiques scolaires (socle commun de connaissances et de compétences, rénovation de la voie professionnelle, réforme du lycée), le manuel scolaire s’ouvre à de nouvelles opportunités qui sont de nature à en faire évoluer les caractéristiques éditoriales, pédagogiques et économiques. Ce rapport s’interroge sur les finalités du manuel scolaire et formule des recommandations qui s’ordonnent sur six axes stratégiques : l’accompagnement des élèves, la chaîne de la prescription, les exigences de conformité, de plasticité et de complémentarité des supports pédagogiques, la clarification des rôles et des responsabilités entre l’Etat et les collectivités, la formation des enseignants et le renouvellement du dialogue avec les éditeurs. »

URL : http://www.ladocumentationfrancaise.fr/rapports-publics/114000048/

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Scénarios prospectifs pour l’édition sc…

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Scénarios prospectifs pour l’édition scientifique :

« Cet article s’intéresse au marché de l’édition scientifique et à son évolution dans le cadre de l’Internet et du développement du libre accès. Il s’attache à montrer la diversité de ce marché en fonction des champs scientifiques, notamment par le type d’éditeurs impliqués, les lectorats concernés, les économies associées. Il met en garde sur le nécessaire discernement de ces marchés face aux critiques générales de dysfonctionnement soulignées. Il pointe certaines effets contrastés du numérique conduisant à certaines reconfigurations paradoxales. Enfin, la vision prospective sur le devenir de ce marché insiste sur la pluralité des modalités de progression vers le libre accès, le poids de la dimension politique et celui des processus d’évaluation de la recherche. La voie d’un partenariat public-privé est privilégiée au regard de valeurs centrales : indépendance, qualité, accessibilité et pérennité des publications scientifiques »

URL : http://archivesic.ccsd.cnrs.fr/sic_00558746/fr/

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Repurposing MARC Metadata for an Institu…

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Repurposing MARC Metadata for an Institutional Repository: Working with Special Collections and University Press Monographs :

« This paper describes the processes and workflows that transform Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC) records found in The Ohio State’s University’s library catalog into Dublin Core records for digital resources batch loaded into the Knowledge Bank, The Ohio State University’s institutional repository. Two projects are described to illustrate the processes and workflows: the open access monographs of The Ohio State University Press and the oral history collections of The Ohio State University Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program. »

URL : https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/handle/1811/47564

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Perceptions of Libraries, 2010: Context …

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Perceptions of Libraries, 2010: Context and Community :

« OCLC’s newest membership report, Perceptions of Libraries, 2010, a sequel to the 2005 Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources, is now available. The new report provides updated information and new insights into information consumers and their online habits, preferences, and perceptions. Particular attention was paid to how the current economic downturn has affected the information-seeking behaviors and how those changes are reflected in the use and perception of libraries.

This OCLC membership report explores:

  • Technological and economic shifts since 2005
  • Lifestyle changes Americans have made during the recession, including increased use of the library and other online resources
  • How a negative change to employment status impacts use and perceptions of the library
  • Perceptions of libraries and information resources based on life stage

The report is based on U.S. data from an online survey conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of OCLC. OCLC analyzed and summarized the results in order to produce this report. »

URL : http://www.oclc.org/us/en/reports/2010perceptions.htm

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The State of Open Data in Europe

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Opening up government data to the public has been part of the European policy agenda since the introduction of the PSI directive in 2003. European Member States continue to lean towards a cautious approach of making their data available to citizens.

This is partly caused by conflicting legal frameworks, cultural norms and the idea to recover the costs of data production. At the same time and inspired by activities in the U.S. and UK, the open data movement has emerged in many countries around the globe. They have a simple demand: Government agencies should put as much of their data online as possible in a machine-readable format so that everyone can re-use it since they were paid for by taxes.

This study analyses the current state of the open data policy ecosystem and open government data offerings in nine European Member States. Since none of the countries studied currently offers a national open data
portal, this study compares the statistics offices’ online data offerings.

The analysis shows that they fulfill a number of open data principles but that there is still a lot of room for improvement. This study underlines that the development of data catalogues and portals should not be seen as means to an end.

URL : http://assets1.csc.com/de/downloads/CSC_policy_paper_series_01_2011_unchartered_waters_state_of_open_data_europe_English_2.pdf