We’re celebrating International Love Data Week from February 14 – 18. This year’s theme is “Data for everyone,” and it’s a great time to reflect on the significance of data and how it can help expand research. For instance, how do you care for and share it? And where might you look to find similarContinue reading “Love Data Week 2022: The perfect time to remember the importance of data”
Category Archives: Scholarly Impact
Wiley Open Access Agreement
Important Update: All Wiley open access credits for 2022 have been used. UI authors will instead be offered a 10% discount on APCs. Information about an expanded Wiley open access agreement for 2023 and beyond will be announced as soon as possible. (12/16/2022) University Libraries is excited to announce an open access (OA) agreement withContinue reading “Wiley Open Access Agreement”
Company of Biologists: Free Open Access Publishing for UI Authors
The University of Iowa Libraries has entered into a transformative agreement with the Company of Biologists that allows University of Iowa authors to publish open access articles for free in their 5 journals. Key benefits of the agreement include: Publishing open access allows articles to reach a wider audience because they are free to readContinue reading “Company of Biologists: Free Open Access Publishing for UI Authors”
What’s New in the Public Domain in 2022?
Now, you have even more works—and for the first time, sound recordings—available to be freely digitized, read, and used as the basis for new work. On Jan. 1, 2022, debut novels by Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner, A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh, and about 400,000 sound recordings from before 1926 were among the many books,Continue reading “What’s New in the Public Domain in 2022?”
Regents OER Grant Recipients Announced
The Regents university libraries are proud to announce the awarding of grants to 5 faculty teams to support creation of free, openly-licensed course materials. This funding opportunity provides intensive training and support for faculty writing open textbooks or other materials to replace expensive, traditional textbooks. In addition to saving UNI, UI, and ISU students anContinue reading “Regents OER Grant Recipients Announced”
ECS Plus: Free Open Access Publishing for UI authors
The University of Iowa Libraries has entered into a transformative agreement with the Electrochemical Society (ECS) that allows University of Iowa authors to publish open access for free in ECS journals. The number of open access articles that can be published for free is unlimited and takes effect immediately. Publishing open access allows articles toContinue reading “ECS Plus: Free Open Access Publishing for UI authors”
SciVal Workshop Series
Join Linda Galloway, Elsevier Customer Consultant, to learn about SciVal, Elsevier’s analytics solution. SciVal provides access to the comprehensive research performance of over 19,000 research institutions and their associated researchers from 230 nations worldwide. SciVal allows you to visualize your research performance, benchmark relative to peers, develop strategic partnerships, identify and analyze new, emerging researchContinue reading “SciVal Workshop Series”
Iowa Regents libraries offer new grants to support open educational resources
Libraries at the University of Iowa, Iowa State University, and the University of Northern Iowa announce a joint funding opportunity for the creation of Open Educational Resources (OER). This program is open to small teams of faculty, graduate students, and staff at any of the three Board of Regents State of Iowa public universities. TheContinue reading “Iowa Regents libraries offer new grants to support open educational resources”
Publish Open Access with the American Chemical Society
The University of Iowa Libraries has entered into an agreement with the American Chemical Society (ACS) to bundle the cost of journal subscriptions and Open Access (OA) publishing. Under this three-year contract, UI corresponding authors can publish their journal articles Open Access and free of cost to them in any ACS journal. These articles can then be immediatelyContinue reading “Publish Open Access with the American Chemical Society”
Celebrating Open Education Week
Open Education Week (March 1-5, 2021, #OEWeek) is a time when educators around the world come together to learn and share practices around Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Pedagogy. While there are a host of excellent webinars and events to tune into this week, let’s also celebrate our local faculty who are creating openly licensed resources, tailoring existing OER to better fit the needs of their students, and creating courses with fewer barriers to learning. Integrating OERContinue reading “Celebrating Open Education Week”