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”
Category Archives: Transitions
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”
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”
Transitions: scholarly communication news for the UI Community (May 2010)
May 2010Issue 2.10 Welcome to the spring issue of Transitions. The purpose of this irregular electronic newsletter is to bring to readers’ attention some of the many new projects and developments informing the current system of scholarly communication, with emphasis on new products and programs, the open access movement, and other alternative publishing models. Scholarly communicationContinue reading “Transitions: scholarly communication news for the UI Community (May 2010)”
Transitions: scholarly communication news for the UI Community, January 2010
January 2010Issue 1.10 Welcome to the winter issue of Transitions. The purpose of this irregular electronic newsletter is to bring to readers’ attention some of the many new projects and developments informnig the current system of scholarly communication, with emphasis on new products and programs, the open access movement, and other alternative publishing models. ScholarlyContinue reading “Transitions: scholarly communication news for the UI Community, January 2010”
Transitions: scholarly communication news for the UI Community – July 2009
July 2009 Issue 2.09 Welcome to the Summer 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.Continue reading “Transitions: scholarly communication news for the UI Community – July 2009”
Transitions: scholarly communication news for the UI Community – March 2009
March 2009 Issue 1.09 Welcome to the Spring 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.Continue reading “Transitions: scholarly communication news for the UI Community – March 2009”
Transitions: Scholarly communication news for the UI community – November 2008
November 2008 Issue 3.08 The Fall issue of Transitions is now online. 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 publishingContinue reading “Transitions: Scholarly communication news for the UI community – November 2008”
“Voices of Open Access” Series Available Online
A new video series presents six unique perspectives on the importance of Open Access to research across the higher education community and beyond. SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) and the Public Library of Science (PLoS), the organizers of the first Open Access Day with Students for FreeCulture, today released the series ofContinue reading ““Voices of Open Access” Series Available Online”
Scholarly communication news for the UI community – February 2008
February 2008 Issue 1.08 Welcome to the February 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.Continue reading “Scholarly communication news for the UI community – February 2008”