New Gateways to Scholarly Communication through Open Access :
“The draumatic changes in 21st century has been occurred in the world of publication of scolarly communication.One of the phenomenais of Open Access Publishing Model.The open access movement is increasingly guiding the publishing practices of scholarly research. This paper will look at developments in the open access movement, how open access affects scholarly communication, and what eventual role librarians will play in its progress.”
URL : http://eprints.rclis.org/18044/
Archives des mots-clés : open access
The Accessibility of Open Access Materia…
The Accessibility of Open Access Materials in Libraries :
“Librarians often champion open access (OA) as a sustainable alternative to the current scholarly communications system, which is widely accepted as being in a state of crisis. However, there has been little insight into how far libraries are making this support tangible by providing access to OA publications in their OPACs and other library pathways. This study conducted a large-scale survey of US library holdings to determine the extent that records of journals from the Directory of Open Access Journals are held by WorldCat-affiliated Academic libraries. It then followed up with a questionnaire inquiring into the attitudes and practices of librarians from 100 libraries that were ranked highest out of the total population in terms of their holdings of DOAJ journals. The main objective of the study was to develop a better understanding of the factors influencing the incorporation of OA materials into a university library’s holdings, where and by what means they typically appear on library websites, and how librarians feel about having these materials in their collections. Our findings suggest that the majority (54%) of WorldCat-affiliated US academic libraries have at least one record for a DOAJ journal in their holdings. It additionally suggests that librarians from institutions holding high numbers of DOAJ records generally have very positive attitudes towards OA, even though most of the respondents from these institutions were largely unaware that their holdings were more heavily weighted towards DOAJ records than at comparable institutions. Regarding library selection of OA titles, a journal’s subject matter was highlighted as a more important consideration than its access model. Additional findings suggest that large publishers of OA journals tend to have a higher representation in library holdings than smaller independent publishers. ”
URL : http://eprints.rclis.org/18766/
FUSE : “Partial list of the English-lan…
FUSE :
“Partial list of the English-language business journals, made searchable at article-level via FUSE”
URL : http://www.jurn.org/fuse/fuse-titles.html
Report on the implementation of open con…
Report on the implementation of open content licenses in developing and transition countries :
“The survey attempted to gather information from a broad spectrum of research institutions in developing and transition countries in order to get a better understanding of the current state of the implementation of open content licenses. Open content licenses or some explicit statement attached to the article when it is published in an open access journal or deposited in an open access repository help to refer to a specific type of libre open access. These licenses / statements make it clear to the reusers what they are permitted to do with published and deposited articles (including data). An organization’s or journal’s licensing policy (including policy on re-use and redistribution) shall be clearly stated and visible on the web site. We looked at the web sites of 2,041 open access journals and 218 open access repositories from eIFL network countries. And this report highlights the best practices in using open content licenses by open access journals and open access repositories in developing and transition countries. The report was produced in the framework of the EIFL-OA advocacy programme supported by Open Society Institute and the Wellcome Trust.”
URL : http://www.eifl.net/cps/sections/services/eifl-oa/docs/report-on-implementation/downloadFile/file/Report_on_open_content_licenses_June.pdf?nocache=1278496158.76
No-Fault Peer Review Charges: The Price …
No-Fault Peer Review Charges: The Price of Selectivity Need Not Be Access Denied or Delayed :
Plans by universities and research funders to pay the costs of Open Access Publishing (“Gold OA”) are premature. Funds are short; 80% of journals (including virtually all the top journals) are still subscription-based, tying up the potential funds to pay for Gold OA; the asking price for Gold OA is still high; and there is concern that paying to publish may inflate acceptance rates and lower quality standards. What is needed now is for universities and funders to mandate OA self-archiving (of authors’ final peer-reviewed drafts, immediately upon acceptance for publication) (“Green OA”). That will provide immediate OA; and if and when universal Green OA should go on to make subscriptions unsustainable (because users are satisfied with just the Green OA versions) that will in turn induce journals to cut costs (print edition, online edition, access-provision, archiving), downsize to just providing the service of peer review, and convert to the Gold OA cost-recovery model; meanwhile, the subscription cancellations will have released the funds to pay these residual service costs. The natural way to charge for the service of peer review then will be on a “no-fault basis,” with the author’s institution or funder paying for each round of refereeing, regardless of outcome (acceptance, revision/re-refereeing, or rejection). This will minimize cost while protecting against inflated acceptance rates and decline in quality standards.
URL : http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/21348/
REPORT ON OPEN REPOSITORY DEVELOPMENT IN…
REPORT ON OPEN REPOSITORY DEVELOPMENT IN DEVELOPING AND TRANSITION COUNTRIES :
“This study was conducted with the cooperation of eIFL.net, the University of Kansas Libraries, the DRIVER project and Key Perspectives Ltd. The aim was to create an inventory of current digital repository activities in developing and transition countries at both the infrastructure and services level. This is the first attempt to collect such data about digital repository activity in developing and transition countries and we hope this will serve as important resource for promoting open access and repository development in these regions. This report was produced in the framework of the eIFL-OA advocacy program supported by Open Society Institute and the Wellcome Trust.”
URL : http://www.eifl.net/cps/sections/services/eifl-oa/docs/report-on-open/downloadFile/file/Evaluation_report_on_IRs_June.pdf?nocache=1278394604.42
Pour une plus grande visibilité des travaux des chercheurs : l’exemple de l’archive ouverte PhysiologieAnimale http://phy043.tours.inra.fr:8080/
Auteur/Author : Hélène Bosc
Le chef de département de Physiologie Animale de l’Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) a signé en février 2002, l’Initiative de Budapest (BOAI). En signant il s’est engagé à promouvoir le libre accès par la voie verte (auto-archivage) et par la voie d’or (publications en libre accès).
En tant que bibliothécaire-documentaliste travaillant dans ce département, j’ai donc pu mettre en place l’Archive PhysiologieAnimale car l’investissement financier a été quasiment nul.
Nous avons récupéré une vieille machine (SUN /Unix) et notre informaticien a installé le logiciel open source EPrints http://www.eprints.org/. Notre serveur de dépôt de documents a été créé en avril 2002.
Il est expliqué dans ce texte comment nous l’avons rempli. Les politiques des éditeurs, d’après le registre ROMEO en 2003-2004 et la politique d’Elsevier, avant que cet éditeur ne devienne totalement « vert » en juin 2004, y sont mentionnées.