Hardin Scholarly Communication News – November 2008
A Newsletter for the Health Sciences Campus at the University of Iowa
November 2008 | Issue 3.08
Hardin Scholarly Communication News brings together a variety of topics that affect the current system of scholarly communication, with emphasis on new developments, open access and alternative publishing models in the health sciences. This newsletter aims to reflect the interests of its readers so please forward comments, suggestions and entries to include to karen-fischer@uiowa.edu.
Table of Contents:
Congress’s copyright fight puts open access science in peril
Open Access: it’s “just good science”
Health Commons – changing the way basic science is translated to help human health
Scientific publishing might create a winner’s curse
Does online access change citation practices?
Publisher-Author Agreements and the NIH Public Access Policy
Read publisher policies on copyright, and more…
Author’s Rights, Tout de Suite
In Boost for NIH Policy, Major Autism Research Organization Mandates Public Access
Medical Wiki Backed by Prominent Colleges Will Go Live by Year’s End
