Library News

In recognition of the Christmas holiday, the University of Iowa Libraries will be closed Saturday through Tuesday, December 23-26. The Main Library Hardin Library for the Health Sciences will re-open on Wednesday at 7:30 am.

For the the New Year’s holiday, the UI Libraries will be closed Monday, January 1.

Other libraries have altered hours over the holiday break, please check online for each libraries’ hours. The regular winter interim schedule will resume on Tuesday, January 2.

The UI Libraries will also be closed in recognition of Martin Luther King Day on Monday, January 15. The regular spring semester shedule begins on Tuesday, January 16.

You may download PDF copies of each of the schedules from the Libraries website.

The latest edition of The University of Iowa Faculty & Staff newsletter fyi contains a photo feature on historic children’s books held in Special Collections. Click on the link to see some nice photographs of these materials, which are always available to view in person in the Special Collections reading room, and they can also be made available for presentations to classes.

December 2006
Issue 2.06

Welcome to the December issue of Transitions.

The purpose of this irregular electronic newsletter is to bring to readers’ attention some of the many new projects and developments affecting the current system of scholarly communication, with emphasis on new products and programs, the open access movement and other alternative publishing models. Scholarly communication refers to the full range of formal and informal means by which scholars and researchers communicate, from email discussion lists to peer-reviewed publication. In general authors are seeking to document and share new discoveries with their colleagues, while readers–researchers, students, librarians and others–want access to all the literature relevant to their work.

While the system of scholarly communication exists for the benefit of the world’s research and educational community and the public at large, it faces a multitude of challenges and is undergoing rapid change brought on by technology. To help interested members of the UI community keep up on these challenges and changes we plan to put out 6-8 issues per year of this newsletter.

This newsletter aims to reflect the interests of its readers so please forward comments, suggestions and entries to include to karen-fischer@uiowa.edu. Also, read the health sciences counterpart to Transitions: Hardin Scholarly Communication News.

Table of Contents
Author Addenda (for Retention of Copyright): An Examination of Five Alternatives
Report on the ARL Workshop on Stewardship of Digital Data Sets
Publishing Research Consortium Studies What Prompts Journal Cancellations
Harnad: PRC Open Access Study Flawed
Open Access Journal Business Models
Society Journals Superior in Price and Quality to Commercial Journals, but Should Still Consider OA
Hybrid Journal Program from the Royal Society of Chemistry
Math Society Journal Converts to Open Access
New Kind of Online Journal Opens Planning Web Site
Anthropology Steering Committee Endorses FRPAA, Rebukes Leadership
Co-Founder of Wikipedia Starts Spinoff With Academic Editors
What is Open Data?
Survey on academic publishing
Publishers Criticize Professors for Copyright Violations

Is your energy level at zero? Are you looking for a lift to get through finals? The UI Libraries may have the solution: FREE coffee during finals.

Starting on Sunday, December 10 at 11p.m. in the North Exhibition Hall of the Main Library, you can fill up your mug with free coffee. Selected branch libraries across campus will also be providing free refreshments on Monday, December 11 and Tuesday, December 12. Check the website (www.lib.uiowa.edu/events/coffee) for more details.

Sunday, December 10

11 p.m. North Exhibition Hall, Main Library

Monday, December 11

4 p.m. Art Library, 245 Art Building West
4 p.m. Lichtenberger Engineering Library, 2001 Seamans Center
4 p.m. Rita Benton Music Library, 2000 Voxman Music Building
4 p.m. Physics Library, 350 Van Allen Hall
8 p.m. Hardin Library for the Health Sciences
11 p.m. North Exhibition Hall, Main Library

Tuesday, December 12

4 p.m. Biological Sciences Library
4 p.m. Pomerantz Business Library, C320 Pappajohn Business Building
4 p.m. Geoscience Library, 136 Trowbridge Hall
4 p.m. Mathematical Sciences Library, 125 MacLean Hall
4 p.m. Psychology Library, W202 Seashore Hall
11 p.m. North Exhibition Hall, Main Library

This program is brought to you by the UI Libraries and the IMU Food Service.