Author Archives: Stephanie Krueger

University of California System Terminates Elsevier Agreement

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Stephanie Krueger

https://news.lib.berkeley.edu/elsevier-outcome

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Interview with Randy Schekman about Plan S

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Stephanie Krueger

Nature interviews open-access pioneer, Nobel Prize winner, and cell biologist Randy Schekman (UC Berkeley) about Plan S: There will be a shakedown in the business. Some journals will lose out. Publishing is not a static business — the advent of the … Continue reading →

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Helpful Summary of Plan S Discussion Themes

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Stephanie Krueger

There is enthusiasm and support for the overall goals of Plan S; however, there is also a great deal of concern about the implementation guidance and the very real possibility of negative unintended effects. Hinchliffe, L. J. (2019). “Taking Stock … Continue reading →

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…& Clarivate Merging with Churchill Capital Corp. & Going Public

Posted on January 15, 2019 by Stephanie Krueger

Together, they will call themselves “Clarivate” and become listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Full press release

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Hot Off the Presses: Projekt DEAL Signs Agreement with Wiley

Posted on January 15, 2019 by Stephanie Krueger

From the press release: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE: JW-A and JW – B), a global leader in research and education, announced today a countrywide partnership agreement with Projekt DEAL, a representative of nearly 700 academic institutions in Germany. … Continue reading →

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DORA Top 10 for 2018; London OA Community Spreadsheet

Posted on January 9, 2019 by Stephanie Krueger

DORA (San Francisco Declaration on Research Advancement) has listed ten favorite advances made by the international research/researcher evaluation community for 2018. The London OA Community is attempting to make deciphering publisher open access (OA) policies easier, summarizing current problems in … Continue reading →

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UC Talks Continue, with Faculty Contributions Front and Center

Posted on December 13, 2018 by Stephanie Krueger

In a letter on Tuesday, [UCLA] campus officials asked faculty members to consider declining to review articles for Elsevier journals until negotiations ‘are clearly moving in a productive direction.’ The letter also asked professors to consider publishing research elsewhere, including … Continue reading →

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Casey Fiesler’s Tech Ethics Curricula Spreadsheet

Posted on December 11, 2018 by Stephanie Krueger

Casey Fiesler from UC Boulder (US) has improved the (in some circles) well-known Tech Ethics Curricula spreadsheet, including useful tabs to sample Codes of Ethics grouped by field: Besides simply the number of classes represented here, I think another point … Continue reading →

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Interesting…

Posted on December 5, 2018 by Stephanie Krueger

…from a report on the ITHAKA Next Wave 2018 conference: Gen Z students don’t want the same things from college their Millennial predecessors did. Elite colleges will be just fine, but mid-tier campuses without defined niches will face extinction. And … Continue reading →

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University of California Takes Strong Stand on Elsevier Negotiations

Posted on December 4, 2018 by Stephanie Krueger

The University of California (UC) system is taking a strong stand in their negotiations with Elsevier, as communicated by an open letter published on November 28: The UC’s efforts to shift its relationship with Elsevier will have implications beyond our … Continue reading →

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