tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:/hub_feeds/3672/feed_itemsinfodocketGARY's bookmarks2024-03-28T17:18:15-04:00TagTeam social RSS aggregratortag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/103496982024-03-28T17:16:10-04:002024-03-28T17:18:15-04:00Open Education in European Libraries of Higher Education 2023<p>Open Education in European Libraries of Higher Education 2023</p>
tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/103496992024-03-28T17:17:11-04:002024-03-28T17:17:11-04:00Understanding the current state of play in Open Education in Europe tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/102990872024-03-26T07:49:50-04:002024-03-26T07:50:02-04:00Preview Upcoming Improvements to PubMed Central (PMC)tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/101952642024-03-21T07:33:22-04:002024-03-22T14:16:16-04:00Ending profiteering from publicly-funded research<p>"Key Findings:</p>
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<li>Australia’s public research institutions funnel an estimated $1 billion into the pockets of private academic publishers every year. Institutions spend $300 million on journal subscriptions alone.</li>
<li>One‑off access for a single article can cost between AUD $30 and $500.</li>
<li>Australia’s Chief Scientist has proposed a plan to pressure publishers to slash their exorbitant publishing and subscription fees, but it does not go far enough.</li>
<li>The Australia Institute is recommending reforms to how funding bodies award research grants. These include:
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<li>Revising grant criteria to reward publication in open access journals with much lower publishing fees.</li>
<li>Trialling a lottery-based system for the allocation of grants to reduce the emphasis on publication in grant applications.</li>
<li>Introducing grants specifically for researchers committed to open-science principles;</li>
<li>Encouraging the rapid publication of research results through preprint servers.</li>
<li>Encouraging the development of institutional repositories focused on publishing original research."</li>
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tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/101983952024-03-21T11:04:47-04:002024-03-21T11:04:47-04:00Theme for Open Access Week 2024 Continues Call to Put “Community over Commercialization” - SPARC<p> </p>
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<p><span>The theme of International Open Access Week for 2024 will continue with last year’s focus on “Community over Commercialization.” This theme contributed to a growing recognition of the need to prioritize approaches to open scholarship that serve the best interests of the public and the academic community. Taking the unprecedented step to build on this theme for a second year highlights the importance of this conversation and presents the opportunity to turn more of these deliberations into collective action.</span></p>
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tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/101795492024-03-20T13:18:21-04:002024-03-20T13:18:21-04:00Agreements completed with four publishers of open access journals -tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/101795482024-03-20T13:14:23-04:002024-03-20T13:14:23-04:00REF director apologises for trade book open-access confusiontag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/101794702024-03-20T13:10:26-04:002024-03-25T08:36:01-04:00Boston Library Consortium Supports Path to Open <p>"Eight BLC libraries join JSTOR and the academic community in developing a sustainable path for open access university press monographs at scale</p>
<p>Boston Library Consortium (BLC), a coalition of libraries in the northeastern United States that share knowledge, infrastructure, and resources at scale, is the latest consortium to join <a href="https://about.jstor.org/path-to-open">Path to Open</a>, a pilot program to support the open access publication of new groundbreaking scholarly books that will bring diverse perspectives and research to millions of people. Designated as an opt-in program for BLC’s member institutions, eight libraries signed on immediately, including Boston Public Library—the first public library to join Path to Open...."</p>
tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/101573492024-03-19T11:56:58-04:002024-03-19T14:51:45-04:00SCONUL's response to JISC's Critical Review on Transitional Agreements<p>"<span>Jisc released their Critical Review of Transitional Agreements in March 2024, with a webinar chaired by Ann Rossiter, Executive Director, SCONUL, to outline their key findings. The report is a comprehensive piece of work, that goes into great depth on the enduring impact of these deals on the UK and global scholarly communications landscape.</span></p>
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<p>SCONUL wishes to address a number of these points and has written <a href="https://www.sconul.ac.uk/sites/default/files/documents/SCONUL%20response%20to%20Jisc%20Critical%20Review%20of%20Transitional%20agreements.pdf">a statement,</a> as well as our co-chair Libby Homer authoring <a href="https://tinyurl.com/3hzvjur5">a piece for WonkHE</a>.</p>
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<p>SCONUL hopes that our recent Content Forum and this report will enable our members to consider the next steps for academic content and that alongside Jisc, we can deliver real change for the sector.</p>
tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/101573502024-03-19T11:57:12-04:002024-03-19T14:51:05-04:00SCONUL response to Jisc Critical Review of Transitional agreements.pdf<p>"SCONUL welcomes this timely and comprehensive report from Jisc on Transitional Agreements. SCONUL is in agreement with the findings that although there have been a number of positives from this shift in publishing, such as cost savings from previous subscription spend in many cases and increased open access publishing with little ‘grit’ for end users, we also agree that there have been a number of unintended consequences, including a reduction in green open access, an increased reliance on the UKRI block grant to pay for these deals, lack of transparency over costs, slow transition rates and low ‘flipping’ of hybrid titles and no real change to author behaviour...."</p>
tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/101582572024-03-19T12:54:09-04:002024-03-19T12:54:09-04:00The impact of Plan S: a discussion on findings so fartag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/101578742024-03-19T12:38:37-04:002024-03-19T12:38:37-04:00Open Access Charges – Continued Consolidation and Increasestag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/101578102024-03-19T12:16:40-04:002024-03-19T12:16:40-04:00Happy anniversary, MIT faculty open access policytag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/101573512024-03-19T11:57:47-04:002024-03-19T11:57:47-04:00Transitional agreements may not be the whole route to open access tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/101542682024-03-19T08:13:22-04:002024-03-19T08:13:22-04:0021 De Gruyter journals to be published open access under Subscribe to Open (S2O) model in 2024 tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/101343382024-03-18T09:28:20-04:002024-03-27T13:20:07-04:00Research Excellence Framework 2029 open access consultation – REF 2029<p>"<span>The four UK higher education funding bodies are opening a consultation concerning the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2029 Open Access Policy.</span></p>
<p>The purpose of the REF 2029 Open Access Policy is to outline open access requirements for the exercise. The proposed policy aims to embed progress in the sector for open access submission for journal publications. It also introduces an open access requirement for longform publications.</p>
<p>This consultation outlines the proposed policy for REF 2029. Its purpose is to gather a deeper understanding of sector perspectives on key issues and impacts in relation to our policy proposals...."</p>
tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/101343372024-03-18T09:27:04-04:002024-03-18T09:27:04-04:00The REF 2029 Open Access Policy consultation opens – REF 2029<blockquote>
<p>The four UK higher education funding bodies have launched a consultation on the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2029 Open Access Policy. The consultation will gather a deeper understanding of sector perspectives on key issues and impacts in relation to our policy proposals.</p>
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tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/100779532024-03-15T15:12:38-04:002024-03-16T09:23:23-04:00Plan S and Open Access (OA) in Quebec: What Does the Revised FRQ OA Policy Mean for Researchers?<blockquote>
<p>Objective – Our article examines the effects of Quebec’s provincial funding agency (FRQ)’s revised 2022 OA policy on researchers. Following FRQ’s participation as a cOAlition S funding agency, which involves endorsing Plan S principles, we provide an overview of the OA options for researchers. We examine these options under the FRQ 2019 and FRQ 2022 policy years, account for the effect of transformative agreements (TA) on OA publishing options, as well as the financial implications for researchers under the revised policy.</p>
<p>Methods – The researchers extracted a list of FRQ-funded publications from years 2020 to 2022 using the DOI registration agency Crossref. Using this sample set, the researchers quantitatively analyzed OA options under the previous policy and the revised one, comparing the two. To determine the effect of transformative agreements (TAs)s, we reviewed current agreements offered through Canada’s national licensing agency Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN).</p>
<p>Results – We found that the self-archiving method for open access (OA) is reduced under the revised 2022 policy. Our results lead us to anticipate the pressure felt by authors who will be required to pay article processing charges (APCs) to meet grant requirements.</p>
<p>Conclusion – The current publishing patterns of FRQ-funded researchers are primarily concentrated in hybrid journals not covered by transformative agreements. As such, researchers will face additional financial costs should these publishing patterns continue. Concerted efforts among all stakeholders (researchers, universities, libraries, and funders) are needed to sustainably transition to immediate OA.</p>
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tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/100524712024-03-14T10:38:47-04:002024-03-14T10:38:47-04:00Support open access publishing at the MIT Press during the 24-Hour Challenge - MIT Press<blockquote>
<p>Join us today as we raise funds to support open access publishing and expand MITops—our rapid, open, community publishing program</p>
<p>Access to trustworthy information has never been more critical. Donations from supporters and readers like you make it possible for the MIT Press to do our best work. Your support is crucial to our #OpenAccess initiatives, enabling us to publish transformative scholarship openly and sustainably. This work is vital in addressing some of the most pressing challenges facing humanity today.</p>
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tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/100514002024-03-14T09:20:40-04:002024-03-14T09:20:40-04:00Open Access Australasia Response to Chief Scientist’s Proposal for Open Access in Australia | Open Access Australasia<p>Open Access Australasia Response to Chief Scientist’s Proposal for Open Access in Australia</p>
tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/98073682024-02-14T09:32:52-05:002024-02-15T08:47:53-05:00A critique of the Emerald Statement relating to UK rights retention strategies | Plan S<p>"<span>Emerald should be applauded for adopting a policy since 2014 that states authors may make their accepted manuscript (AAM) freely available at the date of Emerald’s publication – this is more liberal than many large publishers. As part of its Open Research policies, and in response to the widespread adoption of</span><a href="https://sje30.github.io/rrs/rrs.html"> Institutional Rights Retention Policies (IRRPs) in the UK</a><span>, Emerald has published a ‘</span><a href="https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/publish-with-us/author-policies/our-open-research-policies#rights-retention">Statement relating to rights retention strategies</a><span>.’ The following critique examines the statement in detail...."</span></p>
tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/98043342024-02-13T08:58:57-05:002024-02-14T08:45:23-05:00Checklist and guidance for TA publishers: Open access workflow requirements<blockquote>
<p>Checklist and guidance for TA publishers Open access workflow requirements</p>
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tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/97775012024-02-02T10:18:44-05:002024-02-06T09:01:06-05:00Open access for books tool launched by Jisc<p>"The new ‘OA for books’ is part of Jisc’s portfolio of open research products which will help to streamline the road to open access</p>
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<p>Jisc has launched a new future-proofed OA for books tool that gives users a simple overview of research publisher open access policies in a single interface, creating a more efficient and streamlined process.</p>
<p>The new tool, <a href="https://beta.sherpa.ac.uk/oa-books">‘OA for books’</a> will help authors and research organisations make informed and confident decisions in open access publishing and compliance, and will enable everyone involved in the research publication process – including authors, librarians and repository administrators – to seamlessly check whether a publisher supports compliance with UK Research and Innovation’s open access policy requirements for longform outputs.</p>
<p>All longform research outputs (unless exempt) that acknowledge funding from UKRI or any of its councils must be free to view and download via an online publication platform, publisher’s website, or institutional or subject repository within a maximum of 12 months of publication, if it is to comply with UKRI’s <a href="https://www.ukri.org/publications/ukri-open-access-policy/">open access policy for monographs, edited collections and book chapters</a>.</p>
<p>There will be a pilot launch at the end of January with a select number of publishers, and more publishers will be added during the following six months...."</p>
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tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/97680672024-01-29T09:05:12-05:002024-01-29T09:05:12-05:00Wiley and Vanderbilt University’s Heard Libraries Sign Agreement to Publish More Open Access Research | John Wiley & Sons, Inc.<p>Wiley and Vanderbilt University’s Heard Libraries Sign Agreement to Publish More Open Access Research</p>
tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/97680582024-01-29T08:26:53-05:002024-01-29T08:27:16-05:00New Open Education Strategy published