Fw: DOAJ reaches new milestones
FYI. -----Original Message----- From: An informal open list set up by UKSG - Connecting the Information Community On Behalf Of Lotte Jorgensen Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 6:26 PM Subject: DOAJ reaches new milestones March 12th 2013 DOAJ reaches new milestones: We have just completed the transition to a new environment and launched a new platform with integrated functionality for sharing, exporting and enhanced search/browse functionality: at the article level, search results can be filtered by language and publication year and by license and publication fee; at the journal level, you can filter by subject, by country, by license and by publication fees. These facets will be developed further in the months to come. (Read more about our enhancements on our home page: www.doaj.org <http://www.doaj.org>.) We are also very proud to announce that the DOAJ has reached two important milestones: 1. For the first time since launch in 2003, more than 50% of the journals are providing metadata at article level.We will continue to work with the 2000+ publishers to increase this figure. 2. More than 1 million articles are now searchable in DOAJ which means more than 1 million article-level metadata entriesare available for harvesting!We expect this figure to increase significantly in the months to come. We continue to work with key stakeholders to agree on and implement new, tighter criteria for the inclusion of journals in the DOAJ: critieria that will address issues of quality and openness, as well as other kinds of information about the journals. We are very excited about these developments and we are grateful for the continued support from the community. We always need more support so we can continue to provide a better service, so please consider contributing: http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=loadTemplate&template=supportDoaj&uiLanguage=en For more information, please contact Lars Bjørnshauge <mailto:lars@doaj.org>or Dom Mitchell <mailto:dom@doaj.org> The Directory of Open Access Journals is provided by IS4OA <http://www.is4oa.org>in cooperation with SemperTool <http://www.sempertool.dk>. On behalf of the DOAj-team, Lotte Jorgensen Managing Editor -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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Intersections of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy: Creating Strategic Collaborations for a Changing Academic Environment. URL: http://acrl.ala.org/intersections/ A white paper published by the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL), explores and articulates three intersections between scholarly communication and information literacy. The paper also provides strategies for librarians from different backgrounds to initiate collaborations within their own campus environments between information literacy and scholarly communication. ----- Dr. J. K. VIJAYAKUMAR, http://libinfospace.blogspot.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
OATD aims to be the best possible resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world. Metadata (information about the theses) comes from over 600 colleges, universities, and research institutions. OATD currently indexes over 1.5 million theses and dissertations. URL: http://oatd.org/ ----- Dr. J. K. VIJAYAKUMAR, http://libinfospace.blogspot.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
If you have not seen this before. 66 journals banned for boosting impact factor with self-citations, byexcessive self-citation or because of ‘citation stacking’ (in which journals cite each other to excessive amounts (Source: Nature blog) - http://blogs.nature.com/news/2013/06/new-record-66-journals-banned-for-boost... - Dr. J. K. VIJAYAKUMAR http://libinfospace.blogspot.com/ ________________________________ From: Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar <vjkjk@yahoo.com> To: "lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in" <lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>; "digilib_india@yahoogroups.com" <digilib_india@yahoogroups.com>; "nmlis@yahoogroups.com" <nmlis@yahoogroups.com>; "india-lis@infoserv.inist.fr" <india-lis@infoserv.inist.fr> Sent: Friday, April 5, 2013 9:10 AM Subject: Open Access Theses and Dissertations OATD aims to be the best possible resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world. Metadata (information about the theses) comes from over 600 colleges, universities, and research institutions. OATD currently indexes over 1.5 million theses and dissertations. URL: http://oatd.org/ ----- Dr. J. K. VIJAYAKUMAR, http://libinfospace.blogspot.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) USA, in cooperation with the Association of American Universities (AAU) and the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU), offered a proposed solution called the Shared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE), as a network of cross-institutional digital repositories based in research universities as the digital home for both the finished papers and the underlying data sets resulting from research produced with federal funds. The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has proposed another solution called "CHORUS", stakes its claim on publishers’ expertise and existing platforms for paper delivery, SHARE is the alternative bases the universities’ claim on their own ownership of key pieces of the existing infrastructure, such as digital institutional repositories etc. Interesting to read how Libraries are looked at in near future, as a key stakeholder of publishing, archiving and sharing their institutional outputs, and how this will threat Publisher's business.... http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2013/06/oa/arl-launches-library-led-solution-to... ----- Dr. J. K. VIJAYAKUMAR, http://libinfospace.blogspot.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
INFLIBNET Centre is recruitingcontractual positions in Library Science and Computer Science for projects like UGC Website, Shodhganga, NLIST and SOUL etc. More details http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/jobs/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
ETD 2013 - 16th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations Sep 23 – 26, 2013, Hong Kong (first time this conference to be held in Asia). ETD is the key international conference to attend in order to stay abreast of the developments and trends in electronic theses and dissertations initiatives around the world. This is an exciting opportunity to share your knowledge and experience with the larger ETD community. A limited number of scholarships are available. Details can be found at: http://lib.hku.hk/etd2013/scholarship.html. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
From: Danny Kingsley <Danny.Kingsley@anu.edu.au> Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 04:32:30 +0000 <Apologies for cross posting> Hello all, One of the bigger concerns expressed about the Australian Research Council (ARC) open access policy is that it includes all publication outputs. That means books and book chapters*. So what is happening out in monograph-land? As book sales plummet and traditional academic publishers struggle for survival, some organisations are looking at alternative models. The AOASG has just added a new webpage to the site summarising some of the new initiatives in this space. "Developments in OA monograph publishing" - http://aoasg.org.au/oa-monographs-developments/ Regards Danny * Bear in mind that the ARC policy only applies to research that is funded from the 2013 round and into the future. That research will need to be undertaken and then crafted into book form, so it is unlikely that the issue of making books open access under the policy will not hit reality for many years. Dr Danny Kingsley Executive Officer Australian Open Access Support Group e: eo@aoasg.org.au w: wwww.aoasg.org.au Dr. J. K. VIJAYAKUMAR, -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
The new report "Access to Citation Data: Cost-benefit and Risk Review and Forward Look" by JISC, UK aims to explore and suggest practical directions and actions to move toward more cost-effective creation, dissemination and exploitation of citation data in the context of current and potential future usage scenarios. The report explains different metrics, players, tools, business models and future directions. The possible interventions for the future also suggested: – Supporting moves toward a uniform citation syntax. – Encouraging widespread adoption of ORCID. – Improving data users’ understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of citation metrics. – Improving citation data extraction, collation and indexing workflows. Full text - [http://repository.jisc.ac.uk/5371/1/Access-to-Citation-data-report-final.pdf Dr. J. K. VIJAYAKUMAR, -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
The purpose of the FCIL Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians is to provide financial assistance to ensure the presence and participation of a foreign librarian at the AALL Annual Meeting (American Association of Law Libraries). Foreign attendees enrich AALL events by sharing global perspectives for the benefit of all participants. The FCIL Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians for the July 12-15, 2014 Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas provides the following support: 1. A waiver of the AALL Annual Meeting full registration fee. 2. A grant of a minimum US $2,000 to assist with accommodations and travel costs. Deadline: The Chair of the Selection Committee must receive all applications by November 30, 2013. The Selection Committee will not consider late or incomplete applications. Full details, eligibility, contacts and application procedure etc can be found at http://www.aallnet.org/sections/fcil/grants-awards/FCIL-Schaffer-Grant Dr. J. K. VIJAYAKUMAR, -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
The PAM International Membership Award will be presented by the SLA-PAM Division to a librarian from the Developing World. As a member of SLA, the winner will have the opportunity to participate more fully with colleagues in this Association. Objective The purpose of the award is to provide an opportunity for librarians from the developing world to be active members of SLA and of SLA-PAM. Components * The award will provide SLA membership, including PAM Division affiliation, for a period of two years. * The award recipient will serve as a member of PAM’s International Relations Committee (IRC) during the term of the award. * PAM will normally fund the award recipient to attend SLA’s annual conference during the first year of the award. * The award recipient will prepare a short report on the state of scientific information/libraries in his/her country, to be presented to the membership at the annual SLA conference either in person or in writing. * The award recipient will also prepare a final report reflecting on his/her experience with PAM and providing recommendations for future improvements to the award program; this report is to be sent before the end of the second year of the award to the PAM Executive Board and PAM IRC. Qualifications * The nominee must reside and work in a developing country and have basic English skills. * The nominee must be working currently in a library, information center, library school or other information-related capacity, in one of the subject areas related to science and technology. Priority will be given to applicants working in Physics-Astronomy-Mathematics areas. * The nominee will not normally have had a previous opportunity to become actively involved in SLA, such as by attending an SLA conference or other professional library association meeting in the U.S. Nominations are to be submitted by 31 October to the PAM IRC incoming chair, and the award recipient will be announced in November. Contacts and details from http://pam.sla.org/manual/awards/pamimadetails/ Dr. J. K. VIJAYAKUMAR, -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
Science's Special Issue on Communication in Science: Pressures and Predators includes free news and reviews on the lack of scrutiny at open-access journals, the rarity of published negative studies, and publishing sensitive data. AAAS is making these articles free to the publicat http://www.sciencemag.org/site/special/scicomm/index.xhtml Dr. J. K. VIJAYAKUMAR, -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
ProQuest is serving the dramatic growth in academic research in India with its first solution designed specifically for this market. ProQuest® Indian Journals enables researchers from around the world to cross-search and access premier academic journals published entirely in India along with other ProQuest content all in one step. http://www.proquest.com/en-US/aboutus/pressroom/13/20131001.shtml http://proquest.com/en-US/catalogs/databases/detail/indian.shtml Dr. J. K. VIJAYAKUMAR, -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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