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Open Knowledge Foundation Blog » Thanks for all the fish (data)!
EUTransparency, who created FarmSubsidy and organised the European Open Data Summit have launched a new site with data on payments made under the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy. From the press release: Today sees the launch of fishsubsidy.org, a new transparency website from the farmsubsidy.org stable. It presents data on 97,260 payments totalling 8.5 billion euro from 1994 to 2006 under … [Leer entrada original]
Open Access News » Presentations from European OA meeting
The presentations from Open Access - What are the Economic Benefits? (Brussels, June 22, 2009) are now online: Johannes Fournier, How funders can take action Peteris Zilgalvis, Towards an open access policy in European Research Kostas Glinos, Open Access: toward a European e-Infrastructure [Leer entrada original]
Open Access News » Comparative study says benefits of OA outweigh costs
Knowledge Exchange, Benefits of Open Access clearly outweigh costs in three European Countries, press release, July 1, 2009. For Denmark, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands free access to scholarly materials could offer significant benefits not only to research and higher education but also to society as a whole. This has been calculated by Australian economist Professor John Houghton in … [Leer entrada original]
Creative Commons » Commons News » ccLearn at the Whipple Hill User Conference 09
ccLearn presented on CC and Open Educational Resources at the WhippleHill User Conference yesterday in Boston. WhippleHill Communications is a company that started off more or less building websites for schools. As the Internet evolved, so did WhippleHill’s business model into a service one meeting schools’ online communication needs. WhippleHill targets independent high schools and is a for-profit. However, like … [Leer entrada original]
Open Access News » July SOAN
I just mailed the July issue of the SPARC Open Access Newsletter. This issue takes a close look at OA and the variety of digitization projects. How far can we defend the principle that the results of publicly-funded digitization projects should be OA? What if the public funds are supplemented by private funds? What if the works to be digitized … [Leer entrada original]
Open Knowledge Foundation Blog » Open Knowledge Foundation Newsletter No. 11
Open Knowledge Foundation Newsletter No. 11 has just been sent out: Open Knowledge Foundation Newsletter No. 11 Welcome to the eleventh Open Knowledge Foundation newsletter! Contents: The OKF turns five and we need your support! Open Database License (ODbL) goes 1.0 European Open Data Inventory + Summit Launch of the Open Data Grid New developments on Public Domain Works Other … [Leer entrada original]
Open Access News » WorldWideScience adds new discovery, sharing features
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information, Find and share global research with new tools at WorldWideScience.org, press release, June 26, 2009. You can now quickly hone your research results list to the documents you need and then share them via social networking sites using the new features at WorldWideScience.org. This free online science gateway to global … [Leer entrada original]
RSS Feed aggregator about Open Access » Feedback sought on citation sharing service
A Citation Services draft project proposal, drafted at a recent workshop in Amsterdam, is now soliciting feedback. For background, see posts by the JISC Information Environment Team and Alma Swan. [Leer entrada original]
RSS Feed aggregator about Open Access » Victoria committee recommends encouraging, not requiring, OA
The Economic Development and Infrastructure Committee of the Parliament of Victoria, Australia on June 24 released the final report of its Inquiry into Improving Access to Victorian Public Sector Information and Data. (Thanks to Dave Bath.) See especially Recommendation 8: That the Victorian Government encourage as part of its funding agreements with research agencies and higher education institutions that research … [Leer entrada original]
RSS Feed aggregator about Open Access » BMC adds ‘Post to Twitter’ button
Matthew Cockerill, BioMed Central and Twitter, BioMed Central Blog, June 24, 2009. Recently we have noticed more and more researchers using Twitter as an informal channel to share thoughts on the latest open access research published in our journals. We're always keen to facilitate such discussions, and with that in mind we have recently added 'Post to Twitter' as a … [Leer entrada original]
RSS Feed aggregator about Open Access » Forthcoming libre OA journal on stem cells
Stem Cell Research & Therapy is a forthcoming peer-reviewed OA journal published by BioMed Central. See the June 26 announcement. Authors retain copyright and articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution License. The article-processing charge is $1690, subject to discounts or waiver. [Leer entrada original]
RSS Feed aggregator about Open Access » Most BMC journal impact factors increase
Matthew Cockerill, New and improved impact factors for BioMed Central journals in the 2008 JCR, BioMed Central Blog, June 24, 2009. The latest edition of Thomson Reuter's Journal Citation Reports has just been released, with official Impact Factors for a total of 58 BioMed Central journals [Note: 59 to my count]. Impact factors are by no means a perfect quality … [Leer entrada original]
RSS Feed aggregator about Open Access » Forthcoming libre OA journal on water
Water is a forthcoming peer-reviewed OA journal on "the ecology and management of water resources" published by Molecular Diversity Preservation International. Authors retain copyright and articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution license. There are no article-processing charges in 2009; I can't tell if there will be later. [Leer entrada original]
RSS Feed aggregator about Open Access » OCLC scraps WorldCat data policy, will write new one
OCLC, Review Board on Principles of Shared Data Creation and Stewardship releases final report, press release, June 26, 2009. The Review Board on Principles of Shared Data Creation and Stewardship, convened jointly by the OCLC Board of Trustees and Members Council to represent the membership and inform OCLC on matters concerning shared data, has issued its final report recommending that … [Leer entrada original]
RSS Feed aggregator about Open Access » WorldWideScience adds new discovery, sharing features
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information, Find and share global research with new tools at WorldWideScience.org, press release, June 26, 2009. You can now quickly hone your research results list to the documents you need and then share them via social networking sites using the new features at WorldWideScience.org. This free online science gateway to global … [Leer entrada original]
RSS Feed aggregator about Open Access » Milestone for IR at U. Liège
Myriam Bastin, 12,000 references in ORBi, the institutional repository of the University of Liège, announcement, June 26, 2009. Just six months after its official launch (November 2008), ORBi, the institutional repository of the University of Liège (ULg), has reached 12,000 deposits and gives access to the full texts of almost 9,000 publications! These impressive figures are the results of a … [Leer entrada original]
RSS Feed aggregator about Open Access » Pharmacy Education journal converts to OA
International Pharmaceutical Federation, FIP Re-Launches Pharmacy Education, An International Journal for Pharmaceutical Education, announcement, June 30, 2009. The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) is pleased to announce the online re-release of Pharmacy Education, an International Journal for Pharmaceutical Education. Previously published in hard copy circulation by Informa Publishing, Pharmacy Education is now an official FIP Electronic Publication, available online free of … [Leer entrada original]
Open Access News » Feedback sought on citation sharing service
A Citation Services draft project proposal, drafted at a recent workshop in Amsterdam, is now soliciting feedback. For background, see posts by the JISC Information Environment Team and Alma Swan. [Leer entrada original]
Open Education News » New Zealand Collaboration With WikiEducator
Patricia Schlicht, from WikiEducator, is announcing that the New Zealand Ministry of Education is collaborating with WikiEducator on a national OER project. Details of the plan are available at WikiEducator. From the wiki page: The strategy aims to start planning the co-design of a national OER initiative in collaboration with the sector, ultimately shifting to a project owned and driven … [Leer entrada original]
Open Education News » Text of Federal Public Access Bill Available
David Wiley is announcing that the full text of the Federal Research Public Access Act of 2009 is now available. Wiley notes that there is an exemption clause for “works that generate revenue or royalties for authors.” From the blog post: If enacted, this would give the public (us!) free public access to the results of the research we’ve paid … [Leer entrada original]