1Science and EBSCO Information Services announce their partnership to provide academic libraries access to a vast number of openly accessible scholarly articles when performing a search in EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). Through this agreement, 1Science and EBSCO allow clients and users to access to more than 15.5 million open access, scholarly papers, all directly in EDS, to facilitate the flow of knowledge.
Since Mid-April, Latindex has published a new interface with new search, download and statistics functionalities.
Elsevier’s Pure is one of many current research information systems (CRIS) aiming to consolidate research information in one plateform. The benefits of this kind of systems are highlighted. Vendors and information brokers already have in place the integrations needed to help publishers make full use of identifiers, adopt industry standards, and make their data harvestable. Five best practices are mentioned that publishers can implement to meet the research tracking demands of institutions.
Through an exploration of the concept of research transparency as a third dimension of open science and open data, an important linkage is made to the research lifecycle as a setting for potential transparency interventions by libraries. Four broad areas of opportunity for LIS engagement and action on transparency in open science are highlighted. Questions such as ‘How does this trend impact on library and institutional policy?’, ‘What new library services might be developed?’ and ‘How should iSchools augment their educational offerings to encompass transparency concepts?’ will be explored.
In the framework of the French “bibliographic transition” programme, the National library of France will organize a series of events dedicated to RDA: the first French “Jane-athon”, dedicated to Jules Verne, and two meetings with RDA international experts. Gordon Dunsire, chair of the RDA Steering Committee, Regina Reynolds (Library of Congress), Director of US ISSN Centre, and Clément Oury (ISSN International Centre) will be among the speakers.
University Libraries are proud to announce the launch of DigiNole, Florida State University’s unified platform for FSU-created and maintained digital resources. DigiNole will enable users’ seamless access to a range of materials through two portals including the Digital Library and the Research Repository.
In January 2016, the French embassy organized an expert visit in Tokyo aiming at exchanging strategic options concerning open access in Japan and France, and to gather in-depth information concerning the situation in Japan in the domain of open access to scientific results. The group of 5 experts from France and the Netherlands met with several major agencies (MEXT, JST, JSPS, NII) as well as research and library communities. Their report reflects the rich interactions that occurred and the opportunities for close collaborations between European and Japanese institutions both at political and technical levels.
On March 11, 2016 Peru launched its National Network for Open Access Repositories, RENARE, which connects 49 institutions and provides access to almost 50,000 publications and datasets. The national network is managed and hosted by CONCYTEC, the Peruvian National Council for Science, Technology and Innovation. The launch was organized in conjunction with a conference, V Congreso Internacional de Bibliotecas Universitarias, CIBU 2016. Eloy Rodrigues, COAR chairman, presented COAR’s activities and international perspectives. CONCYTEC is a member of LA Referencia, the Latin-American network of repositories from nine countries, and a COAR member.
A look at the EU’s newly announced Open Science Policy Platform, and the long-term implications of Open Science for librarians and other information curators. The implications of Open Access publishing of peer reviewed journal content for academic and public libraries is examined through a librarian lens. Like open access, Open Science (OS) has broad implications for those charged with the curation of knowledge.
In April 2015, the Harvard Library Office for Scholarly Communication issued a request for proposals to write « a comprehensive literature review on methods for converting subscription-based scholarly journals to open access. » The preliminary version of their report is now open for public comments.
