A guide to millions of free, hi-res images
(18 June 2014) OEDb.org lists and describes several little known collections offering millions of free hi-res images. Visit the list here.
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Presentations from COASP Asia are now available on the OASPA website
(16 June 2014) OASPA held its 1st Asian Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing in Bangkok, Thailand, 2-3 June 2014. Prompted by the rapid growth in OA across this region in recent years, this international conference brought together academic publishers, librarians and the research community to discuss open access publishing as a global industry with…
Managing your research assets at HKUST
(12 June 2014) The HKUST library has created for its research community, Scholarly Communications@HKUST Library. It covers getting published, data management, open access, research repositories and more. Take a look here.
Open Access in India: Q&A with Subbiah Arunachalam
(9 June 2014) The Open and Shut? blog curated by Richard Poynder interviews S. Arunachalam on what is happening with open access in India, and the form that it is taking. Read the interview here.
Free, downloadable images from Te Papa’s collections
(3 June 2014) The Museum of New Zealand has made over 30,000 images downloadable, for free, in the highest resolution. You can search for and download them at Collections Online. Read the illustrated announcement.
Scientific Data launches with first Data Descriptors
(27 May 2014) Open access publication Scientific Data has launched online today, publishing its first eight Data Descriptors across fields including neuroscience, ecology and epidemiology. Scientific Data is the latest open research initiative from Nature Publishing Group. Data Descriptors, Scientific Data’s article type, are peer-reviewed, scientific publications that provide detailed descriptions of experimental and observational…
IOP Publishing and UK university libraries collaborate on open access offsetting pilot
(27 May 2014, Bristol) IOP Publishing (IOP) has today announced the launch of a three-year pilot project under which 20 participating universities will be able to offset the majority of their expenditure on hybrid article publication charges (APCs) in IOP journals against their subscription and licence fees. The agreement follows discussions between IOP, Research Libraries…
Do Open Access journals have impact?
(26 May 2014) James Pringle, Vice President, ISI, says ‘Our observations yield some useful lessons. Open Access journals can have similar impact to other journals, and prospective authors should not fear publishing in these journals merely because of their access model. Furthermore, it does not appear that expansion of potential readership in itself will necessarily transform…
Metropolitan Museum initiative provides free access to 400,000 digital images
(16 May 2014, New York) Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, announced today that more than 400,000 high-resolution digital images of public domain works in the Museum’s world-renowned collection may be downloaded directly from the Museum’s website for non-commercial use—including in scholarly publications in any media—without permission from the…
Major international associations support immediate open access to research articles
(14 May 2014) Several organizations have committed to the principle that access to information advances discovery, accelerates innovation and improves education. They endorse the policies and practices that enable open access – immediate, barrier free access to and reuse of scholarly articles. They also believe that eliminating embargo periods should be included in open access…