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March 16, 2005
Open Access webcast, April 6
The University of Maryland (UMB) Health Sciences and Human Services
Library (HS/HSL) and the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Libraries are
co-hosting a Web cast to inform academic faculty, graduate students, and staff on publishing trends and explain new models likely to affect their professional communication and research.
"Ownership and Access in Scholarly Publishing"
Wednesday, April 6, 2005
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST
UM School of Nursing Auditorium
655 West Lombard Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Additional information, including instructions on how to access the
Webcast, is available at or email
a) JHU School of Medicine Mountcastle Auditorium (Live Broadcast)
b) JHU Homewood Campus: Bloomberg Auditorium (Live Broadcast)
c) JHU Homewood Campus: SDS Room in Mattin Center (Live Broadcast)
d) From your own desktop (Web cast)
Topics of discussion include:
Emerging Issues in Scientific Publishing (1:00 to 3:00 pm EST)
Keynote Speaker: David Lipman, M.D., Director, National Center for
Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National
Institutes of Health
Panelists:
Kenneth R. Fulton, Publisher, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
John Wilbanks, Executive Director, Science Commons
Valuing New Models of Scholarship in Promotion & Tenure (3:00 to 4:30
pm
EST)
Keynote Speaker: Chi V. Dang, M.D., Ph.D., Vice Dean of Research,
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and professor of Medicine,
Oncology, Pathology, Cell Biology, and Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Panelists:
Sharon, Krag, Ph.D., Professor Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology; Associate Dean, Graduate Education and Research, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Marian J. Jackson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Maryland
Biotechnology Institute and Department of Neurology, University of
Maryland, Baltimore and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, UMBI
Additional information, including instructions.
This web cast is funded by the National Library of Medicine under a
contract.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 04:00 PM
Open Access Conference presentations now online
Streaming Video and Presentations are now online:
Berlin 3 Open Access:
Progress in Implementing 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 03:51 PM
March 14, 2005
Forthcoming BioMed Central Titles
BioMed Central has added three new titles to the roster of independent Open Access journals under active development.
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
ISSN: 1746-4269
Plant Methods
ISSN: 1746-4811
Saline Systems
ISSN: 1746-1448
Posted by Donna Braquet at 07:55 PM
March 12, 2005
More BMC Journals in MEDLINE
MEDLINE has recently accepted three more journals published by BioMed Central: BMC Biology, BMC Geriatrics and BMC Pulmonary Medicine.
A complete listing of where BMC Journals are indexed.
[source: BMC Update]
Posted by Donna Braquet at 12:08 PM
March 11, 2005
25th Million Download from BioMed Central
BMC has recently passed a milestone – over 25 million articles published in BioMed Central’s journals have now been downloaded from the BioMed Central website. (At the time of going to press, the latest download total was 26,596,619.) BioMed Central was launched in May 2000 - less than five years ago.
Since BioMed Central launched its Open Access journals:
15,491 articles have been submitted
7,529 articles have been published
26,596,619 article downloads to date
1,279,070 article downloads in the last 30 days alone
[source: BMC Update]
Posted by Donna Braquet at 12:03 PM
March 07, 2005
March Open Access Newsletter
Want a synopsis of what has happened in the world of Open Access this month? Peter Suber's SPARC Open Access Newsletter is for you!
March issue of the SPARC Open Access Newsletter is now online.
Contents:
The final version of the NIH public-access policy
Reflections on OA/TA coexistence
Top stories from February 2005
Coming up later this month
Housekeeping
Credits
Posted by Donna Braquet at 03:22 PM