Who’s Passionate About #OpenAccess? Interactive Map of 1000+ Twitterers Using The Hashtag | Biotechnology and Life Science Marketing Consulting: Comprendia. View Larger Map Our map of Science Communicators based on utilization of the #scicomm hashtag was very popular and we’ve been asked to create maps for more hashtags. We decided that a map of Twitterers using #openaccess would be useful, as the movement to free research publication access is gaining momentum, with the associated #academicspring hashtag also being used. These maps show trends regarding the location and interests of the Twitterers, and perhaps more importantly they help people to connect with others in their geographic region. Since May 30th 2011, when we started tracking the #openaccess hashtag 11 months ago, it has been used almost 43,000 times by 12,000 Twitterers. Google Maps limits the number of items on each map to 1,000, so we chose to show the top users, corresponding to those who have used the #openaccess hashtag 4 or more times in this 11 month period.
We actually got flack from the last post as some people who didn’t use the #scicomm hashtag didn’t get mapped. On sharing research and the value of peer-review: Mendeley’s response to #SOPA and the Research Works Act. | Mendeley Blog | Open access in science. What can research data repositories learn from open access? Part 1 | JISC DataPool Project. Institutional research data repositories follow in the wake of the widespread adoption of open access repositories across UK institutions during the last decade. What can these new repositories learn from the experiences of open access, and what pointers can we find for the development of data repositories?
In the first part of this post we will consider factors such as policy, infrastructure, workflow and curation. In part 2 we will extend the analysis to rights and user interfaces. It may be a timely moment to reflect. A recent speech by the UK government’s science minister David Willetts prompted renewed excitement over open access, with a forthcoming report to advise on specific actions to be taken to realise more open access.
Open access (OA) repositories, which principally provide free access to an author’s version of published research papers, effectively began with the physics arXiv in 1991. Policy For OA IRs, technology and infrastructure preceded policy. Infrastructure Workflow. What can research data repositories learn from open access? Part 2 | JISC DataPool Project. Open access is finally attracting high-level attention from national governments, but full open access has been a long time arriving despite extensive funding, development and the commitment of many people. As much of that effort switches towards the implementation of repositories to store, share and publish the research data that informs publications, we are considering what lessons might be learned from open access repositories, so that the path to effective data repositories might be shorter and less fraught.
In part 1 the factors considered included policy, infrastructure, workflow and curation. Here in part 2 we look at rights and user interfaces. 2500 Creative Commons Licenses Rights Since open access is indelibly associated with publication, one of the primary impediments to providing open access is transfer of rights to publishers, a practice that has failed to adapt to the digital switch. This is why open access can get mired in discussions about rights. User interfaces Figure 3.
David Worlock | Developing digital strategies for the information marketplace | Supporting the migration of information providers and content players into the networked services world of the future. Apr Filed Under B2B, Blog, Industry Analysis, internet, mobile content, news media, online advertising, Publishing, Search, social media, Uncategorized | Leave a Comment Well , Ken Doctor says it , and Neil Blackley draws it to my attention , so it must be right .
Ken , now the doyen of newspaper analysts , notes on his Newsonomics site ( – a site whose title banner is replete with a photo of the Flame-Haired Temptress herself ) that not only are digital revenues failing to grow significantly for newspapers in the age of paywalls , but that the contribution of digital advertising , the supposed rising graph line which will cross over the falling print advertising line in years to come , is now itself down to a growth rate of 1.5% in the US . The answer to this depends on whether you think that the only business model for newspaper publishing was the advertising/circulation model developed in the last days of print . Keep looking » David Worlock | Developing digital strategies for the information marketplace | Supporting the migration of information providers and content players into the networked services world of the future. Openaccess.inist. The Rise of Open Access Scientific Publishing - Dynamic Patterns Research.
Make tax-funded scientific research public. Editorial Published: February 24, 2012 7:43 PM William L. Brown (Credit: ) Imagine that your local government built a nice green park -- but when you tried to have a picnic, a private firm demanded payment for admission. That's roughly how it works with scientific research. Yet those same taxpayers have to buy back the fruits of the research they've funded -- in the form of high-priced academic journals published by profit-making companies. CARTOONS: Jimmy Margulies' cartoons | Cartoon roundup MORE: Viewsday blog | Newsday columnists | More opinion CONNECT: Subscribe to our e-mail list | Twitter | Facebook University librarians, whose institutions are often funded by -- you guessed it -- the taxpayers, have complained for years of soaring journal prices, with good reason.
Just how much do academic journals cost these days? The proposal has set off a furor among scientists. That's why the Research Works Act would be a big step backward. Even that seems long. User rating: (8)Click to rate. Guest Post: Tips for Researching Science Information « Communication Librarian. In today’s fast-paced world of information, it’s impossible for one person to have all the answers. Accordingly, this blog features occasional guest posts by librarians, academics, and other information seekers — each with stories to tell and great tips to share.
Today’s invited guest author is Rachel Borchardt — Science Librarian at American University, and co-producer of the monthly podcast “Adventures in Library Instruction.” Looking for some ways to find reliable scientific information, but not sure where to start? For my guest post, I decided to share a few tips for using American University’s scientific databases, in the hope that will help SOC’ers interested in science research to find and access good articles this semester.
Here’s my resulting list of five useful scientific databases, with tips and a few images included below. This is a great science database for a variety of information in the environmental sciences. 2. 3. 4. 5. Rachel Borchardt 202-885-3657borchard@american.edu. How To Search the Scientific Literature: Tips From an Expert Librarian | Age of Engagement. Robin Chin Roemer, assistant librarian at American University, has launched a new blog focused on library resources related to communication and the media. Given the strong focus among AU communication faculty and students on issues related to sustainability, the environment and science, in a guest post today, she is joined in her advice by AU's science librarian Rachel Borchardt who co-produces the podcast "Adventures in Library Instruction. " Here's an excerpt from Borchardt's post offering a very strong overview on strategies for effectively searching the scientific literature.
Looking for some ways to find reliable scientific information, but not sure where to start? TIPS:Usually, the best way to use PsycInfo is to think, “if I were a psychology researcher, how might I approach this topic?”. The Inevitability of Open Access. Open Access Timeline. Physical Review X 4 May 2011 American Physical Society officially launched PRX, a online-only, open access journal, Scientific Reports 6 Jan 2011 Nature launched Scientific Reports, online and open access journal covering all areas of the natural sciences PLoS ONE 21 Dec 2006 An interactive open-access journal for the communication of all peer-reviewed scientific and medical research Scholarpedia 1 Feb 2006 Scholarpedia is a peer-reviewed open-access encyclopedia written by scholars from all around the world Science Commons 1 Jan 2005 A project of Creative Commons to make scientific research “re-useful” and integrate fragmented information sources.
Google Scholar 18 Nov 2004 Google announced the launch of Google Scholar. Elsevier 3 Jun 2004 Elsevier liberalizes copyright for authors CrossRef 28 Apr 2004 An infrastructure for linking citations across publishers, and a full-scale implementation of the Digital Object Identifier (or DOI) System to date. Berlin Declaration 22 Oct 2003 PLoS Biology 13 Oct 2003 Citebase. Exploring open access in higher education | Higher Education Network.
Open access is using internet technology to facilitate teaching, learning and research the world over. Photograph: ESA/J.Huart/PA From the use of social media to engage students to tools designed to facilitate record keeping in HE, it would seem the academic revolution will be digitised. But arguably no other aspect of digital holds the promise of the open access (OA) philosophy and open educational resources (OER). The Public Library of Science sums up the appeal of the open agenda rather neatly, saying: "Open access stands for unrestricted access and unrestricted reuse. With OER, similar tenets apply: academics create, share and allow their teaching resources not only to be used but to be amended, improved, transformed.
It also looks as though the benefits of open access in HE could go beyond teaching and research. So far, so good. Following a talk point and a poll, we finally give the subject of open access the consideration it deserves. Panel Amber Thomas, programme manager, JISC. Our Best Defense: Open Access « Copyright on Campus. Physics Cutnell - Open Access Movement – The Future of Academic Writing.
Open Access material is readily provided to help further research, help teaching, and to aid many other academic purposes. Open Access gets rid of subscriptions and fees and most copyright and licensing restrictions. This movement for open access through the internet is extremely beneficial for the future of not only academic science writing but for other research fields as well. The ability for authors to assist other researchers without money in the picture will establish a more accurate approach towards researching in our society today.
What is Open Access? The Open Access Movement is the effort to make scholarly research articles free to the public online. Along with the open access movement comes the open source movement. When Paul Ginsparg set up the server ArXiv to make physics preprints freely accessible, the first building block for the movement was laid. Many of the initiatives for Open Access focus on taxpayer funded research. Potential Impact The Future of Open Access. High impact EMBO Molecular Medicine to Publish Under Open Access Model « wileyopenaccess.