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”
Category Archives: Scholarly Communication
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”
Thank you to all our OA authors.
As the cost of journal subscriptions continues to rise, we need more authors like you to publish their scholarly work in open access journals. We hope that you’ll encourage your colleagues to do the same. If you have other questions about open access publishing, please feel free to talk with the library liaison in yourContinue reading “Thank you to all our OA authors.”
Scientists are the ultimate remixers
Making the Web Work for Science Science Commons designs strategies and tools for faster, more efficient web-enabled scientific research. We identify unnecessary barriers to research, craft policy guidelines and legal agreements to lower those barriers, and develop technology to make research, data and materials easier to find and use. Our goal is to speed theContinue reading “Scientists are the ultimate remixers”
Open Access Video from SPARC
SPARC®, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, is an international alliance of academic and research libraries (of which The University of Iowa Libraries is a member) working to correct imbalances in the scholarly publishing system. Developed by the Association of Research Libraries, SPARC has become a catalyst for change. Its pragmatic focus is toContinue reading “Open Access Video from SPARC”
Orange for Open Access
The University of Iowa Libraries joins thousands of other academic research libraries worldwide in celebration of Open Access Week, which is now in its fourth year. To draw attention to this important issue facing faculty, students and librarians, we’re turning our website orange in recognition of Open Access. We see this as an opportunity forContinue reading “Orange for Open Access”