During the month of Open Access week (October 19-25) we will be highlighting a number of guest posts from University of Iowa Faculty and Staff who have personal experience making their work Open Access. We appreciate their contributions. The second guest post is by Frederick Domann, PhD; Director, Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Program; Co-director,Continue reading “Guest Post: The Janus Faces of Open Access Publishing”
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Guest Post: Open Access is the way that new knowledge is made…easier
During the month of Open Access week (October 19-25) we will be highlighting a number of guest posts from University of Iowa Faculty and Staff who have personal experience making their work Open Access. We appreciate their contributions. The first guest post is by Associate Professor, Rachel Marie-Crane Williams, Ph.D. University of Iowa, Departmental ExecutiveContinue reading “Guest Post: Open Access is the way that new knowledge is made…easier”
Open Access and the Public Good, Sept 26 at 2pm Old Capitol Senate Chamber
Each fall the University of Iowa Libraries organizes events to spread awareness of open access and related issues regarding publishing and the free availability of information. Our first event this year is a panel discussion on the topic of “Open Access and the Public Good,” during which Professor Russell Ganim (Division of World Languages, Literatures,Continue reading “Open Access and the Public Good, Sept 26 at 2pm Old Capitol Senate Chamber”
Iowa Research Online: Where Your Work Lasts Forever
By Michael S. Lewis-Beck, F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor of Political Science As emeritus faculty, I’ve spent my career researching and writing about politics. I published my first academic paper in 1974. Then as it is today, having your academic work cited is critical. But now the methods of scholarly publishing are very different. AcademicContinue reading “Iowa Research Online: Where Your Work Lasts Forever”
The Practical Psychosomaticist on Open Access Week, October 22-28, 2012: Bring a Shovel
By James J. Amos, M.D. When I was about 12 years old, I awoke to find a thick blanket of snow had covered our neighborhood. Initially I wanted to shovel a few walks for our elderly neighbors so they would have a path clear of ice and snow. Then I started thinking what I wouldContinue reading “The Practical Psychosomaticist on Open Access Week, October 22-28, 2012: Bring a Shovel”
OA Publishing Platforms with Don Share, Sr. Editor of Poetry Magazine, Oct 29 at 3pm
Open access publishing’s place in the humanities is uncertain at the moment, and knowledge of it will be important going forward in resolving inequitable relationships between presses and authors, journal vendors and libraries, and publishers and readers. The University of Iowa Libraries has invited Don Share, senior editor of Poetry magazine, to talk about openContinue reading “OA Publishing Platforms with Don Share, Sr. Editor of Poetry Magazine, Oct 29 at 3pm”
Open Access Week 2012
The University of Iowa Libraries joins thousands of other academic research libraries worldwide in celebration of International Open Access Week. To draw attention to this important issue facing faculty, students and librarians, we’re turning our website orange in recognition of open access. “Open Access” to information – the free, immediate, online access to the resultsContinue reading “Open Access Week 2012”
Princeton University’s policy on Open Access
There are various types of “open access” policies that are expanding on college campuses. Now, Princeton University has taken a different view – they have “banned” their faculty from granting copyright to publishers. Read the full story through the link below. http://theconversation.edu.au/princeton-goes-open-access-to-stop-staff-handing-all-copyright-to-journals-unless-waiver-granted-3596
A Very Brief Introduction to Open Access
by Peter Suberhttp://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/brief.htm Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. What makes it possible is the internet and the consent of the author or copyright-holder. OA is entirely compatible with peer review, and all the major OA initiatives for scientific and scholarly literature insist onContinue reading “A Very Brief Introduction to Open Access”
New University of Iowa web resource maps the decline of a great American city
An interactive web project presenting a visualization of the political and social factors that led to the decline of one of America’s greatest cities has been released. Mapping Decline: St. Louis and the Fate of the American City ( http://mappingdecline.lib.uiowa.edu ) represents University of Iowa History Professor Colin Gordon’s examination of how white flight, discriminatoryContinue reading “New University of Iowa web resource maps the decline of a great American city”