scholarly journals Developing a model for e-prints and open access journal content in UK further and higher education

2005 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alma Swan ◽  
Paul Needham ◽  
Steve Probets ◽  
Adrienne Muir ◽  
Charles Oppenheim ◽  
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Publications ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Gadd ◽  
Morrison ◽  
Secker

This article seeks to understand how far the United Kingdom higher education (UK HE) sector has progressed towards open access (OA) availability of the scholarly literature it requires to support courses of study. It uses Google Scholar, Unpaywall and Open Access Button to identify OA copies of a random sample of articles copied under the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) HE Licence to support teaching. The quantitative data analysis is combined with interviews of, and a workshop with, HE practitioners to investigate four research questions. Firstly, what is the nature of the content being used to support courses of study? Secondly, do UK HE establishments regularly incorporate searches for open access availability into their acquisition processes to support teaching? Thirdly, what proportion of content used under the CLA Licence is also available on open access and appropriately licenced? Finally, what percentage of content used by UK HEIs under the CLA Licence is written by academics and thus has the potential for being made open access had there been support in place to enable this? Key findings include the fact that no interviewees incorporated OA searches into their acquisitions processes. Overall, 38% of articles required to support teaching were available as OA in some form but only 7% had a findable re-use licence; just 3% had licences that specifically permitted inclusion in an ‘electronic course-pack’. Eighty-nine percent of journal content was written by academics (34% by UK-based academics). Of these, 58% were written since 2000 and thus could arguably have been made available openly had academics been supported to do so.


2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-4
Author(s):  
Geraldine E. Lefoe ◽  

Welcome to the first issue of Volume 10 of Journal of University Teaching and Learning (JUTLP) in 2013. This year also marks the tenth year of the journal and we have seen it grow incredibly in that time. As an open access journal we struggled initially for acceptance. However last year there were 32000 downloads from the site, an indication of improved access as well as more interest in improving teaching practice. This increased recognition for research related to higher education teaching practice is also reflected in opportunities for grants. In Australia this year the federal government has recently announced that Office of Learning and Teaching (OLT) grants and fellowships are included in the Competitive Grants Register for the first time providing further avenues for our scholars to support their research.


2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Ryberg

Kære kollegerHermed en kort notits om, at der netop er blevet lanceret en ny international open access journal, som har stærke rødder i dansk uddannelsestradition og forskning og dermed også skulle have bred interesse for flere danske forsknings- og uddannelsesmiljøer. Tidsskriftet hedder ’Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education’ og er således specielt dedikeret til forskningsartikler, der vedrører de lange og mellemlange videregående uddannelser. Tidsskriftets fokus er Problem Based Learning, eller det, der i en dansk kontekst, kendes bedre som problemorienteret projektarbejde/projektpædagogik. Begrebet Problem Based Learning/Problembaseret Læring kan dog også forstås bredere som en mere studenter-centreret pædagogik, hvor der i forbindelse med kurser tages udgangspunkt i og arbejdes med problemer som udgangspunkt for læring; hvor der arbejdes med cases, eller hvor de studerende aktiveres gennem f.eks. projektforløb. De mere specifikke fokus- og interesseområder kan man dog læse mere om i den vedhæftede flyer, som alle er velkomne til at cirkulere til evt. interesserede kolleger. Særlig interessant for læsere og forfattere i LOM er naturligvis, at redaktionen er interesserede i artikler, der involverer brugen af IKT og medier i forbindelse med Problembaseret Læring og problemorienteret projektarbejde. Vi forestiller os, at artikler udgivet i LOM, der omhandler dette, med fordel kunne viderebearbejdes til et internationalt publikum. Man kan læse mere, om tidskriftet, fokus og guidelines på adressen:http://ojs.statsbiblioteket.dk/index.php/pblVi håber at mange af LOMs læsere og forfatter også vil være interesseret i dette nye tidsskrift, og hvis nogle skulle have spørgsmål eller kommentarer er de velkomne til at kontakte: Thomas Ryberg ([email protected])


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Elizabeth Pidgeon ◽  
Ashley Pullman ◽  
Walter Archer ◽  
Amélie Groleau

The Canadian Journal of Higher Education (CJHE) has been the sole journal for higher education scholarship in Canada for over 40 years, and is the primary source of commentary on trends and relevant research in the Canadian postsecondary context. Since its inauguration in 1971, the CJHE has promoted both English- and French- language higher education research, and the shi from a print to open access journal in 2009 further promoted the accessibility of this scholarship. Along with documenting the success and growth of the CJHE, this article highlights ongoing production challenges and the need to support greater diversity in regard to language, themes, and authorship. It concludes by presenting a vision plan for the future – an articulation of hopes for the field of higher education in Canada. RésuméLa Revue canadienne d’enseignement supérieur (RCES) est l’unique revue savante dans le domaine de l’enseignement supérieur canadien depuis plus de 40 ans en plus d’être la principale source analyse de tendances et de recherches pertinentes dans le contexte postsecondaire canadien. Depuis son inauguration en 1971, la Revue s’est employée à promouvoir la recherche sur l’éducation supérieure en langue anglaise et française, et le passage en 2009 d’une publication papier à une publication en libre accès a contribué encore davantage à l’accessibilité de ce domaine de connaissances. En plus de documenter le succès et l’essor de la Revue canadienne d’enseignement supérieur, nous soulignons les défis de production actuels ainsi que la nécessité de soutenir une plus grande diversité en ce qui a trait à la langue de publication, aux thèmes des articles et aux auteurs potentiels. Nous concluons en présentant la notre plan d’avenir qui articule nos espoirs concernant le champ de l’enseignement supérieur au Canada.  


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