Stuart A. Lawson: Open Access Policy in the UK: From Neoliberalism to the Commons #openaccess

Stuart Andrew Lawson: Open Access Policy in the UK: From Neoliberalism to the Commons [Doctoral thesis, Birkbeck, University of London]. Available at: http://stuartlawson.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2018-09-03-Lawson-thesis.pdf This thesis makes a contribution to the knowledge of open access through a historically and theoretically informed … Weiterlesen →

Peter Suber (Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard): Thoughts on Plan S #openaccess #cOAlitionS

Thoughts on Plan S […] Overview. The plan is admirably strong. It aims to cover all European research, in the sciences and in the humanities, at the EU level and the member-state level. It’s a plan for a mandate, not … Weiterlesen →

Liberation through Cooperation: How Library Publishing Can Save Scholarly Journals from Neoliberalism #openaccess

Ghamandi, D.S., (2018). Liberation through Cooperation: How Library Publishing Can Save Scholarly Journals from Neoliberalism. Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication. 6(2), p.eP2223. DOI: http://doi.org/10.7710/2162-3309.2223 This commentary examines political and economic aspects of open access (OA) and scholarly journal publishing. … Weiterlesen →

World Librarians: A Peer-to-Peer Commons for Closing the Global Digital Divide

Schweik, C., Smith, J., & Meyer, C. (2018). World Librarians: A Peer-to-Peer Commons for Closing the Global Digital Divide. Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication, 6(2), eP2249. DOI: http://doi.org/10.7710/2162-3309.2249 INTRODUCTION An estimated 53% of the world’s population do not have … Weiterlesen →

Science without publication paywalls. cOAlition S for the realisation of full and immediate Open Access #cOAlitionS #openaccess

Marc Schiltz (2018): Science without publication paywalls. cOAlition S for the realisation of full and immediate Open Access. PLoS Biology 16(9): e3000031. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000031 Open access is foundational to the scientific enterprise Universality is a fundamental principle of science (the term … Weiterlesen →

Towards Open Access Self Archiving Policies: A Case Study of COAR

Roy, B.K., Biswas, S.C. & Mukhopadhyay, P., (2018). Towards Open Access Self Archiving Policies: A Case Study of COAR. LIBER Quarterly. 28(1). http://doi.org/10.18352/lq.10227 This paper examines Open Access (OA) self archiving policies of different Open Access Repositories (OARs) affiliated to … Weiterlesen →

Open Access Books: an international collaboration to explore the practical implications for librarians of increasing access to scholarly research outputs

ZHOU, Elsie and ERRELIN, Leon and OAKLEY, Sam and SMYTH, Neil (2018) Open Access Books: an international collaboration to explore the practical implications for librarians of increasing access to scholarly research outputs. Paper presented at: IFLA WLIC 2018 – Kuala … Weiterlesen →

OPERAS Multilingualism White Paper #openaccess #scholcomm

Delfim Leão, Marina Angelaki, Andrea Bertino, Suzanne Dumouchel & Frédéric Vidal. (2018). OPERAS Multilingualism White Paper. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1324026 Scholarly publication is indisputably boosted by the use of the English language. However, the need to publish in English in order to … Weiterlesen →

OPERAS Advocacy White Paper #openaccess

Elisabeth Heinemann, Andrea Bertino, Francesca Di Donato, Aysa Ekanger, Elena Giglia, Barbara Jędraszko, Michael Kaiser, Lisa Matthias, Alessia Smaniotto (2018): OPERAS Advocacy White Paper. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1324036 This White Paper has been prepared by the OPERAS (Open Access in the European … Weiterlesen →

OPERAS Common Standards White Paper #openaccess

Irakleitos Souyioultzoglou, Marina Angelaki, Eelco Ferwerda, Paola Galimberti, Arnaud Gingold, Pierre Mounier & Ronald Snijder (2018): OPERAS Common Standards White Paper. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1324066 The OPERAS Working Group for Common Standards aims at exploring the workflows, mediums and technical standards that … Weiterlesen →