May 2007
Issue 2.07
Welcome to the May 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:
U of Iowa Participates in Permanent Electronic Journal Archiving Service
Journal Pricing Reports Released: Shows Steep Increasing Costs for Social Science Journals and Merging Publishers
Nature: Agencies Join Forces to Share Data
Self-Archiving and Journal Subscriptions: Co-existence or Competition?
2006 BioOne Progress Report Now Available
Open Access and the Progress of Science
Eigenfactor Web Site Goes Live
University Presses Try to Straddle the Battle Lines in Open-Access Debate
Institutional Repositories: Evaluating the Reasons for Non-use of Cornell University’s Installation of DSpace
Study Shows that Scientists are Still Leary of Publishing in Open Access Journals
BioMed Central Brings Open Access Publishing to Physics and Math
