Articles etc on OA


New additions

 

 

*OA pharma journals cited more than non-OA pharma journals*

 

Kevin A. Clauson and three co-authors, Open-access publishing for

pharmacy-focused journals, American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy,

August 15, 2008.

http://www.ajhp.org/cgi/content/abstract/65/16/1539

Only this abstract is free online, at least so far:

 

Purpose. Pharmacy-focused journals that are available in open-access (OA),

freely accessible, hybrid, or traditional formats were identified.

 

Methods. Relevant journals were accessed from PubMed, International

Pharmaceutical Abstracts, EMBASE, and the Pharmacology and Pharmacy

category of Thomson Scientific Journal Citation Reports. Criteria were

established to select journals that satisfied the definition of pharmacy

focused. Journals were assessed based on accessibility, copyright transfer

requirements, and restrictions. If tracked, the journal’s impact factor

(IF) was identified according to classification, and medians were

calculated for each journal category.

 

Results. A total of 317 pharmacy-focused journals were identified. The

majority of pharmacy-focused journals identified were traditional/non-OA

(n = 240). A smaller number of journals were freely accessible/ non-OA (n

= 37), freely accessible/non-OA with content restrictions (n = 20), or

freely available/non-OA with date restrictions (n = 18). The fewest number

of journals were completely OA (n = 2). The median IF for the 185 journals

whose IF was tracked was 2.029. The median IF for freely accessible and

hybrid journals (n = 42) was 2.550, whereas the median IF for traditional

journals (n = 143) was 1.900.

 

Conclusion. A very small number of pharmacy-focused journals adhere to the

OA paradigm of access. However, journals that adopt some elements of the

OA model, chiefly free accessibility, may be more likely to be cited than

traditional journals. Pharmacy practitioners, educators, and researchers

could benefit from the advantages that OA offers but should understand its

financial disadvantages.

 

The same issue has an editorial by C. Richard Talley, Open-access

publishing: why not? It's accessible only to subscribers, at least so

far.

 

 

Muela-Meza, Zapopan Martín (2001) The leading role of librarians in the metadata revolution. Research paper presented in the course Organization and Control of Recorded Information at the Master of Library Science program at the Department of Library and Information Studies at the State University of New York at Buffalo, NY (USA).

http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00011847/

 

The November/December 2007 issue of D-Lib Magazine

(http://www.dlib.org/) is now available.

 

This issue contains seven articles, the 'In Brief' column, excerpts from

recent press releases, and news of upcoming conferences and other items

of interest in 'Clips and Pointers'. This month, D-Lib features "Access

Excellence at the National Health Museum" contributed by Katherine Liu

and VivianLee Ward.

 

 

The articles include:

 

Manakin: A New Face for DSpace

Scott Phillips, Cody Green, Alexey Maslov, Adam Mikeal, and John Leggett

Texas A&M University

 

Good Terms - Improving Commercial-Noncommercial Partnerships for Mass

Digitization: A Report Prepared by Intelligent Television for RLG

Programs, OCLC Programs and Research

Peter B. Kaufman and Jeff Ubois, Intelligent Television

 

SERU (Shared Electronic Resource Understanding): Opening Up New

Possibilities for Electronic Resource Transactions

Karla L. Hahn, Association of Research Libraries

 

Census of Institutional Repositories in the U.S.: A Comparison Across

Institutions at Different Stages of IR Development

Soo Young Rieh, Karen Markey, Beth St. Jean, Elizabeth Yakel, and Jihyun

Kim, University of Michigan

 

The Design and Implementation of an Ingest Function to a Digital Archive

Andrew Waugh, Public Record Office Victoria

 

Utah Digital Repository Initiative: Building a Support System for

Institutional Repositories

Karen Estlund, University of Oregon; and Anna Neatrour, University of Utah

doi:10.1045/november2007-neatrour

 

Creating Online Historical Scrapbooks with a User-Friendly Interface: A

Case Study

Allison B. Zhang, Washington Research Library Consortium

 

 

D-Lib Magazine has mirror sites at the following locations:

 

UKOLN, University of Bath, Bath, England

http://mirrored.ukoln.ac.uk/lis-journals/dlib/

 

The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

http://dlib.anu.edu.au/

 

State Library of Lower Saxony and the University Library of Goettingen,

Goettingen,

Germany

http://webdoc.sub.gwdg.de/edoc/aw/d-lib/

 

Universidad de Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Argentina

http://www.dlib.org.ar

 

Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

http://dlib.ejournal.ascc.net/

 

BN - National Library of Portugal, Portugal

http://purl.pt/302/1

 

 

Open Access to Research

Funded by U.S. Is at Issue The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/31/AR2007103102668.html

 

 

Open Access Research

http://ojs.gsu.edu/oar

 

Open Access Research (OAR), is a peer- reviewed, open-access journal that will enable greater interaction and facilitate a deeper conversation about open access, including topics such as:

 

 

Bridging the Mire between E-Research and E-Publishing for Multimedia Digital Scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences: An Australian Case Study

Andrew Jakubowicz

http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n1/a38.html

 

Serial Wars

By Lee C. Van Orsdel & Kathleen Born — April 15, 2007 - Library Journal

As open access gains ground, STM publishers change tactics, and librarians

ask hard questions

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6431958.html

 

Book Reviews

The Institutional Repository. Chandos Publishing: Oxford, 2006.

Jones, R., Andrew, T., & MacCollaren, J.

Book reviewer: Isabel Galina

http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n1/bookreview6.html

 

 

'Open access key condition for EU research infrastructures'

http://www.euractiv.com/en/science/interview-open-access-key-condition-eu-research-infrastructures/article-158960

 

OPEN ACESS: Lowering the costs of international bandwidth in Africa

http://rights.apc.org/documents/open_access_EN.pdf (English)

http://rights.apc.org/documents/open_access_FR.pdf (French)

 

BioMed Central Recruits To Drive Business Expansion

http://www.managinginformation.com/news/content_show_full.php?id=5334

 

 

Demand for open access 'low'

http://www.iwr.co.uk/information-world-review/news/2163737/demand-open-access-low

 

Europe starts to build an Open Access information network

http://www.iwr.co.uk/information-world-review/news/2166631/europe-starts-build-oa-network

 

 

Benefits of free access

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20599488-12332,00.html

 

Ongoing crisis in academic-journal pricing is the focus of recent

colloquium

http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2006/november15/journal-111506.html

 

 

Open Access resources could mean journal subscriptions cancelled

http://blog.iwr.co.uk/2006/11/open_access_res.html

 

Half of RCUKs opt for open access model.

http://www.iwr.co.uk/information-world-review/news/2168441/eps-report-gets-mixed-reviews

 

 

More Universities Push for Passage of Open-Access Legislation in

Senate

http://chronicle.com/news/article/798/more-universities-push-for-passage-of-open-access-legislation-in-senate

 

 

The Next Level of Open Source - Yale University

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2006/09/20/yale

 

CUP dips 15 toes in the open access publishing water

http://www.iwr.co.uk/information-world-review/news/2164573/cup-dips-toes-oa-water

 

Survey of biomedical funders shows widespread support for open access

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-09/bc-sob091506.php

 

Public Library Of Science To Launch New, Open Access Journal On

Neglected Tropical Diseases

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=52112

 

 

"Liberating Research Through Open Access"

http://www.hamilton.edu/news/more_news/display.cfm?id=11131

 

Open Source Software

An early report on the on open source OMI-PMH compliant systems (dspace/eprints/fedora debate)

https://eduforge.org/docman/view.php/131/1062/Repository%20Evaluation%20Document.pdf

The project is at https://eduforge.org/projects/oarinz/

Richard Wyles

Tel: 64 4 913 5987

Mailto:richard.wyles@openpolytechnic.ac.nz

Skype: richardwyles

Projects

e-Learning Network <https://eduforge.org/projects/ecampus/>

Open Education Resources project <https://eduforge.org/projects/oer/>

Open Access Repositories in New Zealand <http://www.oarinz.ac.nz/>

NZ e-Portfolio project <https://eduforge.org/projects/nzeportfolio/>

Eduforge <http://www.eduforge.org/>

 

 

 

 

Initiated by Stanford University Libraries, LOCKSS (for "Lots of Copies

Keep Stuff Safe") is open source software that provides librarians with

an

easy way to collect, store, preserve, and provide access to their own

local copy of the authorized content they purchase. IOP recognizes the

importance of ensuring the longevity of journal material in the digital

age and is proud to support libraries in their efforts to preserve

online

content.

 

If you would like further information on the LOCKSS Program, please

visit

http://lockss.stanford.edu or contact Victoria Reich, Director LOCKSS

Program, Stanford University Libraries, at lockss-info@lockss.org.

 

The coming revolution in library software

http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla71/papers/155e-Dorman.pdf

 

Open Source software -definition, licensing models and organisational

consequences (introduction)

http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla71/papers/121e-Altenhoener.pdf

 

Delivering Sizzling Services and Solid Support with Open Source

Software

http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla71/papers/122e-Evans.pdf

 

 

Library implications

 

Improving access to research literature in developing countries:

challenges and opportunities provided by Open Access -

http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla71/papers/150e-Chan.pdf

 

Promises and challenges : digital libraries in the global information

society

http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla71/papers/176e-Byrne.pdf

 

Access to Audiovisual and Multimedia Materials : What are the

challenges for developing countries.

http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla71/papers/188e-Watson.pdf

 

The use of Digital Rights Management for Document Supply

http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla71/papers/096e-Braid.pdf

 

Copyright

 

SUBITO and German developments in copyright law

http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla71/papers/097e-Rosemann.pdf