tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:/hubs/oatp/user/jackieproven/atom 2021-12-12T10:42:25-05:00 TagTeam social RSS aggregrator tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/3226891 2021-09-07T08:57:41-04:00 2021-12-12T10:42:25-05:00

<p>The report examines, monitors and quantifies compliance with the open access requirements of Horizon 2020, for both publications and research data. With a steadily increase over the years and an average success rate of 83% open access to scientific publications, key findings indicate that the European Commission’s leadership in the Open Science policy has paid off. The study concludes with specific recommendations to improve the monitoring of compliance with the policy under Horizon Europe – which has a more stringent and comprehensive set of rights and obligations for Open Science. The data management plan and the datasets of the study are also available on data.europa.eu, the official portal for European data.</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/3127264 2021-07-16T04:59:43-04:00 2021-07-16T04:59:43-04:00

<p>Introduction:</p> <p>"Shareholder value maximisation has been severely criticised in recent years, with a growing number of prominent business leaders recognising that companies have obligations to society as well as their shareholders.</p> <p>This moral responsibility is also emerging in scholarly communications. Most academic research is still published behind paywalls, but researchers and funders are increasingly looking to make data and research outputs freely and openly available for the benefit of society.</p> <p>The lion’s share of academic research is publicly funded, yet revenues derived from that research are distributed disproportionately, serving shareholders rather than researchers. Academic publishers and their shareholders have benefitted from an increasing proportion of library budgets. In the past, publishers routinely sought annual increases of journal subscription fees in addition to significant revenue from open access article processing charges. This is particularly hard for the smaller institutions that want to publish open access."</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/3105594 2021-07-05T06:23:10-04:00 2021-07-05T06:23:10-04:00

<p>2020-2021 EUA Open Science Survey results</p> <p>by Rita Morais, Bregt Saenen, Federica Garbuglia, Stephane Berghmans and Vinciane Gaillard</p> <p>This report presents the findings of the 2020-2021 EUA Open Science Survey and provides evidence-based recommendations for institutions, researchers, research funders and policy makers on the transition towards Open Science. With more than 270 responses from 36 European countries, the survey report focuses on the level of development of Open Science in European universities. It also addresses the role of Open Science in institutions’ strategic priorities and its implementation in institutional practices.</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/3056280 2021-06-02T04:35:44-04:00 2021-06-02T04:35:44-04:00

<div> <p>Background:</p> <p>"Sharing and re-using data to reproduce research and build upon it, are a cornerstone of Open Science.</p> <p>The sustainability of research data refers to their long-term preservation, accessibility, and interoperability. It is something that needs to be addressed by everyone involved.</p> <p>Aligned policies and requirements can limit the collective effort needed and increase the usefulness of research data management."</p> </div> <p>Introduction to the guide:</p> <p>"This Practical Guide provides guidance to ensure the long-term preservation and accessibility of research data, and supports organisations to provide a framework in which researchers can share their output in a sustainable way. It includes three complementary maturity matrices for funders, performers, and data infrastructures. These allow them to evaluate the current status of their policies and practices, and to identify next steps towards sustainable data sharing and seeking alignment with other organisations in doing so."</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/3039600 2021-05-25T08:59:10-04:00 2021-05-25T08:59:10-04:00

<p>Please reference this document using https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4775945</p> <p><strong>All publishers must fully respect researchers’ rights by providing clarity and transparency on Open Access</strong> - Joint statement dated 25 May 2021</p> <p>The three signatory organisations (CESAER, EUA and Science Europe) "support the open dissemination of research findings for the greater benefit of research and society and call on all publishers to stop requiring researchers to sign over their rights and to end the use of restrictions and embargoes."</p> <pre>  </pre>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2974096 2021-04-20T12:26:18-04:00 2021-04-20T12:26:18-04:00

<p>The Rights Retention Strategy (RRS) is a key component of cOAlition S’s Plan S – it is based on a simple principle that the peer-reviewed Author Accepted manuscript (AAM) is the intellectual creation of the authors and belongs to them.</p> <p>On submission of an article authors apply a prior CC BY licence to any AAM (Author Accepted Manuscript) arising from that submission.</p> <p>The presentation will explain the purpose of the RRS and how this simple solution helps authors retain sufficient rights to use their own accepted manuscript. The online event will also clarify details around practical use of the RRS.</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2974070 2021-04-20T12:01:01-04:00 2021-04-20T12:01:01-04:00

<p>cOAlition S strategy of applying a prior licence to the Author’s Accepted Manuscript (AAM) is designed to facilitate full and immediate open access of funded scientific research for the greater benefit of science and society. It helps authors exercise their ownership rights on the AAM, so they can share it immediately in a repository under an open licence.</p> <p>The manuscript – even after peer-review – is the intellectual creation of the authors. The RRS is designed to protect authors’ rights. The costs that publishers incur for the AAM, such as managing the peer-review process, are covered by subscriptions or publication fees. Delivering such publication services does therefore not entitle publishers to limit, constrain or appropriate ownership rights in the author’s AAM.</p> <p>Some subscription publishers have recently put in place practices that attempt to prevent cOAlition S funded researchers from exercising their right to make their AAM open access immediately on publication.</p> <p>The undersigned – cOAlition S funders and other stakeholders in academic publishing – wish to provide clarity to researchers about these practices, and caution them about the possible consequences.</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2780734 2020-09-29T05:12:33-04:00 2020-09-29T05:12:33-04:00

<p>"Whilst we are on our way towards a situation where 100% open access is the norm, we look at the ways that academic libraries can help guide authors and institutes to make good decisions in the rapidly developing field of open access publishing."</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2768520 2020-09-11T16:17:21-04:00 2020-09-11T16:17:21-04:00

<p>The scholarly publishing sector is undergoing a period of profound change, driven by technological change, a huge demand for publication outlets, and for rapid, open access to the findings of scientific research. This is inspiring new and innovative approaches to scholarly communications, underpinned by the technologies of the digital revolution. At the same time, there is increasing concern about the business models and operating practices of the publishing sector, particularly those adopted by the large multinational publishers that dominate scholarly publishing.</p> <p>Recognizing this tension, the ISC has initiated a project on the the future of scientific publishing, and commissioned this occasional paper, written by Rupert Gatti. The paper assesses the economic implications of current business models for scientific publishing, evaluating their advantages and disadvantages. It complements and is informed by the ISC draft discussion paper shared with members for review in July 2020.</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2768519 2020-09-11T16:10:31-04:00 2020-09-23T13:24:24-04:00

<p>Introduction to the series:</p> <p>The LIBER Open Science Roadmap provides advice on how libraries can advocate for Open Science both within their institutions and internationally in order to expand the impact of research. It also provides practical ideas for supporting Open Science through tools and services. This fall LIBER and OCLC are jointly offering a webinar and discussion series to explore the LIBER Open Science Roadmap and to lead community discussions to collectively create a bold vision for the future role of libraries in each of the seven Roadmap focus areas.</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2726736 2020-07-08T08:23:37-04:00 2021-10-13T12:47:55-04:00

<p>Abstract:</p> <p>The implementation of policies promoting the adoption of an open science (OS) culture must be accompanied by indicators that allow monitoring the uptake of such policies and their potential effects on research publishing and sharing practices. This study presents indicators of open access (OA) at the institutional level for universities worldwide. By combining data from Web of Science, Unpaywall and the Leiden Ranking disambiguation of institutions, we track OA coverage of universities’ output for 963 institutions. This paper presents the methodological challenges, conceptual discrepancies and limitations and discusses further steps needed to move forward the discussion on fostering OA and OS practices and policies.</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2721398 2020-07-01T08:19:24-04:00 2020-07-01T08:19:24-04:00

<p>Plan S – an initiative of European research funders to accelerate the transition to open access – will apply to all new NWO [Dutch Research Council] calls published as of 1 January 2021. To give researchers sufficient time to prepare, NWO is already announcing how it will implement the guidelines for Plan S in its grant rules.</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2718600 2020-06-27T11:47:30-04:00 2020-06-27T11:47:30-04:00

<p>A list of the most common questions and answers concerning Plan S and its implementation. The list will be updated continuously based on questions we receive from the research and publishing communities.</p> <p>Topics:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/faq-theme/about-coalition-s-and-plan-s/">About cOAlition S and Plan S</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/faq-theme/rights-licences/">Rights &amp; licences</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/faq-theme/journals-and-platforms/">Journals and platforms</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/faq-theme/publication-fees-costs-prices-business-models/">Publication fees, Costs, prices &amp; business models</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/faq-theme/research-evaluation-assessment/">Research evaluation &amp; assessment</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/faq-theme/compliance/">Compliance</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/faq-theme/oa-monographs/">OA Monographs</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/faq-theme/technical-requirements/">Technical requirements</a></li> </ul>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2718675 2020-06-27T14:58:12-04:00 2020-06-27T14:58:12-04:00

<p>The University of Groningen has launched an Open Research Award competition. It was inspired by and directly modelled on a competition run at the University of Reading.</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2718674 2020-06-27T14:44:26-04:00 2020-06-27T14:44:26-04:00

<p>Overview</p> <p>"<span>To fulfil the aims of the conference we have handpicked speakers to reflect the broad </span><span>application of Open Research. </span><span>Clarity was also important to our aim of properly addressing suboptimal research practice and cultural norms"</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span>The conference was separated into the following sections: </span></p> <p><em>The problem defined. </em><span>Speakers present on common issues and barriers that undermine the quality and credibility of our research. These include fraud, questionable research practices, publication bias, and inappropriate incentives.</span></p> <p><em>The problem solved.</em><span> Speakers discuss top-down and bottom-up initiatives and solutions that can be implemented by researchers and educators, providing evidence on how they have benefited research and research culture. </span></p> <p><em>A roundtable discussion</em><span>. Panel composed of funders and initiatives promoting and supporting Open Research."</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span>The programme includes additional resources and links to Open Research initiatives.</span></p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2718637 2020-06-27T13:16:46-04:00 2021-04-11T12:39:59-04:00

<p>At the 40th session of UNESCO’s General Conference, 193 Members States tasked the Organization with the development of an international standard-setting instrument on Open Science in the form of a UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science to be adopted by Member States in 2021.</p> <p>The Recommendation is expected to define shared values and principles for Open Science, and identify concrete measures on Open Access and Open Data, with proposals to bring citizens closer to science.</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2483319 2019-06-04T10:33:55-04:00 2022-04-13T10:51:14-04:00

At the end of May, cOAlition S published a revised Implementation Plan for Plan S, following extensive consultation with the community. cOAlition S received over 600 responses to its call for comments. LERU’s own response was followed up by a visit from cOAlition S to LERU’s INFO policy group for more detailed discussion and comment. The revised Implementation Plan retains the vision of the original Plan S, whilst softening many of the implementation features. This is clearly in response to feedback received and cOAlition S are to be congratulated in the openness of their response.

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2481226 2019-05-09T08:51:16-04:00 2019-05-09T08:51:16-04:00

<h3>Research Performing and Research Funding Organizations Working Together to Accelerate the Transition to Open Access</h3> <p>"Both cOAlition S and OA2020 acknowledge the strong alignment and coherence of their aims and vision. Together they call for research funding and research performing organizations globally to join them in withdrawing support from paywall publishing and ensure full and immediate Open Access to scholarly research publications."</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2481135 2019-05-08T09:01:26-04:00 2019-05-08T09:01:26-04:00

<p>The ambition of the Netherlands is to achieve 100% open access by 2020. Agreements have been made with many publishers about open access publishing. Unfortunately, this is not possible for all types of publications or journals. However, Dutch copyright law offers an alternative. Article 25fa of the Copyright Act (Taverne Amendment) allows researchers to share short scientific works (e.g. articles &amp; book chapters), regardless of any restrictive publishers' guidelines.</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2480128 2019-04-25T16:32:52-04:00 2019-04-26T13:00:29-04:00

<p>This is our analysis of the spending by 36 organisations that received a grant from the Charity Open Access Fund (COAF) between October 2017 and September 2018.</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2480129 2019-04-25T16:41:32-04:00 2019-04-28T09:23:39-04:00

<p>The winners of our Wellcome Data Re-use Prizes have generated new insights in antimicrobial resistance and malaria research.</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2473804 2019-02-11T05:41:32-05:00 2019-02-11T05:41:32-05:00

<p>"At CRUK, we're committed to ensuring that the data and knowledge generated through our funding is put to maximum use by the scientific research community and, whenever possible, is translated to deliver patient benefit. One of the ways we do this is by providing timely, open and unrestricted access to published research. This facilitates rapid sharing of knowledge and promotes innovation. Thus, we strongly support the aim of Plan S to make research openly available.</p> <p>We have sought feedback from our researchers, by surveying CRUK-funded group leaders and fellowship holders to gather their opinions on Plan S. We received over 100 responses, with detailed feedback. Concerns were raised by our researchers and internally about the proposed implementation of Plan S, detailed in our response below, which prevent us from signing up to the current version of the plan. We need to ensure that our researchers are not in any way disadvantaged and can continue to do the best science and accelerate progress in cancer research.</p> <p>Based on this feedback and internal discussions at CRUK, we do not feel the current implementation plan is the best way forward, but we are willing to continue to work with cOAlition S to overcome these significant barriers and find a workable implementation.</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2473770 2019-02-10T11:55:04-05:00 2019-02-10T11:55:04-05:00

<p>"Irish Research Council Supports Open Access</p> <p>The Irish Research Council fully endorses the principle of open access, noting its important role in promoting the exchange of knowledge and the dissemination of research findings. [...]</p> <p>The Irish Research Council notes the cOAlition S initiative’s coordinated approach and ambitious intent. The current Irish Research Council strategy on open access emphasises the central role of the researcher in shaping and facilitating open access, reflecting both the researcher’s freedom and responsibilities. The Council will continue to support open access, taking into account the interests of the research community and society as a whole."</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2473766 2019-02-10T11:38:11-05:00 2019-02-10T11:38:11-05:00

<p>SCONUL submission on Plan S guidance consultation attempts to address critical issues for libraries:</p> <ul> <li>How might library and repository infrastructures be developed to support Plan S principles?</li> <li>What kind of transitional agreements would be appropriate and deliverable?</li> <li>How can costs be controlled in a Plan S environment?</li> </ul>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2473183 2019-02-04T08:52:43-05:00 2019-02-04T08:52:43-05:00

<p>This is the second independent report on Open Access received from Professor Adam Tickell, Chair of the UK Open Access Co-ordination Group. The first was received in 2016. It presents a refreshed evidence base, and answers specific questions requested by the Minister for Universities and Science, Jo Johnson, in November 2017. The response from the minister Chris Skidmore MP to Professor Adam Tickell is available here too.</p> <p>Executive Summary: "The UK has an enviable track record in producing excellent research and scholarship. Since the publication of the Finch Report in 2012, research funders, publishers and universities have been committed to publishing journals. During this period, major advances have been made, both in terms of the share of publications in Open Access journals and articles and in terms of the complicated – and often unglamorous – underpinning infrastructure. Members of the UUK Open Access Coordination Group have worked tirelessly and effectively, through specialist sub-groups, and developed measures that have removed many of the barriers to Open Access publishing.</p> <p>This report provides an overview of the benefits of Open Access publishing and details the ways in which the United Kingdom has been at the forefront of the Open Access movement. Over half of research publications can be read for free online and I anticipate that this will rise, such that the Government’s aspiration that all publicly-funded research is available in this form if the current funding is maintained.</p> <p>As anticipated in the Finch Report, such progress has come at additional financial cost and whilst there has been some important experimentation, a transformation of the publication model – from subscriptions to charges for Open Access – has not materialised. Both the Wellcome Trust and UK Research and Innovation are currently reviewing their approach to Open Access.</p> <p>The UK’s leadership in supporting Open Access has been taken up with enthusiasm in other countries and by major global philanthropic funders of research. This is testament to the influence of the Finch Report, but I note that there is a range of different approaches being taken to achieving the shared aim of global Open Access to research.</p> <p>In order to ensure that this aspiration can be met, however, universities and funders need to be committed to supporting Open Access further. I have therefore made a set of recommendations to achieve this."</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2473102 2019-02-01T14:42:43-05:00 2019-02-02T10:53:01-05:00

<p>Helping learned societies transition to Open Access and explore Plan S-compliant business models – 1 February 2019</p> <p>Wellcome, in partnership with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the Association of Learned &amp; Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), have engaged Information Power to explore a range of potential strategies and business models through which learned societies can transition to Open Access and adapt and thrive under Plan S.</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2472817 2019-01-30T08:39:12-05:00 2019-01-30T10:36:14-05:00

<p>"UCL is pleased to post Robert Kiley’s response to the UCL Town Hall meeting and UCL’s Plan S consultation response as a contribution to the ongoing consultation over Plan S.</p> <p>"As the cOAlition S representative at the UCL Town Hall meeting I’d like to thank UCL for their response to the Plan S guidance document and for giving me the opportunity to respond to some of the points raised." ...</p> <p>I was disappointed by the UCL response to Plan S which calls for a “wholescale rethink of the strategy and timelines for moving to 100% Open Access”. ..."</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2472695 2019-01-28T08:35:17-05:00 2019-01-28T08:35:17-05:00

<p>"Negotiations between the FinELib consortium and Taylor &amp; Francis ended with no positive results. The end of the negotiations means that access to Taylor &amp; Francis journals will end on 1 February 2019.</p> <p>FinELib’s goal was to provide researchers with access to journals published by Taylor &amp; Francis and an opportunity to publish their articles open access, available to everyone. The publisher and the consortium have highly differing views of reasonable costs."</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2472629 2019-01-26T11:23:40-05:00 2019-01-26T11:23:40-05:00

<p>In order to attract more funding for open infrastructure, there is a need to efficiently convey all the important work various organisations are currently undertaking. This document outlines major projects in the area of open access discovery over the next 2 years.</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2472628 2019-01-26T07:57:56-05:00 2019-01-26T07:57:56-05:00

<p>During the 14th Berlin Open Access Conference, on 3-4 December 2018, a joint statement was drafted by the French Open Science Committee (Bibliodiversity WG and the College of Publications) and the OA2020 carriers. Joint efforts will be initiated in 2019 to ensure the implementation of the common perspectives.</p> <p>[Lors de la 14e conférence de Berlin sur le libre accès, le Comité pour la science ouverte (pilotes du Groupe bibliodiversité et du Collège des publications) et les porteurs d’OA2020 ont rédigé ensemble une déclaration commune portant sur la convergence entre leurs initiatives. Les entités responsables d’OA2020 et le Comité pour la science ouverte conjugueront leurs efforts en 2019 afin d’assurer la mise en œuvre de leurs perspectives communes].</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2470617 2018-12-20T12:49:43-05:00 2019-05-04T10:02:57-04:00

<p>The solid foundation of the open access movement is the importance of public access to research, but it is clear that discovery of this open research remains one of the barriers to fulfilling this goal. There are many organisations making progress in this space and it is not always easy keeping up to date with the projects that are currently underway, or even knowing about what is in the pipeline. In order to improve opportunities for collaboration and alignment, the British Library and Arcadia Fund brought together key organisations in this space to discuss what we want to prioritise as a group and what challenges are being faced.</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2464185 2018-10-06T12:08:12-04:00 2018-10-06T12:08:12-04:00

<p>"Three organisations representing early-career and senior researchers across Europe have [today] released a Joint Statement on Open Access for Researchers via Plan S (PDF 303 Kb). The statement from the European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers (Eurodoc), Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA), and Young Academy of Europe (YAE) welcomes and supports proposals from a coalition of national research funding organisations in Europe to achieve full and immediate Open Access to scientific publications by 01 January 2020."</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2463443 2018-09-27T12:04:26-04:00 2018-09-30T16:36:09-04:00

<p>”We can make science more efficient by making research based knowledge available to everybody”</p> <p>Universities Finland UNIFI considers it to be important that Open Access principles will be implemented quickly and therefore gives its full support to the FinELib consortium’s goals in the negotiations with international science publishers.</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2462221 2018-09-12T09:03:29-04:00 2018-09-12T09:05:14-04:00 Danny Kingsley CC BY 4.0

<p>This is a sister blog to “<a href="https://unlockingresearch-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=2148">Relax everyone, Plan S is just the beginning of the discussion</a>” and provides the ‘supplementary material’ to that blog. It discusses the points in the <a href="https://www.scienceeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Plan_S.pdf">Plan S</a> principles that are not particularly contentious.</p> <p>At the end of this blog is a list of links and commentary to date on Plan S.</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2462220 2018-09-12T09:01:44-04:00 2018-09-12T09:01:49-04:00 Danny Kingsley CC BY 4.0

<p>If you are working (or even vaguely interested) in the scholarly communication space then you will not have failed to hear about the release of ‘<a href="https://www.scienceeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Plan_S.pdf">Plan S</a>’ last week. There has been a slew of reports and commentary (at the end of the sister blog “<a href="https://unlockingresearch-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=2145">Most Plan S principles are not contentious</a>”). Here’s another (hopefully useful) addition to the mix.</p> <p>The document identifies the key target as being: <strong>“</strong><strong>After 1 January 2020 scientific publications on the results from research funded by public grants provided by national and European research councils and funding bodies, must be published in compliant Open Access Journals or on compliant Open Access Platforms.”</strong> There are 10 supporting principles to this statement.</p> <p>The plan is specifically engineered to force the hand of publishers and academics to really embrace (begrudgingly adopt?) change. Personally I welcome a bit of disruption. It will be no surprise to anyone that I <a href="https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/269913">consider the policies that arose from Finch to have failed</a>. But this new development has, understandably, given a few people the jitters.</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2461636 2018-09-04T17:29:00-04:00 2018-09-04T17:29:00-04:00

<p>Summary:</p> <p>"As a long-standing advocate for Open Science, LIBER fully welcomes Plan S: an ambitious new initiative from national public research funders and the European Commission to make full and immediate Open Access to research publications a reality. [...]</p> <p>Many libraries are already actively working in these areas, however PlanS adds extra impetus to the need for libraries to fully back Open Access and Open Science. Notably, policies and strategies will need to be reassessed with an emphasis on transparency. LIBER is ready to help its libraries with this transition to a world where policies, tools and infrastructures universally support the growth and sharing of knowledge."</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2461541 2018-09-03T16:28:15-04:00 2022-04-06T03:50:54-04:00

DSpace-CRIS: a CRIS enhanced repository platform - presentation at Inconecss, Berlin 19th April 2016 by Andrea Bollini ( orcid:0000-0002-9029-1854 ) Head of Open Source and Open Standards Strategy, www.cineca.it The DSpace-CRIS project history • A rich &amp; customisable data model • Main features • ORCID integration • Next steps

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2461539 2018-09-03T16:11:50-04:00 2020-05-04T13:58:25-04:00

<p>PhD Thesis as submitted for examination</p> <p>Abstract: This thesis makes a contribution to the knowledge of open access through a historically and theoretically informed account of contemporary open access policy in the UK (2010–15). It critiques existing policy by revealing the influence of neoliberal ideology on its creation, and proposes a commons-based approach as an alternative. The historical context in Chapters 2 and 3 shows that access to knowledge has undergone numerous changes over the centuries and the current push to increase access to research, and political controversies around this idea, are part of a long tradition. The exploration of the origins and meanings of ‘openness’ in Chapter 4 enriches the understanding of open access as a concept and makes possible a more nuanced critique of specific instantiations of open access in later chapters. The theoretical heart of the thesis is Chapter 5, in which neoliberalism is analysed with a particular focus on neoliberal conceptions of liberty and openness. The subsequent examination of neoliberal higher education in Chapter 6 is therefore informed by a thorough grounding in the ideology that underlies policymaking in the neoliberal era. This understanding then acts as invaluable context for the analysis of the UK’s open access policy in Chapter 7. By highlighting the neoliberal aspects of open access policy, the political tensions within open access advocacy are shown to have real effects on the way that open access is unfolding. Finally, Chapter 8 proposes the commons as a useful theoretical model for conceptualising a future scholarly publishing ecosystem that is free from neoliberal ideology. An argument is made that a commons-based open access policy is possible, though must be carefully constructed with close attention paid to the power relations that exist between different scholarly communities.</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2461530 2018-09-03T12:43:46-04:00 2018-09-03T12:43:46-04:00

<p>From "When the Data hits the Fan!:", the blog of Simon Tanner</p> <p>"February is a month of discovery. Not just of gravitational waves but for increased evidence for Open Access, for the costs of publishing monographs and for academic journal markets. This blog focuses on the highlights of Professor Adam Tickell’s OA report to Jo Johnson (Minister of State for Universities and Science) that has been published today, with the Minister’s response. It also mentions the Costs of Publishing Monographs report from Ithaka and the Academic journal markets report from SCONUL, RLUK, ARMA and Jisc."</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2461149 2018-08-28T16:08:48-04:00 2018-08-28T16:08:48-04:00

<p>Extract:</p> <p>"<span>With the advent of synthetic biology and gene editing tools, there are amazing breakthroughs being made in medicine, energy and food." ... "</span>Open science has been a topic of debate for over a decade. A growing number of vocal researchers have advocated that all research funded with public funds is open sourced, and not just the articles but the actual research data sets."</p> <p>(Full article access may require registration)</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2460156 2018-08-19T15:55:10-04:00 2018-08-19T15:55:10-04:00

<p>Journal.fi is a new journal management and publishing service provided by the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies. The site features 60 Finnish scholarly journals, with more to come. Journal.fi is designed to meet the needs of authors, readers, publishers and funders in the age of Open Access journals. The service is using the Open Journal Systems 3.1 software.</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2460155 2018-08-19T15:43:15-04:00 2018-08-19T15:43:15-04:00

<p><span>This study examines the current status and funding options of open access to national scientific journals.</span><span> (</span>English translation from Google translate). Kotimaiset tieteelliset lehdet ja avoin julkaiseminen: selvitys mahdollisista rahoitusmalleista</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2460154 2018-08-19T15:06:51-04:00 2018-08-19T15:06:51-04:00

<p>"At Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC) of the <a href="https://gulbenkian.pt/">Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation</a>, we believe that free sharing of knowledge drives progress and maximises the impact of research on the scientific community and on the society in general.</p> <div>The IGC is committed to provide open and unlimited access to its <a href="http://www.igc.gulbenkian.pt/publicacoes.php">published research results</a> and envisages to make sure whenever possible that its research data is made 'FAIR', that is findable, accessible interoperable and re-usable."</div>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2460153 2018-08-19T14:41:49-04:00 2018-08-19T14:41:49-04:00

<p>"<strong><span><span>Data Access and Research Transparency (DA-RT): A Joint Statement by Political Science Journal Editors</span></span></strong></p> <p> <span><span>In this joint statement, leading journals commit to greater data access and research transparency, and to implementing policies requiring authors to make as accessible as possible the empirical foundation and logic of inquiry of evidence-based research."</span></span></p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2460152 2018-08-19T14:19:32-04:00 2018-08-19T14:19:32-04:00

<p>For many years Open Access publishing was a topic of discussion reserved to a very small circle of enthusiasts.... So what has happened, and what is the hype about? What does it mean to “publish in open access”? Why is it so different?</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2460151 2018-08-19T13:20:44-04:00 2018-08-19T14:03:50-04:00

<p>The International Association for Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) welcomes the independent Mission Text and Data Mining Report commissioned by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication and the State Secretariat for Higher Education and Research which recommends a pragmatic, license-based approach to text mining.</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2460149 2018-08-19T13:02:56-04:00 2018-08-19T13:02:56-04:00

<p>"<span><span>The implementation of Open Access (OA) as a "golden, green and hybrid road" for profit-oriented publishers is a grave error, measured by the immense possibilities of an emancipatory transformation of science communication based on digitization and the Internet.</span> <span>In this way, commodification (science as a commodity) and with it the traditional economic, legal and substantive dependence on the power of global publishing oligopolies is reinforced.</span> <span>However, as long as the powerful scientific standardization and evaluation system is not fundamentally changed towards the recognition of "self-publishing" via institutional repositories, there are few incentives for digital non-profit OA publications, although their general advantages are undeniable." </span></span>- (English translation from Google Translate)</p> <p>Abstract (German): Die Implementierung von Open Access (OA) als „golden, green and hybrid road“ profitorientierter Verlage ist ein folgenschwerer Irrweg, gemessen an den immensen Möglichkeiten einer emanzipatorischen Transformation der Wissenschaftskommunikation auf Basis von Digitalisierung und Internet. Auf diese Weise wird die Kommodifizierung (Wissenschaft als Ware) und mit ihr die traditionelle ökonomische, rechtliche und inhaltliche Abhängigkeit von der Macht weltweit agierender Verlags-Oligopole verstärkt. Solange aber das machtvolle wissenschaftliche Normen- und Bewertungssystem nicht in Richtung der Anerkennung von „self publishing“ über institutionelle Repositorien grundlegend verändert wird, bestehen nur geringe Anreize für digitale non-profit-OA-Publikationen, obwohl deren generelle Vorteilhaftigkeit unstrittig sind.</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2459449 2018-08-12T14:05:21-04:00 2018-08-12T14:05:21-04:00

<p>Publishers are committed to the widest possible dissemination of and access to the content they publish. We support any and all sustainable models of access that ensure the integrity and permanence of the scholarly record.</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2459448 2018-08-12T13:56:02-04:00 2018-08-12T13:56:02-04:00

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2459447 2018-08-12T13:45:41-04:00 2018-08-12T13:45:41-04:00

<p>After getting shut down late last year, a website that allows free access to paywalled academic papers has sprung back up in a shadowy corner of the Internet.</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2459445 2018-08-12T12:49:21-04:00 2022-04-06T03:50:54-04:00

Case study from a University repository using altmerics to promote open access.

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2459443 2018-08-12T12:34:57-04:00 2018-08-13T09:55:53-04:00

<p>The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) is dedicated to advancing human knowledge at the intersection of computation and life sciences. On behalf of the ISCB members, this public policy statement expresses strong support for open access, reuse, integration, and distillation of the publicly-funded archival scientific and technical research literature, and for the infrastructure to achieve that goal.</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2459108 2018-08-08T15:45:36-04:00 2018-08-08T16:39:27-04:00

<p>Open access publishing has been proposed as one possible solution to the serials crisis—the rapidly growing subscription prices in scholarly journal publishing. How- ever, open access publishing can present economic pitfalls as well, such as excessive article processing charges. We discuss the decision that an author faces when choos- ing to submit to an open access journal. We develop an interactive tool to help authors compare among alternative open access venues and thereby get the most for their article processing charges.</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2459114 2018-08-08T16:00:33-04:00 2018-08-22T12:45:07-04:00 Eva Rogers

<p>Creative Commons is pleased to announce an award of new funding in the amount of $800,000 over two years from Arcadia, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin, in support of CC Search, a Creative Commons technology project designed to maximize discovery and use of openly licensed content in the Commons. </p> <p>The post <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2018/08/08/arcadia-announcement/">Creative Commons awarded $800,000 from Arcadia to support discovery and collaboration in the global commons</a> appeared first on <a href="https://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>.</p>

tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/2461531 2018-09-03T12:54:31-04:00 2022-12-09T08:50:35-05:00

<p>Abstract: Due to the effect of citation impact on The Higher Education (THE) world university ranking system, most of the researchers are looking for some helpful techniques to increase their citation record. This paper by reviewing the relevant articles extracts 33 different ways for increasing the citations possibilities. The results show that the article visibility has tended to receive more download and citations. This is probably the first study to collect over 30 different ways to improve the citation record. Further study is needed to explore and expand these techniques in specific fields of study in order to make the results more precisely.</p>