Category Archives: Open Access

NCIP enables participation in the HERMES project (“Strengthening Digital Resource Sharing during COVID and Beyond”)

Posted on April 21, 2022 by Stephanie Krueger

Open, captioned video footage of the NTK NCIP-funded presentation by Dr. Stephanie Krueger in English on academic resource use cases at the PhD+ level is now available on YouTube as part of the HERMES project open learning channel. The thirty-seven-minute … Continue reading →

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TIB Germany Launching Open Journal and Conference Services

Posted on February 17, 2021 by Stephanie Krueger

TIB Open Publishing reaches a new stage in its development. Read more: Tullney, M. (2021). TIB becomes Major Development Partner of the Public Knowledge Project (PKP). https://blogs.tib.eu/wp/tib/2021/02/16/tib-and-pkp/

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Equitable Open Science

Posted on January 4, 2021 by Stephanie Krueger

A brief summary of the dynamics of openness in the scholarly endeavor, with a reminder about the broader picture: [W]e must be especially sensitive to the ways in which open science policies may actually worsen existing inequalities, and make efforts to mitigate … Continue reading →

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Experiments in Open Access Publishing: Community Efforts Work; Payoff=Learning & Access

Posted on November 3, 2019 by Stephanie Krueger

Where have I been since July? I’ve been conducting two experiments in open access publishing, volunteering to be: Co-editor for Evidence Summaries at Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, a fully open journal hosted by the University of Alberta (Canada) … Continue reading →

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UC Office of Scholarly Communications Provides Negotiation Toolkit to the Public

Posted on July 20, 2019 by Stephanie Krueger

In a bold effort, the University of California Office of Scholarly Communications has created a toolkit for those negotiating with publishers. The toolkit, well-conceived and including specific UC examples, can assist anyone in approaching complex negotiations (not only with publishers) … Continue reading →

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The “Open Access Wars”: An Academic Publishing Synopsis

Posted on June 12, 2019 by Stephanie Krueger

Recent developments, including University of California developments, clearly explained together with a historical synopsis of the academic publishing industry: This is a story about more than subscription fees. It’s about how a private industry has come to dominate the institutions … Continue reading →

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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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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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