Tag Archives for Open Access
International Day for Universal Access to Information 2017: A Day to Celebrate the Essential Work of Libraries
In its Development and Access to Information (DA2I) report, IFLA has taken a broader view. It has argued that access to all types of information – government documents, academic research, news, market data, educational content, social media – needs to … Continue reading
Measuring Cost per Use of Library-Funded Open Access Article Processing Charges: Examination and Implications of One Method (Research Article)
This article examines a method and discusses the limitations and implications of using article level metrics to calculate cost per use for OA APCs. Using different APC models from two publishers, PLOS and BioMed Central, this article presents a cost … Continue reading
Libraries: roles and opportunities on Open Science
Libraries: roles and opportunities on Open Science. Read More
Sci-Hub’s cache of pirated papers is so big, subscription journals are doomed, data analyst suggests
There is no doubt that Sci-Hub, the infamous—and, according to a U.S. court, illegal—online repository of pirated research papers, is enormously popular. (See Science’s investigation last year of who is downloading papers from Sci-Hub.) But just how enormous is its … Continue reading
Developing an open journals hosting service: a case study from Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU)
This paper outlines Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) Library Services’ first steps into that world through the offering of an open journals hosting service. It begins by explaining the background and justification for the library offering such a service and … Continue reading
What Jeffrey Beall Learned From Predatory Publishers
Predatory publishers use the gold (author pays) open access model and aim to generate as much revenue as possible, often foregoing a proper peer review. The paper details how predatory publishers came to exist and shows how they were largely … Continue reading
Open by default?
The report looks at the opportunities that working in the open creates, summarises support from Jisc in this area, and suggests three big ideas for what we could do the future. Areas of research and education that are being transformed … Continue reading
Librarian as Futurist: Changing the Way Libraries Think About the Future
Academic libraries have always been deeply associated with their collections, but the nature of those collections has changed radically as we have entered the digital age. Read More
Now Available: “Academic Book of the Future Project Report” (Final Project Outputs)
The two documents linked below were recently released. They are the final two outputs of the Academic Book of the Future Project. Read More
What I learned from predatory publishers
Predatory publishers use the gold (author pays) open access model and aim to generate as much revenue as possible, often foregoing a proper peer review. The paper details how predatory publishers came to exist and shows how they were largely … Continue reading