Writing in Nature, Quirin Schiermeier reports that Elsevier has won a default legal judgement against websites illicitly providing access to research papers and books, including the popular yet controversial website Sci-Hub. The judgement follows a 2015 ruling that the sites (Sci-Hub, Library of Genesis and more) do violate US copyright law, and issued an injunction that went ignored by the sites operators.
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SPARC Europe is investigating how authors manage their journal article rights with a short survey. The SPARC Author Addendum is a legal instrument that authors can use to modify copyright agreements, and this survey investigates if the Addendum is still in use and, if so, to what effect. Sharing author experiences is essential to allow SPARC Europe to develop a clear idea of how the resource is being used.
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Writing in the Overleaf blog, Graham Douglas’s case study discusses the latest results from the University of Cambridge’s trial of authoring tool Overleaf Commons.
There has been rapid and substantial growth in the number of members of the university who have adopted Overleaf, as well as in the number of projects created. Additionally, Douglas reports an increase in the number of external institutions collaborating with Cambridge via overleaf.
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Writing on the News Service on the DIrectory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) website, Xin Bi discusses developments in open access publishing in China.
There has been huge investment in research and development in China in recent years. As a result China is one of the leading countries in terms of the number of published journals and scientific articles. However, only a very small percentage of DOAJ indexed journals from China are open access. Does this mean that the open access movement in China is lagging behind?
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Unlocking Research
The Unlocking Research blog has lately been focused on financial issues.
Most recently, Dr Danny Kingsley provided insights into discussions at the Research Councils UK Open Access Practitioner’s Group meeting regarding how institutions manage offset agreements.
In a previous entry, Dr Lauren Cadwallader discusses the responsibilities of national funders regarding internationally important research resources. This is the first in a series of three blogs considering the perspectives of researchers, funders and universities regarding support for open resources. |
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In this new recurring section you can find out all about the activities of the OSC team.
Dr Agustina Martinez will be attending the annual meeting for organisations which use the British Library's DataCite UK service. The day will provide updates on related activities at the British Library and at DataCite, as well as updates from our client organisations.
Dr Arthur Smith, Dr Andre Sartori and Katie Hughes are visiting the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, the Department of Veterinary Medicine, the Department of Astronomy and the Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences throughout July. They will provide an update on Symplectic Elements and the OSC’s services for researchers and support staff throughout the University.
Dr Danny Kingsley will be delivering a week long course on ‘Building and Information Rich Institution” as part of the FORCE11 Scholarly Communications Summer School in San Diego, Monday 31 July to Friday 4 August 2017.
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News and comment from other Scholarly Communication blogs
- Writing on the Scholarly Kitchen, Lettie Y. Conrad and Pippa Smart discuss methods of increasing the impact and reach of scholarly research.
- On the LSE Impact blog, Richard Woolley and Nicholas Robinson-Garcia provide an analysis of the 2014 REF results; specifically what these results can tell us about the relationship between excellent research and societal impact.
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Almost 3,000 members of the academic community in Finland have signed an online petition calling for two crucial things: fair pricing for academic journal subscriptions and increased open access in the ongoing negotiation with international publishers. Following this, the Finnish library consortium (FinElib) has announced that unless Elsevier presents a fair deal meeting these requirements, FinElib will not renew its subscriptions to Elsevier journals.
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Languages, Society and Policy (LSP) Journal is a new online and open access publication that is now accepting submissions.
The LSP is peer-reviewed and is part of Multilingualism: Empowering Individuals, Transforming Societies (MEITS), a flagship AHRD-funded project aiming to revitalise Modern Languages and shake UK language policy through demonstrating how multilingualism can ‘empower individuals and transform societies’.
Submissions are invited from experts in the fields of linguistics, modern languages, cultural studies, neuroscience, psychology and education.
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A report has been published on the European Union Open Data Portal providing the first analysis on the uptake of open access to publications in Horizon 2020. The data sources are also provided for download, with data having been gathered from OpenAIRE and CORDA.
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Jobs & Opportunities
- Associate Director for Impact & Innovation
The Worcester Polytechnic Institute is seeking an Associate Director for Impact and Innovation. The post holder will report to the University Librarian and provide leadership and management of the library’s Impact & Innovation Department.
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- Assistant/Associate/Full Professor – Academic Library Innovation and Leadership
The University of Carolina of Chapel Hill are inviting applications for a tenure/tenure track position within the School of Information and Library Science. The faculty is seeking a candidate with research and teaching interests in academic and research library innovation and leadership.
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The University of West London are seeking a Research Support Manager, based within the Resources & Technology Team, which deals with a range of functions including systems and technology, acquisitions, interlibrary loans and procurement.
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- Scholarly Communications Assistant
The University of Manchester Library is seeking a candidate with an awareness of scholarly communication support within a Higher Education setting. The candidate should have a good understanding of Open Access publishing, and will be skilled in enquiry support and handling Open Access Payments.
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OpenCitations has opened applications for a one year Research Fellowship. OpenCitations is an open repository of scholarly citation data and seeks a skilled computer scientist/research engineer to work on the OpenCitations Enhancement Project (funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation).
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The annual international scholarly communications conference Researcher to Reader has announced a call for papers. The conference will be taking place in London on 26 and 27 February 2018 and is inviting proposals for presentations, panels, lightning talks and workshops.
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Open access journal Publications has an upcoming special issue on 'Open Access and the Library' and has put out a call for papers. This issue will explore the changing role of research libraries in the context of open access. The deadline for applications is 30 January 2018 and there is no APC.
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