Open-Access-Vertrag mit Public Library of Science : MPG und PLoS einigen sich über zentrale Finanzierung von Publikationsgebühren

2008 ◽  
Vol 55 (6) ◽  
pp. 350-350
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Public Library

scholarly journals ‘No comment’? A study of commenting on PLOS articles

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-100
Author(s):  
Simon Wakeling ◽  
Peter Willett ◽  
Claire Creaser ◽  
Jenny Fry ◽  
Stephen Pinfield ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Community Perceptions ◽  
Substantial Variation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Broad Scope ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Academic Discussion

Article–commenting functionality allows users to add publicly visible comments to an article on a publisher’s website. As well as facilitating forms of post-publication peer review, for publishers of open-access mega-journals (large, broad scope, open-access journals that seek to publish all technically or scientifically sound research) comments are also thought to serve as a means for the community to discuss and communicate the significance and novelty of the research, factors which are not assessed during peer review. In this article we present the results of an analysis of commenting on articles published by the Public Library of Science (PLOS), publisher of the first and best-known mega-journal PLOS ONE, between 2003 and 2016. We find that while overall commenting rates are low, and have declined since 2010, there is substantial variation across different PLOS titles. Using a typology of comments developed for this research, we also find that only around half of comments engage in an academic discussion of the article and that these discussions are most likely to focus on the paper’s technical soundness. Our results suggest that publishers are yet to encourage significant numbers of readers to leave comments, with implications for the effectiveness of commenting as a means of collecting and communicating community perceptions of an article’s importance.

Finding access and digital preservation solutions for a digitized oral history project

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 88-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krystyna K. Matusiak ◽  
Allison Tyler ◽  
Catherine Newton ◽  
Padma Polepeddi
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Oral History ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Digital Preservation ◽  
Content Management ◽  
Jefferson County ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Preservation Solutions

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine affordable access and digital preservation solutions for digital collections developed by under-resourced small- and mid-sized cultural heritage organizations. Design/methodology/approach The paper presents a case study of Jeffco Stories, a collection of digitized oral histories created by the Jefferson County Public Library in Colorado. Findings This paper describes how the Jefferson County Public Library undertook a migration project of its oral history digital collection into an open-access platform, Omeka, and selected DuraCloud as a hosted digital preservation service. Research limitations/implications As a case study, this paper is limited to one institution’s experience with selecting access and digital preservation solutions. Practical/implications This paper is relevant to librarians and archivists who are exploring access and preservation solutions for digital collections and to those who are considering migrating to open-access content management systems and cloud-based digital preservation solutions. Originality/value This paper presents a case of a public library and the challenges in finding affordable access and digital preservation solutions for small digital collections.

scholarly journals Scientific Publications – Free For All?

2004 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 217-217
Author(s):  
DAVID WALTON
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
Antarctic Treaty ◽  
The Antarctic ◽  
New Religion

One of the most important elements of the Antarctic Treaty is the requirement to provide open and free access to all information collected south of 60° S. For this reason the current focus on making all published science free for everyone strikes a sympathetic cord. Led by various institutions promoting web posting of published material and the Public Library of Science enthusiasts proposing open access through the author-pays model there is a ferment of activity at present around the world to convert scientists and librarians to this new religion.

Open sesame: Analysing Public Library of Science as a site of production and distribution for open access scientific information and knowledge

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 226-238
Author(s):  
Scott S.D. Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Public Good ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Biological Information ◽  
Social Production ◽  
The Public ◽  
Production And Distribution ◽  
A Site

This article explores the Public Library of Science as a site that produces and disseminates open access scientific information and knowledge for the public good. Through this case study, issues of property ownership, the nature and political economy of biological information, scientific expertise and accessibility of information and scientific knowledge as a public good are considered. Drawing on a cultural industries perspective, I examine the various intermediaries and institutional arrangements that continue to impact and shape the production and dissemination of this open access knowledge. I suggest that Public Library of Science embodies a new mode for the social production of scholarly knowledge and its dissemination, with important implications for how scientific knowledge and expertise are created, certified and circulated.

scholarly journals ChiroVox: a public library of bat calls

PeerJ ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. e12445
Author(s):  
Tamás Görföl ◽  
Joe Chun-Chia Huang ◽  
Gábor Csorba ◽  
Dorottya Győrössy ◽  
Péter Estók ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Ecological Studies ◽  
Biodiversity Data ◽  
Unique Identifier ◽  
Sound Recordings ◽  
Social Calls ◽  
Identification Of Species ◽  
Acoustic Analyses ◽  
Effective Use

Recordings of bat echolocation and social calls are used for many research purposes from ecological studies to taxonomy. Effective use of these relies on identification of species from the recordings, but comparative recordings or detailed call descriptions to support identification are often lacking for areas with high biodiversity. The ChiroVox website (www.chirovox.org) was created to facilitate the sharing of bat sound recordings together with their metadata, including biodiversity data and recording circumstances. To date, more than 30 researchers have contributed over 3,900 recordings of nearly 200 species, making ChiroVox the largest open-access bat call library currently available. Each recording has a unique identifier that can be cited in publications; hence the acoustic analyses are repeatable. Most of the recordings available through the website are from bats whose species identities are confirmed, so they can be used to determine species in recordings where the bats were not captured or could not be identified. We hope that with the help of the bat researcher community, the website will grow rapidly and will serve as a solid source for bat acoustic research and monitoring.

Access to Environmental Information: the Experience of the Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology

2013 ◽  
pp. 116-120
Author(s):  
Inessa Y. Kondrasheva ◽  
Elena F. Bychkova
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Environmental Information ◽  
Remote Access ◽  
The Other ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Ecological Information ◽  
Characteristic Features

There are identified and described the characteristic features of the access to the scientific publications on ecology at the Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology. There is provided information on the bibliographic and full-text thematic resources of the open access, both: generated at the library, as well as remote access resources. There are described the prospects of further work on creation of ecological information content in an electronic environment. There are indicated the main directions of cooperation with the other libraries in the area of environmental information.

Open E-Resources in Libraries

2015 ◽  
pp. 133-160
Author(s):  
Vesna Injac-Malbaša
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
General Public ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Digital Heritage ◽  
Online Journals ◽  
The World ◽  
Google Books ◽  
Open Archives

In general, electronic resources include articles, online journals, e-books, e-theses, databases, Websites, portals, gateways, blogs, etc. The author distinguishes Open Access (OA) resources mainly intended for researchers and open digital heritage mainly intended for the general public. The author's objective is to present the background of OA resources, different OA initiatives and software, first institutional repositories, open archives browsers and harvesters, open access registries, activities in Europe and UNESCO, and personalities who are the most important advocates of OA. Concerning the open digital heritage, the author's objective is to present the most important international and national projects like the European Library, Europeana, the World Digital Library, Gutenberg Project, Google Books Project, Hathitrust Digital Library, Digital Public Library of America, International Children's Digital Library, the Library of Congress Digital Library, Gallica of the French National Library, National Digital Library of China, etc. The author's opinion is that libraries have to accept all challenges of the open e-resources for researchers and open digital heritage and that the future of open access for all users is not impossible. The world's knowledge should be accessible as a public good to every citizen of the planet.

scholarly journals Embedded Metadata Patterns Across Web Sharing Environments

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 223-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Santi Thompson ◽  
Michele Reilly
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Public Library ◽  
User Profiles ◽  
Digital Object ◽  
Research Project ◽  
New York Public Library ◽  
Social Media Platforms

This research project tried to determine how or if embedded metadata followed the digital object as it was shared on social media platforms by using EXIFTool, a variety of social media platforms and user profiles, the embedded metadata extracted from selected New York Public Library (NYPL) and Europeana images, PDFs from open access science journals, and captured mobile phone images. The goal of the project was to clarify which embedded metadata fields, if any, migrated with the object as it was shared across social media.

scholarly journals Influence of open access journals on the research community in Journal Citation Reports

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-38
Author(s):  
Sang-Jun Kim ◽  
Kay Sook Park
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Journal Citation Reports ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Continue Monitoring ◽  
The Web ◽  
Journal Citation

Purpose: The number of open access (OA) journals is rapidly increasing, and it is very important for librarians to understand the influence of OA journals on the research community. This study investigated the influence of the OA journals listed in Journal Citation Reports (JCR) based on various indicators.Methods: The data for this study were prepared by combining the JCR 2014 to 2019 journal list with the number of hybrid OA articles obtained by searching the Web of Science. Each journal’s JCR indicators and article processing charge were added. The influence of OA journals was compared according to OA type, whether they were published by large publishers, and whether they were top gold OA journals.Results: Gold OA journals remained weaker in terms of JCR indicators than hybrid journals. However, the top 20 gold OA journals, accounting for 27.0% of all OA articles in JCR 2014 to 2019, were superior in all JCR indicators. The top three OA publishers (MDPI, BioMed Central, and Public Library of Science) showed potential for development despite concerns regarding poor journals. The top three subscription publishers were very active in OA publishing, but their actual share of hybrid OA articles (Elsevier, 5.1%; Springer, 10.1%; and Wiley, 12.4% in JCR 2019) was still insufficient.Conclusion: Some gold OA journals showed high competitiveness and even the possibility for development beyond traditional journals. The transition of subscription journals to hybrid journals was found to be at the early stage. In light of these findings, librarians should continue monitoring the influence of OA journals.

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