Étiquette : scientific communication

Just Roll with It Rolling Volumes vs Discrete…

Auteur de l’article Par Hans Dillaerts
Date de l’article 27 novembre 2013

Just Roll with It? Rolling Volumes vs. Discrete Issues in Open Access Library and Information Science Journals :

« INTRODUCTION : Articles in open access (OA) journals can be published on a rolling basis, as they become ready, or in complete, discrete issues. This study examines the prevalence of and reasons for rolling volumes vs. discrete issues among scholarly OA library and information science (LIS) journals based in the United States.
METHODS : A survey was distributed to journal editors, asking them about their publication model and their reasons for and satisfaction with that model. RESULTS Of the 21 responding journals, 12 publish in discrete issues, eight publish in rolling volumes, and one publishes in rolling volumes with an occasional special issue. Almost all editors, regardless of model, cited ease of workflow as a justification for their chosen publication model, suggesting that there is no single best workflow for all journals. However, while all rolling-volume editors reported being satisfied with their model, satisfaction was less universal among discrete-issue editors.
DISCUSSION : The unexpectedly high number of rolling-volume journals suggests that LIS journal editors are making forward-looking choices about publication models even though the topic has not been much addressed in the library literature. Further research is warranted; possibilities include expanding the study’s geographic scope, broadening the study to other disciplines, and investigating publication model trends across the entire scholarly OA universe.
CONCLUSION : Both because satisfaction is high among editors of rolling-volume journals and because readers and authors appreciate quick publication times, the rolling-volume model will likely become even more prevalent in coming years. »

Étiquettes open access, open access publishing, Scholarly Publishing, scientific communication

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ETD Management and Publishing in the ProQuest System…

Auteur de l’article Par Hans Dillaerts
Date de l’article 27 novembre 2013

ETD Management and Publishing in the ProQuest System and the University Repository: A Comparative Analysis :

« Introduction : This study compares the two most popular ETD management and publishing systems used in the American higher education community today: the commercial ProQuest Dissertation Publishing system and the university repository.
Methods Characteristics of these systems are identified and categorized in order to determine the features, functions, and policies common to both, and those that uniquely characterize one or the other system. Performing such a head-to-head comparison provides valuable information and insights to decision makers responsible for managing or overhauling their university’s ETD program.
Results : Comparison of characteristics shows the ProQuest system and the university repository both provide functional solutions for submitting, storing, disseminating, and archive ETDs using digital technology. Yet each system also has unique characteristics that distinguish it from the other.
Discusssion and Conclusion : The authors conclude that there is no single ‘best’ system for ETD management overall. Rather, it is up to decision makers at each institution to choose an approach that best fits their university’s values, goals and needs. Finally, the authors point out the need for a single portal for ETDs that allows for search and discovery of these unique works of scholarship wherever the full text resides. Future investigation into possible solutions for such an ETD portal would be a boon not only to universities and ETD authors, but to the broader community of researchers, students, professionals and interested citizenry who could benefit from easier access to this this growing corpus of knowledge. »

URL : http://jlsc-pub.org/jlsc/vol1/iss4/1/

Étiquettes Electronic theses and dissertations, open repositories, scientific communication

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Providing Access to Electronic Theses and Dissertations A…

Auteur de l’article Par Hans Dillaerts
Date de l’article 15 novembre 2013

Providing Access to Electronic Theses and Dissertations: A Case Study from Togo :

« Open access has become a significant part of scientific communication. With regards to dissemination of scientific production, the green road, i.e. self-archiving of scientific work in an open access repository, is often considered as the choice for developing countries because of lower investment and operational costs. This paper will provide a review of relevant literature on the topic, followed by a short overview of open repositories in sub-Saharan African countries, a region facing serious political, economic and social challenges. The main section will present a project for the digitizing of PhD theses of two universities in Togo, and we will then discuss questions and problems related to the specific conditions of the project, in order to contribute to the understanding of the dynamics and rich diversity of the open access movement. Is there an option for sustainable development of open access in these countries? The future will show whether open access contributes to reducing the digital divide between sub-Saharan Africa and other countries or whether it will instead consolidate this divide. »

URL : http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november13/schopfel/11schopfel.html

Étiquettes Africa, Electronic theses and dissertations, open access, scientific communication

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SciELO 15 Years of Open Access an analytic…

Auteur de l’article Par Hans Dillaerts
Date de l’article 4 novembre 2013

SciELO – 15 Years of Open Access: an analytic study on Open Access and scholarly communication :

« The 15 year path taken by the SciELO Program in bringing about the improvement of the academic journals which it indexes and publishes in Open Access – a path which it continues to follow to this day – is examined from various perspectives such as the rationale and objectives of the program, its origin in Brazil and expansion to 15 other countries, the results it has achieved, its quality control and production system, the technological platform and the impact that has been made by the Program. »

URL : http://www.scielo.org/php/level.php?component=42&item=29&lang=en

Étiquettes open access, open access publishing, Scholarly Publishing, SciELO, scientific communication, state of the art

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Encouraging Digital Scholarly Publishing in the Humanities White…

Auteur de l’article Par Hans Dillaerts
Date de l’article 4 novembre 2013

Encouraging Digital Scholarly Publishing in the Humanities: White Paper :

« This project, led by the University Press of North Georgia, and funded by a Digital Start-Up grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities focused on exploring the peer review process and increasing its usefulness to presses and scholars publishing digitally. By exploring this issues we have made recommendations for best practices in digital publishing, specifically for small academic presses. Through surveys and a workshop of key stakeholder groups (press directors, college administrators, humanities faculty, and library/technology center directors), we found a strong investment in the “gold standard” of double- or single-blind peer review. Working within the current academic publishing structure (including publishing in print) was a priority, even to presses and faculty members who were actively exploring digital publishing and open access models. On closer inspection, we realized that the various stakeholders valued the current peer review process for different reasons. And we found that the value of peer review goes beyond vetting the quality of scholarship and manuscript content. Based on these findings, we considered ways to obtain these benefits within the current academic structure through innovative peer review processes. At the same time, we looked for ways of offsetting potential risks associated with these alternative methods. We considered cost effective ways to accommodate the needs of the disparate constituencies involved in academic publishing while allowing room for digital publishing. While our findings focus primarily on small academic presses, they also have significant implications for the open access community. »

URL : http://ung.edu/college-of-arts-and-letters/encouraging-digital-publishing/

Étiquettes academic presses, digital publishing, open access, Scholarly Publishing, scientific communication

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Just Roll with It Rolling Volumes vs Discrete…

Auteur de l’article Par Hans Dillaerts
Date de l’article 26 septembre 2013

Just Roll with It? Rolling Volumes vs. Discrete Issues in Open Access Library and Information Science Journals:

METHODS : A survey was distributed to journal editors, asking them about their publication model and their reasons for and satisfaction with that model.

RESULTS : Of the 21 responding journals, 12 publish in discrete issues, eight publish in rolling volumes, and one publishes in rolling volumes with an occasional special issue. Almost all editors, regardless of model, cited ease of workflow as a justification for their chosen publication model, suggesting that there is no single best workflow for all journals. However, while all rolling-volume editors reported being satisfied with their model, satisfaction was less universal among discrete-issue editors.

DISCUSSION : The unexpectedly high number of rolling-volume journals suggests that LIS journal editors are making forward-looking choices about publication models even though the topic has not been much addressed in the library literature. Further research is warranted; possibilities include expanding the study’s geographic scope, broadening the study to other disciplines, and investigating publication model trends across the entire scholarly OA universe.

CONCLUSION : Both because satisfaction is high among editors of rolling-volume journals and because readers and authors appreciate quick publication times, the rolling-volume model will likely become even more prevalent in coming years. »

URL : http://jlsc-pub.org/jlsc/vol1/iss4/2/

Étiquettes scholarly journals, Scholarly Publishing, scientific communication