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Category Archives: Science Communications Research
TIB Germany Launching Open Journal and Conference Services
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/
Posted in Advanced Search Techniques, Open Access, Open Science, Research Showcasing, Science Communications Research, Science Gateways
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Reinventing the Knowledge Workplace as Situations Change
Alison Mudditt, CEO of PLOS, summarizes her experiences in the workplace over the past year, and provides her thoughts about how knowledge workplaces will continue to evolve. Mudditt, A. (2021). Emerging from the Pandemic: The Future of Work is Now. … Continue reading
Posted in COVID & Higher Ed Strategy, Science Communications Research, Uncategorized
Tagged Post-COVID workplace, Remote work and knowledge workers
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Equitable Open Science
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
Posted in Open Access, Open Science, Science Communications Research, Tech Ethics
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A Test in Reproducibility
During his time as Editor-in-Chief for Molecular Brain, Fujita Health University’s Tsuyoshi Miyakawa made requests for raw data for 41 papers marked for revision prior to publication, and the majority of authors failed to respond to this request (in fact, only … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Integrity, Data Repositories, Open Science, Science Communications Research
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Experiments in Open Access Publishing: Community Efforts Work; Payoff=Learning & Access
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
Posted in Academic Integrity, ILDS 2019, Net Neutrality, Open Access, Open Science, Science Communications Research, Science Gateways
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UC Office of Scholarly Communications Provides Negotiation Toolkit to the Public
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
Posted in Discovery, Open Access, Science Communications Research, Science Gateways
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The “Open Access Wars”: An Academic Publishing Synopsis
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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It’s All About Content “Leakage”: Analysis of the UC Elsevier Deal
Roger Schonfeld once again provides an excellent analysis, this time on the drivers of recent Elsevier deals: …California, through its cancellation, has nevertheless maintained its position unambiguously. It does not need ongoing journal subscriptions through ScienceDirect. Put another way: A major … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, Discovery, Science Communications Research, Science Gateways
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University of California System Terminates Elsevier Agreement
https://news.lib.berkeley.edu/elsevier-outcome
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ResearchGate Sued in the United States
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/10/04/publishers-accuse-researchgate-mass-copyright-infringement
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