Research data are among the fastest growing openly accessible scientific outputs on the web. Unfortunately, the discoverability of this data is seriously lacking, leaving up to 85% of datasets unused. This is why Open Knowledge Maps has started a new &…
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Opening Up Open Access Institutional Repositories to Demonstrate Value: Two Universities’ Pilots on Including Metadata-Only Records. #openaccess #repositories
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Bjork, K., Cummings-Sauls, R. and Otto, R., 2019. Opening Up Open Access Institutional Repositories to Demonstrate Value: Two Universities’ Pilots on Including Metadata-Only Records. Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication, 7(1). http://do…
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When a Repository Is Not Enough: Redesigning a Digital Ecosystem to Serve Scholarly Communication. #openaccess #repositories #DAMS #DAME
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Sewell, R.R., Potvin, S., Melgoza, P., Creel, J.S., Huff, J.T., Bailey, G.T., Bondurant, J., Buckner, S., duPlessis, A.R., Furubotten, L., Mosbo Ballestro, J.A., Muise, I.W. and Wright, B.J., 2019. When a Repository Is Not Enough: Redesigning a Digital…
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lobid-gnd – Eine Schnittselle zur Gemeinsamen Normdatei für Mensch und Maschine. #GND #API #LinkedOpenData #OpenRefine
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Fabian Steeg, Adrian Pohl & Pascal Christoph (2019). lobid-gnd – Eine Schnittselle zur Gemeinsamen Normdatei für Mensch und Maschine. Informationspraxis 5(1), 52673. https://doi.org/10.11588/ip.2019.1.52673 Mit lobid-gnd bietet das Hochschulbibliot…
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Democratizing Academic Journals: Technology, Services, and Open Access #openaccess #DiamondOA
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Scholastica’s white paper, “Democratizing Academic Journals: Technology, Services, and Open Access“ argues democratization of journal publishing is the key to lowering journal costs and facilitating Open Access (OA). Members of the academic community, …
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Spring School “Linked Data and the Semantic Web for Humanities research – LiSeH 2019” (Graz, 23-27 April 2019) @DH_Graz @ACDH_OeAW #DigitalHumanities #LinkedData
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The spring school is co-organized by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities at the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Centre for Information Modelling – Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities at the University of Graz. It is part of the … W…
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Call for Papers: IFLA Preconference on „Library Services for Open Science“ (Klosterneuburg, August 21, 2019) #OpenScience #libraries @IFLASTL
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The Science & Technology Section of IFLA invites proposals for papers to be presented at the IFLA Preconference in Klosterneuburg (near Vienna), Austria on August 21, 2019. The preconference is co-sponsored by the IFLA Evidence for Global and Disas…
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Grundlagen für die Entwicklung einer Open Scholarship-Strategie #openaccess #openscholarship #openscience
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Tobias Steiner (2019). Grundlagen für die Entwicklung einer Open Scholarship-Strategie. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/hu9sj Dies ist die deutsche Übersetzung und vorsichtige redaktionelle Adaption des englischen Originaltextes „Foundations for …
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Workshop „*Metrics in Transition“ (Göttingen, 27./28. März 2019)
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*Metrics in Transition – Einladung zum *metrics Abschlussworkshop am 27./28. März 2019 Das *metrics Projekt lädt alle Interessierten, die *metrics für ihre Arbeit nutzen (wollen) zu seinem kostenlosen Abschlussworkshop in die Niedersächsische Sta…
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Academic Publishing and its Digital Binds: Beyond the Paywall towards Ethical Executions of Code. #openaccess
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Teresa Swist, Liam Magee (2017). Academic Publishing and its Digital Binds: Beyond the Paywall towards Ethical Executions of Code. Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research 9(3), 240-259. https://doi.org/10.3384/cu.2000.1525.1793240 In this…
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Library publisher resources: Making publishing approachable, sustainable, and values-driven. #openaccess
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Hoops, J., & Hare, S. (2019). Library publisher resources: Making publishing approachable, sustainable, and values-driven. College & Research Libraries News, 80(2), 74. https://doi.org/10.5860/crln.80.2.74 The Library Publishing Coalition (LPC)…
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Smash the Paywalls: Workflows und Werkzeuge für den grünen Weg des Open Access. #openaccess #GreenOA
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Alessandro Blasetti, Sandra Golda, Dominic Göhring, Steffi Grimm, Nadin Kroll, Denise Sievers, Michaela Voigt (2019). Smash the Paywalls: Workflows und Werkzeuge für den grünen Weg des Open Access. Informationspraxis 5(1). https://doi.org/10.11588/ip.2…
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Foundations for Open Scholarship Strategy Development #openaccess #openscience #openscholarship #scholcomm
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Jonathan Tennant et al. (2019): Foundations for Open Scholarship Strategy Development, Version 2.1. http://assert.pub/papers/b4v8p Please note that a version of this strategy is also available in Spanish, Indonesian and German as well as in a range of …
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Tagung „Digitale Bibliothek 2019: Digitale Horizonte“ (Graz, 28. Februar– 1. März 2019) #openaccess #openscience #datacuration @DH_Graz
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Am Horizont zeigen sich stetig neue digitale Technologien und Methoden. Welche Bedeutung werden künstliche Intelligenz, 3D-Modellierung, 3D-Druck, Augmented Reality oder Crowdsourcing in Zukunft für Kultur- und Wissenseinrichtungen haben? Jede neue Tec…
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Leveraging Concepts in Open Access Publications #openaccess #scholcomm
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Andrea Bertino, Luca Foppiano, Laurent Romary, Pierre Mounier (2019): Leveraging Concepts in Open Access Publications. https://hal.inria.fr/hal-01981922 This paper addresses the integration of a Named Entity Recognition and Disambiguation (NERD) servic…
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FWF Open-Science-Workshop (Wien, 27. März 2019) #openscience @FWF_at @FWFOpenAccess
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Die Vermittlung von wissenschaftlichen Forschungsergebnissen vor allem in Form von Publikationen innerhalb der Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft, aber auch darüber hinaus ist ein zentraler Bestandteil wissenschaftlicher Tätigkeit. Sie ist entscheidend sowohl f…
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From Coalition to Commons: Plan S and the Future of Scholarly Communication #openaccess #Plan_S #scholcomm
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Rob Johnson (2019). “From Coalition to Commons: Plan S and the Future of Scholarly Communication”. Insights 32 (1): 5. http://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.453 The announcement of Plan S in September 2018 triggered a wide-ranging debate over how best to acceler…
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Workshop „Curating digital data in museums“ (Graz, 11th February 2019) @DH_Graz #GLAM #datacuration
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This one-day event will explore how digital data are being, or could be, collected, curated, managed, and used in museums, and the challenges museums might encounter in doing so. History and heritage are now not only shared, but also increasingly ̷…
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SPARC & COAR: Good Practice Principles for Scholarly Communication Services #openaccess #scholcomm
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Science and scholarship are critical to improving our lives and solving the world’s most intractable problems. The communication of research, a vital step in the research process, should be efficient, effective and fulfill the core values of scholarshi…
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OpenAIRE-Blogpost: Keep it simple! – Developing Open Access monitoring #openaccess #AT2OA
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AT2OA-workshop “Open Access Monitoring – Approaches and Perspectives”, Vienna, April 2018 Authors: Steve Reding, Patrick Danowski, Andreas Ferus, Anna-Laetitia Hikl, Tobias Zarka, Michael Zojer, Mail: michael.zojer@aau.at In Europe Open Access st…
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Die Förderung von alternativen, nicht-kommerziellen Open Science-Infrastrukturen & -Services (OSIS) durch Forschungseinrichtungen in Österreich – Empfehlungen, Kriterien & Modelle #AT2OA #openaccess
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Falk Reckling, Andreas Ferus (2019): Die Förderung von alternativen, nicht-kommerziellen Open Science-Infrastrukturen & -Services (OSIS) durch Forschungseinrichtungen in Österreich – Empfehlungen, Kriterien & Modelle. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10….
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European Parliament – Petition regarding Elsevier as a sole subcontractor for the EU Open Science Monitor open for signing! #openscience
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Petition No 0667/2018 by Jonathan Tennant (British) on a sole subcontractor for the EU Open Science Monitor The petitioner denounces the award to a subcontractor to monitor the future progress of Open Science in Europe, as well as the fact … Weit…
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Monitoring open access publishing costs at Stockholm University #openaccess
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Lovén, L. (2019). Monitoring open access publishing costs at Stockholm University. Insights, 32(1), 3. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.451 Stockholm University Library (SUB) has been tracking the University’s open access (OA) publishing costs within t…
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Jahresregister der Mitteilungen der Vereinigung Österreichischer Bibliothekarinnen & Bibliothekare 71 (2018)
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Das Jahresregister des 69. Jahrgangs (2016) der Mitteilungen der Vereinigung Österreichischer Bibliothekarinnen & Bibliothekare steht nun zum Download bereit: vm_71_2018_Jahresregister
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Of modems and pixie dust – blockchain demystified #openaccess
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Hamilton, M. (2019). Of modems and pixie dust – blockchain demystified. Insights, 32(1), 2. http://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.447 We often hear from enthusiasts about the revolutionary potential of blockchain, the technology that underlies the Bitcoin virtua…
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Diagram of Plan S compliance requirements. @zuphilip #Plan_S #openaccess
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Philipp Zumstein (2019): Plan S compliance. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.I The diagram shows requirements for Plan S compliance in a (i) pure OA journals/platforms, (ii) hybrid OA journal under a tansformation agreement, or on a (iii) OA repository, wh…
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Bibliothek des IST Austria launcht IST Austria Research Explorer! #CRIS #LibreCat
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Der IST Austria Research Explorer verbindet Publikationsdatenbank, Repository für Publikationen sowie ein Forschungsdatenrepository unter einer Oberfläche. Das System löst somit die bisherigen Tools PubList, PubRep & DataRep ab. Der Research Explor…
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Scholarly Communication Practices in Humanities and Social Sciences: A Study of Researchers’ Attitudes and Awareness of Open Access #openaccess
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Bhuva Narayan, Edward J. Luca, Belinda Tiffen, Ashley England, Mal Booth, Henry Boateng (2018). Scholarly Communication Practices in Humanities and Social Sciences: A Study of Researchers’ Attitudes and Awareness of Open Access. Open Information Scienc…
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The elusive gold mine? The finer details of Creative Commons licences – and why they really matter #openaccess
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Mallalieu, R. (2019). The elusive gold mine? The finer details of Creative Commons licences – and why they really matter. Insights, 32(1), 1. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.448 This article explores the tensions inherent in the ownership and reuse of…
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Heft 3/4 des 71. Jahrgangs der Mitteilungen der VÖB ist online! #openaccess
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Heft 3/4 des 71. Jahrgangs (2018) der Mitteilungen der Vereinigung Österreichischer Bibliothekarinnen und Bibliothekare ist ab sofort unter https://doi.org/10.31263/voebm.v71i3-4 online verfügbar. Die Printausgabe erscheint dann im Jänner 2019. Inhalt …
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Wissenschaft als Publikationspraxis. In Eigenregie verlegte Zeitschriften: das Beispiel Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung/Forum: Qualitative Social Research (FQS) #openaccess
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Katja Mruck, Günter Mey & Florian Muhle (2018): Wissenschaft als Publikationspraxis. In Eigenregie verlegte Zeitschriften: das Beispiel Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung/Forum: Qualitative Social Research (FQS). Erziehungswissenschaft 29(57), 43-51…
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Editorial Board der Mitteilungen der VÖB wünscht erholsame Feiertage!
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Die Mitglieder des Editorial Boards der Mitteilungen der Vereinigung Österreichischer Bibliothekarinnen und Bibiothekare wünschen allen KollegInnen, AutorInnen, LeserInnen, GutachterInnen,… erholsame & friedliche Feiertage! Foto: Nina Matthew…
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Open Access aus der Sicht von Verlagen (Bibliothek Forschung und Praxis – Preprint)! #openaccess
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Christian Kaier, Karin Lackner (2019): Open Access aus der Sicht von Verlagen – Ergebnisse einer Umfrage unter Wissenschaftsverlagen in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz (Open Access From the Publishers’ Point of View). Bibliothek Forschung…
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COAR webinar „Plan S and Repositories: Join the Conversation“ #openaccess #repositories #Plan_S
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On January 10th, Thursday at 15:00 GMT/UTC, COAR will host a webinar about Confederation of Open Access Repositories’ response to the draft implementation guidelines of Plan S. The session will address the requirements for repositories contained in the…
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Bericht zu „Open Access Monitoring – Approaches and Perspectives“ (2-Day-Workshop, 09–10 April 2018, Vienna) veröffentlicht! #openaccess #AT2OA
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Patrick Danowski, Andreas Ferus, Anna-Laetitia Hikl, Olivia Kaiser, Gerda McNeill, Steve Reding, Mario Schautz, Tobias Zarka and Michael Zojer (2018): Report on „Open Access Monitoring – Approaches and Perspectives (2-Day-Workshop, …
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„Discipline-specific open access publishing practices and barriers to change: an evidence-based review“ (F1000Research, Open Peer Review)
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Severin A, Egger M, Eve MP and Hürlimann D. Discipline-specific open access publishing practices and barriers to change: an evidence-based review [version 1; referees: awaiting peer review]. F1000Research 2018, 7:1925. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000res…
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9th OpenAIRE workshop „Sustainable non-APC publishing models“ (Bielefeld, February 26-27, 2019) #openacces
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An interactive learning opportunity for Non-APC based publishers and fora To continue the efforts of OpenAIRE to provide support to alternative business models making scientific outcomes openly available, we’re organizing an interactive workshop based …
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Heft 2/2018 der Mitteilungen der VÖB zum Schwerpunktthema „ALMA im Österreichischen Bibliothekenverbund“ ist online! #openaccess
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Heft 2 des 71. Jahrgangs (2018) der Mitteilungen der Vereinigung Österreichischer Bibliothekarinnen und Bibliothekare zum Schwerpunktthema „ALMA im Österreichischen Bibliothekenverbund“ ist ab sofort online unter https://doi.org/10.31263/voebm.v71i2 zu…
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The Global Benefits of Open Research #openaccess #openscience
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Martyn Rittman (Ed.): The Global Benefits of Open Research – The MDPI Writing Prize, MDPI 2018. ISBN 978-3-03897-009-5 (Pbk); ISBN 978-3-03897-010-1 (PDF). https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1 The 2018 MPDI Writing Prize invited early s…
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Call for Papers: LIBER Annual Conference (Dublin, June 26-28, 2019) #cfp @LIBEReurope
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The Call for Papers for LIBER’s 2019 Annual Conference in Dublin, from 26 to 28 June, is now open. The deadline for submitting a proposal is 14 January 2019. In this time of information overload, ‘fake news’, ever-growing possibilities of digital…