How to build a business case for an Open…

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How to build a business case for an Open Access policy :
As universities such as Edinburgh, Salford and UCL lead the world to mandate self-archiving and adopt Open Access policies, this report gives evidence to help universities make informed decisions about how their research is disseminated. There are still issues to overcome and the benefits of adopting an Open Access route can be seen through economies of scale, the more researchers disseminate their work through this route the greater the benefits.
URL : http://knowledge-exchange.info/Default.aspx?ID=62&M=News&NewsID=85

European research funders throw weight b…

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European research funders throw weight behind UK open access repository :
Four European research funders have today added their support to the open access repository UK PubMed Central (UKPMC) by agreeing that the life sciences research outputs made possible with their funding are made freely available through this repository.
URL : http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/News/Media-office/Press-releases/2010/WTX058744.htm

A Comparative Analysis of Institutional …

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Une étude comparative des logiciels de dépôts institutionnels :
Siddharth Kumar Singh, Michael Witt (Purdue University) et Dorothea Salo (University of Wisconsin) sont en train de réaliser une analyse comparative sur 4 logiciels de dépôts institutionnels : EPrints, DSpace, Fedora et Zentity.

URL du blog : http://blogs.lib.purdue.edu/rep/

Science blogs and public engagement with…

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Science blogs and public engagement with science: practices, challenges, and opportunities :
Digital information and communication technologies (ICTs) are novelty tools that can be used to facilitate broader involvement of citizens in the discussions about science. The same tools can be used to reinforce the traditional top-down model of science communication. Empirical investigations of particular technologies can help to understand how these tools are used in the dissemination of information and knowledge as well as stimulate a dialog about better models and practices of science communication.
This study focuses on one of the ICTs that have already been adopted in science communication, on science blogging. The findings from the analysis of eleven blogs are presented in an attempt to understand current practices of science blogging and to provide insight into the role of blogging in the promotion of more interactive forms of science communication.
URL : http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/09/01/Jcom0901(2010)A02