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Towards open science in Germany - A report relevant to India
by Subbiah Arunachalam 23 Jan '24

23 Jan '24

Friends, This report from Germany may be relevant to us in India. https://oabb.pubpub.org/pub/open4de/release/1. With warm regards, Arun

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Authors from wealthy countries cannot all pay publishing fees
by Subbiah Arunachalam 23 Jan '24

23 Jan '24

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00116-6. Towards the end there is a statement about open access to undergraduate institutions. Please check if it is applicable to India, and if so please spread the word. Arun

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Call for Proposals: MCULTP Mini-Conference
by Leili Seifi 22 Jan '24

22 Jan '24

*Call for Proposals: MCULTP Mini-Conference* Conference Theme: *Libraries New Trends in Supporting Multiculturalism and Multilingualism* Date: *Wednesday, May 29, 2024* Time: 8am-1pm Eastern Venue: Zoom (online) The MCULTP Mini-Conference explores how libraries and librarians support Multiculturalism and Multilingualism in their communities. This mini-conference intends to gather academic, public, and special librarians, as well as LIS professionals* via a free online Zoom event.* Examples of topics of interest include: - Advocating for dedicated work for multicultural and multilingual populations - User experience as a way of developing relevant services - Library services and collections focused on national minorities - Library services focused on immigrant minorities - Curating collections for endangered languages (minority or indigenous languages) - Working from the perspective of right holders (human rights, conventions, and national legislation) - Assessment of library services, resources, and collections focused on multicultural populations Proposals are not limited to the topics above. The conference is interested in receiving a wide range of proposals that embrace the conference theme. We are especially interested in proposals that provide new perspectives on how libraries support multiculturalism and multilingualism. *We will be accepting the following 3 formats of presentations:* *1.* * Panel (35 minutes)* *2. Presentation (15 minutes)* *3.* *Lightning Talk (7 Minutes)* *To submit a proposal please fill out the **submission form <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdi7xUO0-Qs5_f91-2s7LvIQucerNp_0hu…>**. To learn more about the conference, please visit: **https://www.ifla.org/units/mcultp/ <https://www.ifla.org/units/mcultp/>* *Proposal submission deadline: **February 29**, 2024* If you have any questions, please contact the Conference Committee: ifla.mcultp(a)gmail.com https://www.ifla.org/events/?unitid=105130&location=undefined&month=5&event… -- Regards, Leili Seifi, PhD Associate Professor Department of Knowledge & Information Science Faculty of Behavioral Science University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran Tel(Office): +98 56 31026855 https://cv.birjand.ac.ir/seifi/en

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Last Date is 29 Jan. for FREE NPTEL MOOCs course on “Science Communication: Research Productivity and Data Analytics using Open Source Software”
by Dr.Nabi Hasan 21 Jan '24

21 Jan '24

Dear All, The IIT Delhi Central Library is offering the 12 Week, 3Credit FREE NPTEL MOOCs course on “Science Communication: Research Productivityand Data Analytics using Open Source Software”. The last date to join thecourse is January 29, 2023. Details of the Course and Joining is available at: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc24_hs01/preview -- Dr. Nabi Hasan and Dr. Mohit Garg Course Coordinators, IIT Delhi --Thanks and regards, Nabi Hasan, PhD, PDF, FNEB, FSLAHead Librarian Indian Institute of Technology Delhi - 110016 Phone - +91-11-26591451, 6759 URL: https://web.iitd.ac.in/~hasan Email: hasan(a)library.iitd.ac.in nabihasan(a)gmail.com

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Request to fill Google form regarding preferences for using Reference Styles
by Naresh Kumar 21 Jan '24

21 Jan '24

Dear Friends from Library and Information Science, Please fill this Google form regarding your preferred Reference Style. It will take less than a minute. Share will all your LIS friends. You will enjoy it. https://forms.gle/uec4wi9YFTr2TKf26. Thank you for your support. Regards Naresh Kumar Assistant Librarian Central University of Haryana.

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IRAI -- 240121 -- Interesting Reads And Information & Forthcoming Events of IEEE CS, CSI and ACM Chennai
by Mohan Hr 21 Jan '24

21 Jan '24

*IRAI -- 240121 -- Interesting Reads And Information* Read the stories of IRAI -- 240121 at https://bit.ly/irai-240121 Ten unsung digital and AI ideas shaping business OpenAI Launches Custom GPT Store: How to Access and Use It Right Now Eight Growth Drivers Of Engineering Services in 2024 LinkedIn Jobs on the Rise 2024: The 25 most in-demand roles in India 15 Big Ideas that will change India in 2024 Top Robotics Stories of 2023IEEE Defining Automotive Engineering Services 10 Quick Ways to Check For a Data Leak—and How to Make It Stop Caffeine: here’s how quitting can benefit your health What’s the best diet for healthy sleep? A nutritional epidemiologist explains what food choices will help you get more restful z’s *Quiz* Microsoft is adding a button called the -------- that will launch Microsoft's AI chatbot, to its Windows keyboards (Answer in the next post IRAI -- 240201) Answer to the Quiz in IRAI -- 240111: Co-Pilot Key *Past IRAI Posts* Stories in IRAI -- 240121: https://bit.ly/irai-240121 Stories in IRAI -- 240111: https://bit.ly/47tNDCc Stories in IRAI -- 240101: https://bit.ly/irai-240101 Stories in IRAI -- 231221: https://bit.ly/irai-231221 Stories in IRAI -- 231211: https://bit.ly/irai-231211 Stories in IRAI -- 231201: https://bit.ly/irai-231201 Earlier Posts of IRAI and Archives: https://lnkd.in/gupTw73P *Forthcoming Events* 31st Jan 2024 at 6 pm IST. Virtual Event CSI Chennai, IEEE CS Madras, ACM Chennai & HCC cordially invite you to the Virtual Event. Launch of the book "Mobility Engineer 2030 / Vagana Poriyalar 2020" by Dr. P.A. Lakshminarayan, Ex-CTO - Simpson & Co., Ex-R&D Head, Engines - Ashok Leyland and Ex-Senior GM - Kirloskar Oil Engines Panel Discussion on "Skilling and Business Opportunities in Connected, Autonomous, Shared, Electric (CASE) Vehicles" featuring Mr. Chandan Krishnan, Managing Director & CEO, Campus Angels Network Private Limited as the moderator and the authors Dr. Shankar Venugopal, Vice President and Dean, Mahindra Technical Academy, Mahindra & Mahindra and Mr. S. Ramachandran, Principal Consultant, Lead for Engineering and Manufacturing Infosys Knowledge Institute as panelists Register at https://bit.ly/4aMS6Tt More Events in Jan 2024: https://bit.ly/jan2024events 10th Feb 2024 at 6 pm IST. Webinar IEEE CS Madras, CSI & ACM Chennai cordially invite you to the webinar on "AI Tools for Academic Research, Writing and Publishing" by Dr. K.S. Sowmiya Rani, Editor, Editage & Founder, Sowmis_AWW. Register at https://bit.ly/3RwgeAP

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Impact factor and bibliodiversity
by Subbiah Arunachalam 21 Jan '24

21 Jan '24

Friends, Here is an interesting paper: Measuring back: bibliodiversity and the Journal Impact Factor™ brand, a case study of IF-journals included in the 2021 Journal Citations Report™ by Marjorie Bardiau and Christophe Dony. Please see https://insights.uksg.org/articles/10.1629/uksg.633 . *Abstract* Little attention has been devoted to whether the impact factor (IF) can be considered a responsible metric in light of bibliodiversity. This article critically engages with this question in measuring the following variables of IF journals included in the 2021 Journal Citation Reports™ and examining their distribution: publishing models (hybrid, open access (OA) with or without fees, subscription), world regions, language(s) of publication, subject categories, publishers and the prices of article processing charges (APCs) if any. Our results show that the quest for prestige or perceived quality through the IF brand poses serious threats to bibliodiversity. The IF brand can indeed hardly be considered a responsible metric insofar as it perpetuates publishing concentration, maintains a domination of the Global North and its attendant artificial image of mega producer of scholarly content, does not promote linguistic diversity, and does not incentivize fair and equitable open access by entrenching fee-based OA delivery options with rather high APCs. *** Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009

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Science’s fake-paper problem: high-profile effort will tackle paper mills
by Subbiah Arunachalam 20 Jan '24

20 Jan '24

Friends, Here is a brief news story by Katharine Sanderson on high-profile efforts to tackle the menace of fake papers and paper mills in the latest issue of *Nature*. Please see https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00159-9 . We in India should be concerned too. About seven months ago Frederik Joelving exposed how a Chennai-based dental college adopted a 'nasty' publishing scheme to improve its ranking. See *Science*, 9 June 2023, 380 (6649), pp. 1000-1001 (doi: 10.1126/science.adj1032. Epub 2023 Jun 8). That, I think, is only the tip of the iceberg. Bill Ackman, one Of Harvard University's major donors, recommended a thorough plagiarism review in top universities, and suggested the use of AI to scrutinize academic works. In fact, he is threatening to fund a large-scale investigation of plagiarism in academia. This raises concerns about academic integrity and faculty careers. With regards, Arun

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Sorbonne ditches commercial citationbases and moves over to OpenAlex
by Subbiah Arunachalam 20 Jan '24

20 Jan '24

Friends, Recently Financial Times of London wrote about the University of Sorbonne's decision to ditch commercial citation databases and move over to OpenAlex. Here is a blog post from folks at OpenAlex. https://blog.ourresearch.org/coverage-in-the-financial-times-of-openalex-an… . If you/your library has access to the online edition of FT, please send me the full article. Most Indian libraries (and library consortia) would do well to follow Sorbonne and encourage our scientists and scholars to use open access databases and use the money saved for advancing science and scholarship. They may also support financially open access primary (non-journal) sources such as arXiv. Right now only a few Indian institutions (such as Matscience in Chennai) support arXiv with an annual grant. Best wishes. Arun

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CORE Article deduplication tool for IRs
by Subbiah Arunachalam 19 Jan '24

19 Jan '24

Friends, This may be of interest to all repository managers: https://blog.core.ac.uk/2024/01/18/university-of-chicago-adopts-cores-artic… . Subbiah Arunachalam

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