Category Archives: Science Gateways

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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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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It’s All About Content “Leakage”: Analysis of the UC Elsevier Deal

Posted on March 8, 2019 by Stephanie Krueger

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 →

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ResearchGate Sued in the United States

Posted on October 5, 2018 by Stephanie Krueger

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/10/04/publishers-accuse-researchgate-mass-copyright-infringement

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Worries about “Lock Ins” and “Lock Outs”: Recent Mergers Highlight Library and Smaller Publisher Concerns

Posted on August 7, 2018 by Stephanie Krueger

My colleague Alena, as promised, attended the recent Anywhere Access (AA) webinar. AA aims to become “as fast as Sci-Hub” and to streamline the search-to-PDF workflow for researchers. Marketing heavily to researchers directly, AA aims to lock libraries in to … Continue reading →

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Another One-Click to PDF Player

Posted on July 25, 2018 by Stephanie Krueger

Digital Science is now actively promoting Anywhere Access in quest to provide researchers with easier access to content: Press Release I will have someone on staff attend one of the upcoming webinars about the service and report more here in … Continue reading →

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Open Science on Both Sides of the Atlantic

Posted on July 24, 2018 by Stephanie Krueger

A helpful Open Science MOOC (core partners: Leiden University’s Centre for Innovation and the German National Library of Science and Technology): https://opensciencemooc.github.io/site/Resources/ 2. …& a brand new resource from the US National Academies: https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25116/open-science-by-design-realizing-a-vision-for-21st-century

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Who Owns Digital Science (Makers of Overleaf)?

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Stephanie Krueger

…and the answer is: Holtzbrinck. Holtzbrinck also holds a majority share in SpringerNature, as Roger Schonfeld detailed for The Scholarly Kitchen in October 2017 together with an analysis of a possible scholarly publishing “duoply”: Any kind of acquisition of Digital … Continue reading →

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Springer Nature IPO Withdrawn

Posted on May 15, 2018 by Stephanie Krueger

Why Was Springer Nature’s IPO Withdrawn?

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