scholarly journals OAPEN Open Access Books Toolkit

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Rachel Emery
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Collaborative Writing ◽  
Book Publishing ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Scholarly Communications ◽  
The University ◽  
Further Development

The OAPEN Open Access Books Toolkit is a brand new free resource for researchers, created through a collaborative writing process by global and diverse members of the academic community and scholarly communications organisations.  The toolkit aims to help authors better understand open access (OA) for books, to increase trust in OA book publishing, to provide reliable and easy-to-find answers to questions from authors, and to provide guidance in the process of publishing an OA book. The toolkit was developed in a series of workshops for authors, hosted by the university libraries at Oxford, Glasgow and Utrecht, in collaboration with Springer Nature and OAPEN. The idea for this toolkit came about in a Researcher to Reader workshop where discussions concluded that a trusted single resource was needed to tackle the lack of awareness and understanding amongst authors about OA book publishing, and common misconceptions about licensing and quality which form important barriers in the transition to OA books. This poster describes the content and layout of the toolkit, and the journey in developing it. We want the academic community to get involved by spreading the word about this toolkit and providing feedback for further development.  The OAPEN Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation that works with publishers to build a quality-controlled collection of open access books through the OAPEN Library and the Directory of Open Access Books, and provides services for publishers, libraries and research funders in the areas of deposit, quality assurance, dissemination, and digital preservation.

scholarly journals A Not-for-Profit Publisher's Perspective on Open Access

2004 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 281-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Frank ◽  
Margaret Reich ◽  
Alice Ra'anan
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit

National Coalition Against Censorship

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 20-23
Author(s):  
Melissa Chomintra
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
First Amendment ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Open Access Resources ◽  
Freedom Of Thought ◽  
National Coalition

The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC), a not-for-profit organization, provides robust open access resources to students, teachers, parents, librarians, artists, curators, and others who are faced with first amendment issues. The content is comprehensive and can be easily implemented and utilized in a multitude of settings. While there are myriad organizations dedicated to freedom of thought and expression the NCAC focuses on providing actionable resources that set them apart from their peers. This review focuses on the curated content and educational resources.

Culture of law at Arab universities

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 392-407
Author(s):  
Adnan El Amine
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
College Of Law ◽  
The Status ◽  
Discourse Teaching ◽  
The University ◽  
Require Data

The prevalence of a culture of law at a sample of 36 Arab universities is studied in this study. It examines four dimensions of the culture of law: reference to law and its related terms in the universities discourse; teaching of law programmes and law courses; activities practised at the university that raise legal topics; and perceptions of faculty and students on the existence of a culture of law at the university. The results showed that the culture of law is fair to weak. There was not a single university in the sample that was classified as ‘above average’ in terms of the four dimensions. Five universities – all private – were classified as ‘below average’, one of which was religious and the others for-profit. Both expressions ‘rule of law’ and ‘culture of law’ were absent from the discourse. Unlike the discourse, there was not a single university lacking in the law curricula, be it programmes or courses. The existence of a college of law at a university contributes to the expansion of the culture of law at the university. The culture of law is further expanded as well at private not-for-profit universities in comparison with for-profit ones. Public universities in Tunisia lag behind other Arab universities in discourse due to their lack of interest in developing websites, whereas they are ahead in curricula and perceptions. Paradoxically, almost nothing has been written about the issue of culture of law (and the rule of law) in Arab universities. Although there is an abundance of writing on academic freedom, it does not fill the gap. It is not the remit of this paper to investigate the rule of law at Arab universities; that would require data collection on facts, practices and stories, although such a project is badly needed. Instead, it investigates the culture of law, since the author believes it is a reliable indicator of the status of the rule of law.

Knowledge Unlatched: An Argument for Academic Scholarship in Law to be Open and How it Might be Achieved

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 185-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frances Pinter ◽  
Nicholas Bown
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Academic Publishing ◽  
Efficient Market ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Academic Scholarship ◽  
Library Consortium ◽  
Open Content ◽  
Access Model

AbstractThe market in academic monographs is problematic, and sales have been in decline for decades. Concurrently, Open Access models of publishing are being developed and open content licenses designating a ‘some rights reserved’ status for content have been employed to provide a legal framework to reflect the changing ways content is used online. In the context of these innovations, Frances Pinter and Nicholas Bown describe Knowledge Unlatched, a not-for-profit library consortium project which seeks to combine a financially viable Open Access model with the use of open content licences to create a more efficient market in scholarly books to the benefit of all stakeholders in the academic publishing ecosystem.

The cost profiles of alternative approaches to journal publishing

First Monday ◽  
1969 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Journal Publishing ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Alternative Approaches ◽  
The Cost

The digital era is having substantial impacts on journal publishing. In order to assist in analysing these impacts, a model is developed of the costs incurred in operating a refereed journal. Published information and estimates are used to apply the model to a computation of the total costs and per-article costs of various forms of journal-publishing. Particular attention is paid to the differences between print and electronic forms of journals, to the various forms of open access, and to the differences between not-for-profit and for-profit publishing undertakings. Insight is provided into why for-profit publishing is considerably more expensive than equivalent activities undertaken by unincorporated mutuals and not-for-profit associations. Conclusions are drawn concerning the current debates among conventional approaches and the various open alternatives.

scholarly journals Opening Doors for All: Collaborations at Syracuse University Libraries in Support of Open Access & Accessibility

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Page ◽  
Kate Deibel
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
New England ◽  
Research University ◽  
Annual Conference ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Multiple Stakeholders ◽  
Outreach Services ◽  
Scholarly Communications ◽  
Syracuse University ◽  
Large Research

This poster describes purposeful, interdepartmental collaborations between librarians at Syracuse University, a large research university with Carnegie status with multiple stakeholders, and the various methods used to strategically create more supportive infrastructures and outreach services around open access, scholarly communications, and accessibility. The authors would like to that ACRL NE Chapter. This poster was presented at ACRL New England Annual Conference, 2019. https://acrlnec.org/chapter-events/detail/41

scholarly journals Industry careers for molecular bioscientists: an interview with Jennifer Mitchell

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Laboratory Research ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
European Laboratory ◽  
Student Volunteer ◽  
The University ◽  
Industry Careers

Jennifer Mitchell is a scientist at Redx Pharma and Board Member of the European Laboratory Research and Innovation Group (ELRIG). She completed her integrated undergraduate and master’s degree in biological sciences at the University of Liverpool and took on a graduate industrial role as an associate scientist at a biotech company. After 2 years in this role, she went back into academia to complete a PhD before moving back to industry. Jennifer began her involvement with ELRIG, a not-for-profit organization serving the life science and drug discovery communities, as a student volunteer in 2017 and she has been part of the ELRIG General Committee since 2018. She is also part of the ELRIG early career professional (ECP) workgroup, which aims to engage the ECP scientific community through career development workshops and outreach events. In December 2020, the Biochemical Society hosted a session on industry careers in the molecular biosciences as part of its Biochemistry Focuswebinar series dedicated to early career researchers. The Biochemist spoke to Jennifer, panellist on the day, to find out more about her experience working in industry and her broader contributions to the community.

scholarly journals Introducing Preprints: A Multidisciplinary Open Access Preprint Platform

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Preprints Editorial Office
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Access Service ◽  
Open Access Service

Preprints is a multidisciplinary preprint platform that makes scientific manuscripts from all fields of research immediately available at www.preprints.org. Preprints is a free (not-for-profit) open access service supported by MDPI in Basel, Switzerland.

scholarly journals Editorial

2020 ◽  
pp. 1
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Experimental Psychology ◽  
Open Access Journal ◽  
Reproducible Research ◽  
Career Stage ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Scientific Rigour ◽  
Not For Profit

The Open Journal of Experimental Psychology and Neuroscience is a not-for-profit, fully open-access journal for reproducible research reports, theory papers, comments, early reports, and requests for collaborators. Its goals are to promote scientific rigour, support professional development, and minimise publication costs. We aim to support the publication of the best possible version of your science, regardless of your location, status, or career stage.

scholarly journals Numbers that tell a story: Measuring the impact of open access books

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Emery ◽  
Mithu Lucraft ◽  
Agata Morka ◽  
Matteo Prandi ◽  
Ros Pyne
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Book Publishing ◽  
Research Impact ◽  
White Paper ◽  
Career Progression ◽  
Book Publisher ◽  
Central Theme ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Scholarly Communications ◽  
The Impact

Open access book publishing is gaining momentum, with more than 10,000 titles published worldwide. But compared to the overall number of academic books that are produced, this is still a small percentage. With much research on the benefits to society from open access publication, what can we do to encourage more book authors to choose open access?Springer Nature is a leading academic book publisher – to date, we have published more than 550 open access books since launching OA book options in 2012. Feedback from our OA book authors has shown that metrics are important to them, as the data helps demonstrate the impact of their research to funders, and also supports conversations with their institutions for career progression. However, as highlighted in our white paper ‘The OA effect: How does open access affect the usage of scholarly books?’, some authors feel that there is a lack of information around metrics and book performance. This information may be critically important in helping authors consider the benefits of choosing to publish their book open access.Authors also state that one of the main obstacles to publishing more OA books through the gold route is funding; access to which varies globally and by discipline – a central theme that emerged at our researcher event during Academic Book Week 2018.Meanwhile, funders interviewed for ‘The OA Effect’ told us that they were keen to understand the impact of the OA books they had supported, but few had actually done so; many commented on the difficulties of measuring the impact of research.  In light of these findings, in 2018 we piloted a new “impact report”, based on metrics for an individual funder of OA books. The outcomes of this pilot impact report project will help the scholarly communications community to better understand how publishers can inform funders, authors and their institutions about the impact of their research, and on a wider scale. What are the challenges of sharing the benefits of OA book publishing with researchers across different disciplines, and how can we overcome these challenges?Our poster shows excerpts from the pilot impact report, quotes from authors and funders about research impact, and considers next steps.

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