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January 31, 2005
Open Access programs to be held at two professional meetings
Februrary 2005 -- AAAS Annual Conference, Washington D.C.:
Access to Scientific Literature: A Policy Perspective (Saturday, February 19, 2005, 9:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.)
This session builds on the idea that publication and dissemination of scientific ideas and discoveries provide the foundation for future progress in science and medicine. Using the origin and current status of the NIH Public Access Policy as a framework, an expert panel, moderated by PLoS’s Helen Goyle and SPARC’s Rick Johnson, will discuss recent developments in access policies, their implications for researchers and the public, and the complex considerations of scientific societies and their journals as they seek to improve access to the scientific literature.
Panelists include: Norka Ruiz Bravo, Deputy Director for Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health; Elizabeth Marincola, Executive Director, American Society for Cell Biology; Donald Kennedy, AAAS and Stanford University; and John Wilbanks, Executive Director of Science Commons.
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April 2005 -- ACRL 12th Annual Meeting, Minneapolis:
SPARC/ACRL Workshop -- Building a Successful Institutional Repository: An Introduction for Smaller Libraries (Friday, April 8, 2005, 2:30 - 6:30 p.m.; Room L100A)
Institutional repositories (IRs) are an important new way for libraries and consortia to partner with faculty and students in scholarly communication. In this workshop, participants will learn about the key aspects of starting a successful institutional repository. Find out how to develop a plan, policies, and a campus marketing strategy. Obtain tips on choosing a service provider, setting up the technical infrastructure internally, or working within a consortium to do so. The workshop is geared for smaller universities and colleges, stressing the "how-to" aspect of creating and maintaining an IR, working within limited resources, and obtaining and gaining faculty participation.
Presenters include John Ober, Director, Policy, Planning and Outreach, Office of Scholarly Communication, California Digital Library; Chris Nolan, AUL, Trinity University; and Susan Gibbons, Digital Initiatives Librarian, University of Rochester. The workshop will feature overviews and live demonstrations of IR software packages, including ProQuest/BE Press’ Digital Commons (Ann Zawistowski, Carleton College); Ex Libris’ Digitool (Ann Pyzynski, Brandeis University), MIT DSpace (Martin Courtois, Kansas State University); and BioMed Central’s Open Repository (Marie Martens, BioMed Central).
[source: SPARC E-News]
Posted by Donna Braquet at 04:01 PM
January 28, 2005
Open Access Forum Presentations now Online
Presentations from the ALA Midwinter 2005: SPARC/ACRL Forum
In the Public Interest: Open Access and Public Policy
Over 300 ALA MidWinter attendees attended the SPARC-ACRL forum to hear stakeholders talk about the proposed National Institutes of Health (NIH) public access policy, endorsed by both houses of the U.S. Congress.
Columbia University Librarian James Neal, who serves as chairman of the SPARC steering committee, presented a panel of three speakers. The first speaker, representing NIH's National Library of Medicine, discussed the motivations that led NIH to propose giving taxpayers enhanced access to results from federally funded biomedical research via the NLM's online resource, PubMed Central. The rest of the panel represented scientists and patients, some of whom formed alliances to support the NIH initiative. The speakers considered the array of economic, social, and scientific benefits this breakthrough policy will help establish in biomedical research and more broadly throughout our healthcare system.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 06:31 AM
January 27, 2005
Cornell Library publishes report on Open Access
Report of the CUL Task Force on Open Access Publishing Presented to the Cornell University Library Management Team August 9, 2004.
Authors: Davis, Phil
Ehling, Terry
Habicht, Oliver
How, Sarah
Saylor, John M
Walker, Kizer
Publisher: Cornell University Library
Citation: Cornell University Library. Technical Reports and Papers.
Series/Report no.: Library Papers and Preprints;2004-3
Abstract: The Task Force on Open Access Publishing was convened by Ross Atkinson in January 2004.The purpose of the Task Force is to study the information available on Open Access publishing and to provide the CUL Library Management Team with a report that addressed specific questions. Alternative publishing models that would offer free and unimpeded access to scholarship promise both a more affordable system for academic institutions and their libraries and a more democratic one for readers and authors. The present Report examines both aspects of the Open Access promise and offers recommendations for CUL's involvement in the arena of Open Access publishing.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:27 PM
January 26, 2005
New OA journal-- Immunome Research
Description from website:
Immunome Research is an Open Access, peer-reviewed, online journal soon to be launched by BioMed Central.
Immunome Research will encompass all aspects of immunology research that integrate traditional laboratory research with the latest technologies, including genomics, bioinformatics and mathematical modelling.
Immunome Research is a journal of the International Immunomics Society (IIMMS). The journal aims to provide a focal point for the field of Immunomics, which includes the sub-speciality immunoinformatics, as well as the application of large-scale genomics to the immune system. Rapidly expanding areas of particular interest include prediction of MHC-peptide binding, mathematical modelling of viral/host interactions, and the use of gene expression arrays to model immune system pathways.
Immunome Research - Forthcoming fulltext from BioMed Central; ISSN: 1745-7580.
[source:open access news]
Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:09 PM
Open Access to Chemical Journal
Journal of Physical & Chemical Reference Data - Fulltext v1-27 (1972-1998) [free from NIST]
Print ISSN: 0047-2689 | Online ISSN: 1529-7845.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:03 PM
January 19, 2005
Presentations on Institutional Repositories
This weekend the American Library Association held its Midwinter Meeting in Boston. The University Libraries Section of the Association of College & Research Libraries' held a program called, Institutional Repositories: Their Place in the Evolution of Schorlarly Communication. Two presentations are available online.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 10:25 AM
January 18, 2005
Conference on Open Access
Berlin 3 Open Access:
Progress of Implementation of the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities
Feb 28th - Mar 1st, 2005, University of Southampton, UK
Posted by Donna Braquet at 02:00 PM
NIH Open Access Plan on Hold
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) abruptly cancelled a teleconference with director Elias A. Zerhouni scheduled for Tuesday (January 11), at which he was to announce "a new policy designed to accelerate the public's access to published articles resulting from NIH-funded research."
continue reading the article in The Scientist>>
Posted by Donna Braquet at 01:57 PM
January 13, 2005
Journal issue focuses on Open Access
The issue is available at
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00987913
It is vol.30 no.4, and marked "Complimentary" The contents are:
SERIALS REVIEW VOL.30 NO.4
SPECIAL ISSUE: OPEN ACCESS 2004
2. Special Focus on Open Access: Issues, Ideas, and Impact
Page 257
David Goodman and Connie Foster
3. The Criteria for Open Access
Pages 258-270
David Goodman
4. Open Access Is Only Part of the Story
Pages 271-274
Richard Gedye
5. The Shifting Sands of Open Access Publishing, a Publisher's View
Pages 275-280
John Regazzi
6. A Not-for-Profit Publisher's Perspective on Open Access
Pages 281-287
Martin Frank, Margaret Reich and Alice Ra'anan
7. Author disincentives and open access
Pages 288-291
Rick Anderson
8. Open Access: A Review of an Emerging Phenomenon
Pages 292-297
Adam Chesler
9. Delivery, Management and Access Model for E_prints and Open Access
Journals
Pages 298-303
Fytton Rowland, Alma Swan, Paul Needham, Steve Probets, Adrienne Muir,
Charles Oppenheim, Ann O'Brien and Rachel Hardy
10. Open Access: How Are Publishers Reacting?
Pages 304-307
Sally Morris
11. Open Access: Science Publishing as Science Publishing Should Be
Pages 308-309
Jan Velterop
12. The Access/Impact Problem and the Green and Gold Roads to Open Access
Pages 310-314
Stevan Harnad, Tim Brody, François Vallières, Les Carr, Steve
Hitchcock, Yves Gingras, Charles Oppenheim, Heinrich Stamerjohanns,
Eberhard R. Hilf, Tim Brody et al.
13. The Green and Gold Roads to Open Access: The Case for Mixing and
Matching
Pages 315-328
Jean-Claude Guédon
Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:15 AM
January 05, 2005
Brief Introduction to Open Access
Have you been wanting to learn more about Open Access, but haven't had the time? Read Puter Suber's excellent (and BRIEF) Introduction to Open Access.
Once you have the basics down, you can read the daily postings on the Open Access News blog.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 01:25 PM
January 04, 2005
New Article: Calculating Cost Per Article
Title: Calculating the Cost per Article in the Current Subscription Model
Authors: Davis, Philip
Cornell University Library. Task Force on Open Access Publishing
Keywords: open access publishing
Issue Date: 22-Dec-2004
Abstract: This spreadsheet calculates the cost per article published in the current subscription model for 113 institutions designated under the Association of Research Libraries. It graphs these institutions by FTE (full time equivalent enrollment) and compares the results to a range of costs postulated in the producer-pays open access model. This spreadsheet uses publicly-available information and the author regrets any errors within. It was designed to promote dialog and additional analysis -- not to advocate a particular position. Modifying the starting assumptions will recalculate the values in the spreadsheet and update the graph. Readers are encouraged to change the assumptions based on more accurate information or alternative scenarios. Questions and clarification can be sent to the author, Philip Davis at: pmd8@cornell.edu Dec 20, 2004
Posted by Donna Braquet at 01:22 PM