Category Archives: open access

Utah State University Press Merges Into Library

nbsp;http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA…
After surviving a scenario that could have led to its closure, the Utah State University Press will merge into the Merrill-Cazier Library at Utah State University (USU). Though its output may be somewhat reduced, press staff will aim at more digital and open access publications. The transition is already in process; the new configuration becomes [...]

Brill Open

nbsp;http://www.brill.nl/openaccess
Brill’s Open Access Policy
In order to fulfill our task as a publisher to the satisfaction of our authors, editors, readers, and librarians, we have to put certain restrictions on the use of our publications in online repositories and open archives. Open access is allowed in the following cases, always with proper acknowledgement to Brill and [...]

A Prior Magazine

nbsp;http://www.aprior.org/
Publisher: vzw Mark and The Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) of the University College Ghent
A Prior Magazine is a series of publications on contemporary art.
A Prior is a monographic and visionary journal, assembling and commissioning critical text and artists’ work. For each issue the work of three artists is chosen as a starting point [...]

Australasian Journal of Peer Learning

nbsp;http://ro.uow.edu.au/ajpl/
Publisher: University of Wollongong
The Australasian Journal of Peer Learning aims to develop a forum wherein high quality research, practices or innovations in peer learning programs, such as Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) and Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) schemes can be shared.
The Australasian Journal of Peer Learning promotes peer learning as a valuable and versatile teaching [...]

British Institute for the Study of Iraq Newsletter

nbsp;http://www.britac.ac.uk/institutes/iraq/…
Publisher: British Institute for the Study of Iraq (BISI)
The British Institute for the Study of Iraq (Gertrude Bell Memorial) was established as the British School of Archaeology in Iraq on 14 January 1932 to promote, support and undertake research in Iraq and neighbouring countries. At the Annual General Meeting on 12 December
2007 its members approved [...]

Open access policies, practices and licensing : a review of the literature in Australia and selected jurisdictions

nbsp;http://eprints.qut.edu.au/28026/
The full economic, cultural and environmental value of information produced or funded by the public sector can be realised through enabling greater access to and reuse of the information. To do this effectively it is necessary to describe and implement a policy framework that supports greater access and reuse among a distributed, online network of [...]

November issue of the SPARC Open Access Newsletter

http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/11-02-09.htm
Contents
Knowledge as a public good
Roundup
Coming this month
Credits

The Access to knowledge movement: Opportunities, Challenges and the Road Ahead

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Contents
Introduction
Demand, Take and Supply: The Ecology of Access; James Love
A2K Quinquennium – Now we are five – The Library perspective; Barbara Stratton
Access To Influence In WIPO‘s Development Agenda; William New
Limitations and Exceptions for Reading Disabled Persons: A New Paradigm at the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights; Manon Ress
Access to Knowledge, Education, and [...]

Culture change in Asia tracked through new online archive

nbsp;http://digital.info.soas.ac.uk/cgi/c
Rare images showing rituals, festivals and everyday life for isolated tribes in the Himalayas are to be preserved online from today by JISC and the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) for the benefit of researchers, teachers and students.
Highlights among the 10,000 images include rich textiles and jewellery of the Nagas and [...]

Hebraic Political Studies

nbsp;http://www.hpstudies.org/
Publisher: Shalem Press
The journal aims to evaluate the place of the Jewish textual tradition, along-side the traditions of Greece and Rome, in political history and the history of political thought.
ISSN 1565-6640
Associate Editor:
Meirav Jones
Hebraic Political Studies
Shalem Press
POB 8787
Jerusalem, Israel
Email:  meiravj at shalem.org.il
Hebraic Political Studies is available free of charge as an Open Access journal on the [...]

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