November 3, 2009 – 11:45 am
nbsp;http://www.peerproject.eu/fileadmin/medi…
The Draft report on the provision of usage data1 and manuscript deposit procedures for
publishers and repository managers, deliverable 2.1, set out to establish a workflow for
depositing stage-2 outputs in and harvesting log files from repositories to enable the
research envisaged in the PEER project. As that report preceded the tendering process
whereby the respective research teams were [...]
October 30, 2009 – 6:50 am
nbsp;http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/News/Media-off…
As Open Access Week 2009 gets underway, the Wellcome Trust has called for greater transparency among publishers to counter the argument that access fees are being paid twice – once through subscriptions and again through publication fees. …..
October 19, 2009 – 2:21 pm
New Look, Enhanced Services for eScholarship
UC’s open access digital publishing service launches new site October 19
eScholarship www.escholarship.org) launches a redesigned website October 19, with a substantial array of digital publishing services for the University of California scholarly community and a dynamic research platform for scholars worldwide.
Previously known as UC’s eScholarship Repository, the new eScholarship [...]
October 15, 2009 – 9:33 am
nbsp;http://www.alpsp.org/ngen_public/article…
Scholarly Book Publishing Practice
Academic book publishers’ policies and practices in online publishing
An ALPSP survey conducted by Laura Cox (Frontline Global Marketing Services) and John Cox (John Cox Associates)
The First Findings summary (pdf) published on 13 October 2009 draws attention to:
the size and extent of the forthcoming survey;
the types of academic publishing currently being undertaken;
the reported [...]
October 15, 2009 – 9:01 am
nbsp;http://www.stm-assoc.org/news.php?id=255…
A follow up to the 2006 report, ‘Scientific publishing in transition: an overview of current developments,’ ‘The STM Report’ collected the available evidence and provides a comprehensive picture of the trends and currents in scholarly communication.
October 6, 2009 – 9:31 am
nbsp;http://river-valley.tv/conferences/publi…
Table of Contents
How Common is Open Access?
The Economics of Open Access Scholarly Publishing
Open Access Publishing Strategies, Options and Issues for Scholar Publishers
The Directory of Open Access Journals – The Development of the Collection, Current Projects, and Plans for the Future
The Open Source Publishing Platform
Overview of CrossRef’s Publisher Initiatives
Opening Remarks from the Conference Chair
Ten Challenges for [...]
October 5, 2009 – 2:38 pm
nbsp;http://www.peerproject.eu/fileadmin/medi…
PEER (Publishing and the Ecology of European Research), supported by the EC eContentplus programme, is investigating the effects of the large-scale, systematic depositing of authors’ final peer reviewed manuscripts (so called Green Open Access or stage-two research output) on reader access, author visibility, and journal viability, as well as on the broader ecology of European [...]
October 2, 2009 – 10:24 am
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6699117.html?nid=2286&rid=#CustomerId&source=link
By Jim Milliot — Publishers Weekly, 9/28/2009 1:46:00 PM
Just over 72% of publishers taking part in a survey on the impact of digitization on book publishing said the development of new business models, new multimedia products and effective marketing strategies are the biggest challenges facing publishers as they make the transition from print to digital. [...]
September 23, 2009 – 2:14 pm
http://www.openscholarship.org/
ENABLING OPEN SCHOLARSHIP (EOS), a new organisation for senior management in universities and research institutions, has been launched today.
The context in which EOS has been established is that of increasing interest from governments, funders and the research community itself in opening up the way research is carried out and communicated. This interest is complemented by [...]
September 22, 2009 – 1:10 pm
http://www.deff.dk/content.aspx?itemguid…{EACA73FB-2EFE-44CA-92CD-91C4416C0370}
author: John Houghton
A knowledge economy has been defined as one in which the generation and exploitation of
knowledge has come to play the predominant part in the creation of wealth. It is not simply
about pushing back the frontiers of knowledge; it is also about the more effective use and
exploitation of all types of knowledge in all [...]
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