November 4, 2009 – 9:35 am
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A report of research patterns in life sciences revealing that researcher practices diverge from policies promoted by funders and information service providers.
This report by the British Library and the Research Information Network (RIN) provides a unique insight into how information is used by researchers across life sciences. Undertaken by the University of Edinburgh’s Institute [...]
September 25, 2009 – 8:40 am
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ACRL’s Scholarly Communication Toolkit now offers twelve cases, integrating information from throughout the Toolkit, to help you recognize naturally occurring possibilities to start discussions that may create change on campus.
Opportunities to raise scholarly communication issues come up in a variety of settings when interacting with faculty. Librarians can often take advantage of these opportunities to [...]
September 17, 2009 – 11:09 am
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Researchers are driven by a desire to enhance our knowledge and understanding of the world we inhabit, and to communicate their findings to others. But both governments and other funders are increasingly interested in demonstrating the social and economic returns from their investments in research, and in assessing research performance.
The many different criteria for [...]
August 28, 2009 – 1:50 pm
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The dissertation aims at investigating the changing scholarly communication in general and more specifically the implications of open access on scholarly communication. The overall research question is: What are the effects of open access on scholarly communication? The dissertation consists of five empirical studies of various aspects of the implications of open access on scholarly [...]
NEWS
For Immediate Release
June 16, 2009
CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is extending the reach of the “Scholarly Communication 101: Starting with the Basics” workshop by adding related materials to its popular Scholarly Communication Toolkit. The materials – including short videos, presentations templates and handouts – were developed for the half-day [...]
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2 chapters written by Heather Morrison are available on open access:
Open Access
In-depth overview of open access, covering definitions (open access publishing, open access archives, gratis and libre, open access works versus open access processes), major statements and declarations, types of open access, major initiatives, trends, advocacy and lobbying.
Summary and Conclusions
Summary and Conclusions of Scholarly Communication [...]
<http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/news/libraries/2009/2009-05-01.scholcomm.html>Scholarly
Communication Program Speaker Series Videos Now Available Online
(NEW YORK, May 1, 2009) Complete video of Research without Borders, the
‘08-’09 speaker series on hot topics in scholarly communication, is now available at http://scholcomm.columbia.edu/past-event…,
the website of Columbia University’s
Scholarly Communication Program.
The inaugural year of Research without Borders featured speakers at the forefront of the open access movement as well [...]
April 15, 2009 – 10:26 am
We are pleased to announce the creation of the Cognitive Science Network (CSN). It will provide a worldwide, online community for research in all areas of cognitive science, following the model of other subject matter networks within SSRN.
We expect CSN to become a comprehensive online resource for research in cognitive science, providing scholars with access [...]
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eSciDoc is an eResearch environment developed specifically for use by scientific and scholarly communities to collaborate globally and interdisciplinary. It comprises a set of services and solutions that enable innovative eScience scenarios: Scientists, librarians, and software developers can work with research data, create novel forms of publications, and establish new ways of scientific and scholarly [...]
Ottawa, ON & Washington, DC – March 9, 2009 – “Research is more valuable when it’s shared,” according to a new educational initiative launched in partnership by the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) and SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition). Called, “Greater Reach for Your Research,” the campaign encourages Canadian authors to [...]
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