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A central question for many people involved in Open Access is whether it can, or will save money. Most analyses suggest that a fully OA environment is cheaper (or at worst similar in cost) for institutions (see below for the catch … Continue reading
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Posted by in APCs, Open Access policy
Last week, along with a number of PLOS folks, I attended the 1AM Meeting (for “First (UK) Altmetrics Conference”) in London. The meeting was very interesting with a lot of technical progress being made and interest from potential users of … Continue reading
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Posted by in altmetrics, conferences
We know that those Open Access policies that work are the ones that have teeth. Both institutional and funder policies work better when tied to reporting requirements. The success of the University of Liege in filling its repository is in …
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Posted by in compliance, implementation, licensing, open access, Open Access policy, policy, RFI
Since our coalition of over 50 signatories first released our letter to the STM Association calling on them to withdraw their new model licenses there has been overwhelming support. We’ve added new signatories daily to now reach 85. The most …
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Posted by in Creative Commons, licensing, nonewlicenses, Open Access policy, stm
In our call to the STM Association to withdraw their model licenses we drew attention to the fact that Creative Commons licenses are a de facto global standard. But sometimes it is claimed that (as the STM Association did in …
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Posted by in Creative Commons, licensing, Open Access policy, scholarly communications, stm
The Wikimania meeting is the annual jamboree of the Wikimedia movement. The sessions cover museums, pop culture, politics, technology, communities and tools. Two thousand people have descended on the Barbican Centre in London to talk not just about Wikipedia (or …
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Posted by in conferences, licensing, nonewlicenses, Open Access policy, stm, wikimania2014, wikipedia
The Higher Education Funding Council for England, the body that manages the UK’s Research Excellence Framework recently announced an enquiry on the use of metrics in research assessment. HEFCE’s views on research assessment matter a great deal to …
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Posted by in alm, altmetrics, hefce, metrics, ref, research assessment, RFI
This is a guest post from Joe McArthur, one of the founders of the OA Button project and newly appointed Assistant Director of the Right to Research Coalition.
Seven months ago, after little sleep I boarded a plane to Berlin …
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The debates today on implementing Open Access pivot around two key points. The first is the perceived cost of a transition to a fully funded Open Access publishing environment. The second is the question of delaying access to copies of …
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Posted by in Open Access policy