Friday Links – December 5, 2014

Gates Foundation announces “world’s strongest policy on Open Access“. ‘from January 2015, researchers it funds must make open their resulting papers and underlying data-sets immediately upon publication — and must make that research available for commercial re-use. “We believe that published research resulting from our funding should be promptly and broadly disseminated,” the foundation states.’ Librarians […]…Continue Reading Friday Links – December 5, 2014

Open Access Journal PeerJ Publishes First Articles

From Library Journal / The Digital Shift: “Multidisciplinary Open Access journal publisher PeerJ announced the publication of its first 30 peer-reviewed articles today. Co-founders Jason Hoyt, formerly chief scientist and VP for research and development for Mendeley, and Peter Binfield, … Continue reading Continue Reading Open Access Journal PeerJ Publishes First Articles

Open Access Week Webcast: Perspectives on Open Access: Practice, Progress and Pitfalls

Monday, October 22 4:00 – 5:30pm EST A distinguished panel of speakers representing a broad range of stakeholders in the Open Access movement—researchers, students, policy makers, publishers and academics—will discuss why Open Access is an imperative to them and their … Continue reading Continue Reading Open Access Week Webcast: Perspectives on Open Access: Practice, Progress and Pitfalls

Access to e-content: permanent or not?

We have online access to a large number of journals and newspapers.  The terms governing our access vary considerably, and can change with the passage of time.  One of the most important aspects of our access is the extent to which it is dependable and permanent.  Following is an attempt to illustrate the range of […]…Continue Reading Access to e-content: permanent or not?