Why librarians should be concerned with Open Access Rapid price escalations in scholarly journal subscription rates have been adversely affecting access to scholarly information. Often referred to as the 'serials pricing crisis', the costs of academic journals have been sharply climbing for over two decades now. According to the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the average cost of a serial subscription for ARL member libraries increased by 315% from 1989 to 2003. Partially responsible for these increases is the ongoing consolidation of the journal publishing market. Impact on libraries . Journal price increases have far outpaced increases in library budgets and this has eroded libraries’ buying power significantly. In response to the rapidly rising prices of academic journals, research libraries have turned to site licensing as a means to increase their buying power and secure greater access to journals for their users. This system is simply not sustainable. Open Access offers a viable solution to the serials pricing crisis.
Noun Project - Icons for Everything Trans-Pacific Partnership Scholarly Publishing - MIT Libraries | Dispelling Myths about Open Access Is it true that Open Access means an article is not copyrighted? No. Choosing to publish through an open access channel does not mean the article is not copyrighted. The same options exist when publishing through an open access channel as when an article is published through a controlled-access (or traditional subscription) model: the author may in some cases be able to retain copyright, or may be required to grant the journal publisher copyright. But in either case, the article is still copyrighted, either by you or the publisher. There is no direct and clean relationship between open access journals and copyright policy. Some publishers of hybrid journals allow authors to retain copyright for articles published under their open access option; others will still ask that you transfer copyright. Even when self-publishing on the web, the author has copyright to the content. Is it true that Open Access articles and journals are not peer-reviewed? No. No. No. No. No. No.
Get Downloading - 20 great GLAM websites for free high resolution images | Te Papa's Blog People often ask me where they can find images of collection items that they can reuse for free. There is no single website hosting all of the reusable images available so I thought I’d list my favourite galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAMs) that make at least some images of their collections freely available for reuse. If you’ve got a spare 5 minutes go and have an explore. Te Papa, 106,000+ images Top of my list is, of course, Te Papa. Rijksmuseum, Netherlands, 300,000+ images The Rijksmuseum in the Netherlands has a really nice website and a beautiful collection. New York Public Library, USA, 228,000+ images The NYPL launched this service in January 2016. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA, 400,000+ images The Met recently (February 2017) changed it’s policy and released images of it’s public domain artworks under Creative Commons Zero (CC0) designation. The Getty, USA, 135,000+ images Yale Centre for British Art, Yale University, USA, 69,000+ images British Museum, UK, ?
CILIP: the library and information association When asked about what the library of the future looks like, Miguel Figueroa, director of “The Centre for the Future of Libraries” of the American Library Association, responds “I really don’t think there’s a prescribed future for libraries so it’s very difficult to point to specific libraries and say this is the library of the future. Instead, it has everything to do with the needs of your community and finding a library that is pursuing one of several futures that aligns with your vision and your community’s needs.” Formerly a director of the ALA Office for Diversity and the Office for Literacy and Outreach Services, M. Figueroa still very much a follower of community-orientated approaches by library services, although his current involvement in library futurology is mainly focused outside the immediate environment of libraries to consider trends and changes from other sectors. How did the idea of “Center for the Future of Libraries“ come to life? Thank you for your answers!
Navigating the Wild West of non-peer-reviewed science Peer review serves as a critical sanity check for the scientific literature. It is by no means a perfect system—flaws ranging from outright fraud to subtle errors can easily slip past reviewers—but peer review can generally identify cases where a paper's conclusions aren't supported by the underlying data, or the authors are unaware of other relevant papers, etc. As a result, peer review acts as a key barrier to prevent scientifically unsound ideas from attracting undeserved attention from the scientific community. So, does it make any sense to push unreviewed material onto the public? The lure of the arXiv is pretty understandable. And there's some pretty mind-blowing stuff lurking in the arXiv. So, does it make sense to forward it on to the public as science news? We struggle with these decisions as part of preparing the news for Ars. That's not to say that there aren't ways to handle arXiv publications well. In other cases, the arXiv is the only way to provide in-depth coverage.
Where to find free stock photos – PINEAPPLE GLAM I am a visual person who loves colour, vibrancy and quirky images. If you want me to read something, follow something, attend something or buy something then you have to make it pretty! So let’s talk about where you can find free stock images for all your social media, web and print needs that will help you make everything pretty! Remember, there is absolutely no reason why you should be using images that you do not have permission to use. Never save something directly off the internet without knowing where it came from and who owns the copyright. If you have more questions about when and how you can use images I recommend you read Photographers & Copyright by the Australian Copyright Council. NOW! My personal favourite is GRATISOGRAPHY because of the quirky style of photographer Ryan McGuire. Canva Pikwizard Visme Unsplash Kaboompics Negative Space Stockvault Picjumbo Burst RawPixel StockSnap Pexels Now go forth and make all of your things pretty! Share with your networks! Like this: Like Loading...
linnvandyne.com The Four Factors of Cultural Intelligence (CQ) CQ-Strategy is how a person makes sense of inter-cultural experiences. It reflects the processes individuals use to acquire and understand cultural knowledge. It occurs when people make judgments about their own thought processes and those of others. This includes strategizing before an inter-cultural encounter, checking assumptions during an encounter, and adjusting mental maps when actual experiences differ from expectations. CQ-Knowledge is a person’s understanding of how cultures are similar and how cultures are different. CQ-Motivation is a person’s interest in experiencing other cultures and interacting with people from different cultures. CQ-Behavior is a person’s capability to adapt verbal and nonverbal behavior so it is appropriate for different cultures.
Digital Images Collections Guide Digital Image Collections Guide Updated - 12/5/2013 The Digital Images Collections Guide has continued going strong after 2 years! Thank you for the support. After two years, the Guide was in need of some TLC, so I have recently concluded a reconciliation project of the resources cited to insure that these websites are still live, that they navigate to the appropriate specific pages, and that these resources are indeed (generally speaking) digital image collections. To that end, I removed the relative few websites that have gone dark (good-night NBII LIFE), updated the links on a ton of collections that moved to new URL's, and removed a handful that I believe to be unrelated. Finally, I have not had an opportunity to seek out new exemplar digital image collections that may have come online recently. Scott Spicer To Contribute: first, login (Top right hand corner. Table of Contents: Humanities American History Australia and Oceana History European History World History
Peter Suber defines Open Access (from 2004 and revised 2013) in a textbook manner peppered with links of OA journals and organizations. by katrinahsmith Mar 4