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Open access leads to higher citations and visibility!
by Mailing List Manager 17 Nov '03

17 Nov '03

Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 15:08:36 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends: Here is some evidence to show that open access papers are cited far more often than papers which are not in the open access domain. Based on some well-planned research! Here is an excerpt from a posting by Stevan Harnad to another list.. Arun ------- You may be interested in: <http://listserv.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0311&L=pamnet&D=1&O=D&P=1632> which is a report by the librarian liason of the AAS Pub board meeting. The relevant paragraph (at the end) is: "Finally, there was a very interesting brief report from Greg Schwarz (from the ApJ editorial office) on some work he's doing tracking citation rates of papers published in the ApJ based on whether they were posted on astro-ph or not. He studied samples from July-Dec. 1999 and July-Dec. 2002. The first interesting point is that 72% of the papers published in the latter period had appeared on astro-ph, although the submission rate to the server seems to be leveling off. He also noted that the number of authors per paper has been increasing along with the total length and that most astro-ph submissions are after acceptance by the journal. The really fascinating conclusion he's drawn, at least from my perspective, is that ApJ papers that were also on astro-ph have a citation rate that is _twice_ that of papers not on the preprint server. Moreover, this higher citation rate appears to continue once the time gap disappears (that is, papers on astro-ph are viewed about nine months ahead of the journal paper, but after several years of availability, the astro-ph papers are still being cited at a significantly higher rate)." You [Michael Kurtz, Astrophysics, Harvard] have shown some similar work already, but this seems nicely done. With the majority of ApJ papers going to astro-ph those which are not preprinted (and which are less referenced) seem the oddballs. I have been assuming that the higher citation rates for papers which are preprinted was due to the preprinting; perhaps the effect is that lower quality/interest papers are not preprinted. Can I ask for a clarification (because the word "preprinted," unlike "self-archived," is somewhat ambiguous): Are you specifically referring here to the prepublication part of an article's timeline, your point being that in astrophysics, where the publishers' versions are all effectively "open access" by the time they appear (in that they are all available to the entire worldwide astrophysical research community via site-licenses to the relatively small and closed group of journals involved), there are *still* twice as many citations of those papers that were self-archived before publication (as either pre-refereeing preprints or post-refereeing postprints or both) than to those that only became openly accessible when they became available as from the publisher? That would be very useful news both for the value of open access to eprints (preprints and postprints) in general and the value of prepublication self-archiving in particular, suggesting that (if we take Steve Lawrence's figures for the overall citation advantage of free online access to eprints over the its alternatives -- online or on-paper -- which is a citation advantage of 4.5) we see that a two-fold advantage already comes from free access to the prepublication phase alone. The causality, of course, is uncertain here, as you note: Is it that earlier open-access enhances the citation counts, or that the better articles are the ones that are being self-archived earlier? In any case, it is certainly a vote both for open access and for early self-archiving! Cheers, Stevan

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common names of chemical compounds
by prafulla＠nisc.co.in 14 Nov '03

14 Nov '03

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Dialog Seeks Asian Pacific Applicants for 2004 Roger K. Summit sch.
by Mailing List Manager 14 Nov '03

14 Nov '03

Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:33:17 +0530 From: K Prakash <prakash(a)inflibnet.ac.in> [For more details please visit http://www.dialog.com/pressroom/2003/aus_111003.shtml] P R E S S R E L E A S E Dialog Seeks Asian Pacific Applicants for 2004 Roger K. Summit Scholarship MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA (10 November 2003) ^ Dialog, a Thomson (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) business and a leading worldwide provider of online-based information services and integrated information solutions, today said that it is seeking applicants from Asian Pacific countries for its second Roger K. Summit Scholarship to be awarded in the region. The company will award a scholarship of AU$5,000 (or equivalent in local currency) to a student enrolled in an accredited library or information sciences course in Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Thailand, Taiwan, The Philippines, Vietnam or another Asian Pacific country. The deadline for applicants is Friday, 27 February 2004. Applications are available online at www.dialog.com/home/australia/scholarship.shtml. The winner will be announced in March 2004. Dialog awards three Roger K. Summit Scholarships annually, one each in North America, Europe and Middle East, and in the Asia Pacific region. A panel of local information professionals and educators selects the regional winners after reviewing academic achievement, interest in electronic information services, proficiency using the online services offered by Dialog, and faculty recommendations. In 2003, Dialog awarded its first Asian Pacific Roger K. Summit Scholarship to Wei Ping Yu of the University of New South Wales. That announcement was made at the 11th Information Online Conference and Exhibition in Sydney, organised by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). With best wishes/regards. Bye. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- K PRAKASH Scientific/Technical Officer-I INFLIBNET(Information and Library Network) Centre An IUC of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House Navrangpura, PB No.4116 AHMEDABAD-380009 India # Tel. 91-079-6305971 / 6304695; Fax: 630 0990(Off.); 6763724(Res.) Email: prakash(a)inflibnet.ac.in; prakash_k(a)yahoo.com

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a doubt
by Mailing List Manager 14 Nov '03

14 Nov '03

Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 09:42:46 +0000 (GMT) From: "[iso-8859-1] Hanamanthraya Biradar" <biradar_76(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear Friends, I am working as a librarian in one of the educational institute. Now I have faced one problem about the magazine. How it is possible to know whether it is aInternational/National magazine. Please give me the suggetions about this problem. E-mail : biradar_76(a)yahoo.co.in Thanking You

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Workshop on using "Greenstone Digital Library Software" for Pune librarians
by Sunita Barve 14 Nov '03

14 Nov '03

Forthcoming Event at Bioinformatics Centre, University of Pune Workshop on Building Digital Libraries using Greenstone Digital Library Software At Bioinformatics Centre, University of Pune, Pune 411 007, on 30th November - 1st December 2003. Timings: 9.00 am to 6.00 pm Objectives and goals of workshop The goal of this workshop is to give basic training on GSDL to initiate building digital libraries/files. Focus is on installing, configuring, application and administration of this package. At the end of the Workshop, participant should have acquired the knowledge and skill sets required to build digital libraries using GSDL. Who can participate? Library and Information professionals those are currently working in library and information centres�from Pune area/region. Pre-requisites Participants should have basic computer knowledge to use various commands in WINDOWS and DOS environment. Good understanding of electronic documents, web sites, HTML page creation, word processing, Internet searching, and databases is essential. Course material Each participant will get GSDL installation CD-ROM. It will also have course material and exercises. Workshop fees Fees: Rs. 1000/- per participant No. of participants: 30 Fee covers course material, software CD, lunch and tea Workshop Content Training programme will include presentations, demonstrations and lab sessions. Following is the tentative program list: * GSDL: Features and examples * GSDL: Installation, configuration, accessing sample collections * Collection building * Collection configuration * Customizing GSDL interface Resource Persons Shubhada Nagarkar,Bioinformatics Centre, Pune Anant Sabane, Kanbay, Pune Nirupama Bawdekar, IUCAA, Pune Sunita Barve, NCRA, Pune Technical Support Sanjay Londhe, Bioinformatics Centre Rahul Khandare, Bioinformatics Centre Course Co-ordinator Shubhada Nagarkar Librarian, Bioinformatics Centre University of Pune, Pune 411007 Ph.: 5690195 Mobile No.: 9822997760 Fax: 5690087 Email: shubha(a)bioinfo.ernet.in Workshop Site: http://bioinfo.ernet.in/library/workshop/main.htm Registration Form Participant's Name: Ms./ Mr./ Dr./ Prof.:_______________________________ Position:____________________________ Organization:_________________________________________________________ Address:_________________________________________________________________ City:_________ Pin:_____________Telephone:__________________ Fax:__________________________Email:_______________________ Registration details Payment details DD No:________________________Date:__________________________ Amount in Rs.:________________ (Note: DD to be drawn in favor of "The Registrar, University of Pune Pune -7", payable at Pune) Date:__________________ Signature:_______________ Please fill this form and send it to The Coordinator, along with the registration fee, on or before 28th November 2003. ---------00000-----------

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Edit of PDF document
by Mailing List Manager 14 Nov '03

14 Nov '03

Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 11:09:36 +0530 From: Satya Ranjan Sahu <srsahu(a)darya.nio.org> Dear members, Editing in a PDF document, which is captured by "Page Capture", increases the file size tremendously of the original. Is there any solution to keep the size in control? We have scanned few articles from the print documents. After converting the image as editable PDF using "Abode Page Capture" the size found to be reasonable. But when the PDF document edited using the "touch text tool" or "capture suspect" of Adobe Acrobat, the size increases. Please let me know the solution to keep the file size reasonable. Thanking you With regards Satya "Make everyday memorable" -------------------------------------------------------- Satya Ranjan Sahu NIO Library (NICMAS) National Institute of Oceanography Dona Paula, Goa - 403 004 Phone: 91- (0)832 - 2450 370 (Direct) 2450 450(Extn. 370) ---------------------------------------------------------

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IFLA Award, Closing date 30 Nov.
by Dinesh K. Gupta 14 Nov '03

14 Nov '03

Dear Colleagues, Any professional worldover who has initiated/ done marketing project/ compaign in his/her library and wants to attend 2004 IFLA Conference in Buenos Aires ( Argentina) with a cash award of US$1000 , may apply for the IFLA-3M International Marketing Award. The Closing date (30th Nov.) is approaching very fast. Pl. Find application details at: http://www.ifla.org/VII/s34/award/3m-appform-e.doc Regards, Dinesh K. Gupta (Member, Standing Committee, Management & Marketing Section, IFLA)

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Teledensity
by Mailing List Manager 12 Nov '03

12 Nov '03

Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 09:43:08 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Here is a comparison of teledensity in selected Asian countries. "The teledensity in Bangladesh is one of the lowest in the region. According to latest statistics (ITU), Bangladesh has 0.79 phones for per 100 people whereas it is 3.94 in India, 4.4 in Sri Lanka, 2.9 in Pakistan, 1.34 in Nepal, 24.98 in China, 49.9 in Malaysia and 6.17 in Indonesia. More than 70 per cent of the population of Bangladesh do not have telephone access," says Nur-ul Alam, Melbourne, Australia. Clearly China and Malaysia are way ahead of India. As India cannot afford telephones for all individuals/familieswe for a long time to come, we should encourage community owned telecentres, such as the ones established by M S Swaminathan Research Foundation in the villages of Pondicherry of Dindigul district in Tamil Nadu. We should also also encourage voice over IP and community radio. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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An electronic journal
by Mailing List Manager 12 Nov '03

12 Nov '03

Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 07:42:58 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Here is a useful electronic journal: http://informationr.net/ir/ Arun

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Fwd: Re: On the Need to Take Both Roads to Open Access
by Subbiah Arunachalam 12 Nov '03

12 Nov '03

Here is aletter from Stevan Harnad to Katie Mantell of SciDevNet, which should be of interest to information professionals trying to understand and promote open access to scientific literature. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Dear Katie Mantell: > > As you requested, I have transmitted widely your > announcement about > SciDevNet's coverage of open access: > http://www.scidev.net/ms/open_access/ > > As you also ask for my comments, Here they are: > > (1) The SciDevNet's coverage is very helpful and > welcome, but at the > moment it is *extremely* lop-sided, covering only > one of the two roads > to open access -- open-access journal publication -- > but not the other > road: open-access self-archiving of toll-access > journal publications: > http://www.nature.com/nature/debates/e-access/Articles/harnad.html > > (2) You do cite the Budapest Open Access Initiative > (BOAI) but you do > not note that the BOAI consists of *two* open-access > strategies, of > which the second (BOAI-2) is open-access journal > publication but the > first (BOAI-1) is open-access self-archiving: > http://www.soros.org/openaccess/read.shtml > > (3) This is an important omission, because in actual > numbers, open-access > self-archiving is generating far more open access > articles per year than > open-access journal-publishing, and open-access via > this road is also > able to grow much sooner and faster. In fact, in all > likelihood, the > "green" road of open-access self-archiving is itself > also the surest > way to reach the "golden" road of open-access > journal-publishing! > > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/self-archiving_files/Slide0026.gif > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/self-archiving_files/Slide0021.gif > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/self-archiving_files/Slide0024.gif > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/self-archiving_files/Slide0028.gif > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/self-archiving_files/Slide0022.gif > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/self-archiving_files/Slide0030.gif > > Complete series: > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/self-archiving.htm > or > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/self-archiving.ppt > > (4) This is why it is so important not to represent > "open-access" as > merely being synonymous with > "open-access-publishing"! > > (5) In your key reports and documents, you have > mostly BOAI-2 reports and > documents. May I suggest adding the following BOAI-1 > reports and > documents: > > (i) The BOAI-1 (self-archiving) FAQ: > http://www.eprints.org/self-faq/ > > (ii) The original self-archiving proposal > (Okerson & ODonnell 1995) > http://www.arl.org/scomm/subversive/toc.html > > (iii) The University self-archiving policy > model: > > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/archpolnew.html > > (iv) The Research-Funder open-access policy > model: > http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue35/harnad/ > > (v) The Berlin Open Access Declaration: > > http://www.zim.mpg.de/openaccess-berlin/berlindeclaration.html > > (vi) SPARC Institutional Repository Checklist & > Resource Guide > http://www.arl.org/sparc/IR/IR_Guide.html > > (6) Among "Open Access Initiatives" could I suggest > adding > > (i) The SHERPA Project > http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/ > > (ii) The DARE Project > > http://www.surf.nl/en/themas/print/index2.php?oid=7 > > (iii) The Australian initiative > > http://alia.org.au/publishing/incite/2002/10/eprints.html > > (iv) French initiatives: > http://www.tours.inra.fr/tours/doc/comsci.htm > > (v) The cross-institutional archive, OAIster > http://oaister.umdl.umich.edu/o/oaister/ > > (7) To "Open Access Literature" I suggest adding: > > Harnad, S. (2001) The self-archiving initiative > > http://www.nature.com/nature/debates/e-access/Articles/harnad.html > > Pinfield et al (2002) "Setting up an > institutional e-print archive" > > http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue31/eprint-archives/intro.html > > And to links I would add: > > Core metalist of open access eprint archives > > http://opcit.eprints.org/archive-core-metalist.html > > as well as the following resources: > > Very large harvested cache of open-access > arcticles in Computer > Science: http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/cs > > GNU Open-Source Self-Archiving Software: > http://www.eprints.org/ > > Citation-Impact-Measuring Search Engine for > Open-Access Achives: > http://citebase.eprints.org/cgi-bin/search > > Citation-Seeking Engine (looks for open-access > full-texts) > http://paracite.eprints.org/ > > American Scientist Forum (discussion of open > access since 1998) > > http://amsci-forum.amsci.org/archives/september98-forum.html > > Open Archives Initiative > http://www.openarchives.org/ > > Powerpoints for promoting open access: > > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/berlin.ppt > > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/berlin.htm > > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/openaccess.ppt > > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/openaccess.htm > > These recommendations are all intended so as to make > the SciDevNet > site's contribution to open-access complete, rather > than being, as it is > now, merely a review of the open-access > journal-publishing portion of > the overall movements and initiatives toward open > access. > > Sincerely, > > Stevan Harnad > > On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Katie Mantell wrote: > > > Dear Stevan Harnad > > > > Many thanks for your email in response to the > editorial on communicating > > science in an electronic era. > > > > We have posted it on our letters to the editor > page > > (http://www.scidev.net/EditorLetters/) and have > also taken the opportunity > > to post it on a special section of the website > that we are launching today > > on "Open Access and Scientific Publishing" under > 'Feedback and Debate'. > > > > In this section > (http://www.scidev.net/open_access) we have drawn > together > > resources on access to scientific information in > the developing world. > > > > It includes: > > Â· Up-to-date news, features and opinion articles > on the issues > > surrounding open access and scientific publishing > > Â· Descriptions of (and links to) current open > access initiatives > > Â· Access to free scientific literature > > Â· Links to key reports > > Â· Comprehensive events section with the latest > meeting proceedings and > > future events. > > Â· An opportunity for you to comment and give > your views > > > > We hope that this guide will be a useful and > important resource for all > > those interested in open access to scientific > information, and will provoke > > further critical thinking and discussion on the > key issues. > > > > I would therefore be grateful if you could pass > this message on to > > colleagues and friends who might be interested > (www.scidev.net/open_access). > > Also, do let me know if you have any comments on > the section. > > > > Best regards > > > > Katie Mantell > > > > ============================================ > > Katie Mantell > > News Editor > > > > SciDev.Net > > 11 Rathbone Place > > London > > W1T 1HR > > United Kingdom > > > > Tel: +44 (0)20 7291 3695 > > Fax: +44 (0)20 7291 3697 > > ============================================ > > SciDev.Net - found at www.scidev.net - is a > free-access website providing > > news, views and information on science, technology > and the developing world. > > > NOTE: Complete archive of the ongoing discussion of > providing open > access to the peer-reviewed research literature > online is available at > the American Scientist September Forum (98 & 99 & 00 > & 01 & 02 & 03): > > http://amsci-forum.amsci.org/archives/september98-forum.html > > http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/index.html > Posted discussion to: > september98-forum(a)amsci-forum.amsci.org > > Dual Open-Access Strategy: > BOAI-2: Publish your article in a suitable > open-access journal > whenever one exists. > BOAI-1: Otherwise, publish your article in a > suitable toll-access > journal and also self-archive it. > http://www.soros.org/openaccess/read.shtml > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/berlin.htm ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? 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