Open Access has led directly to an increase in usage of platforms that make is easy for researchers to comply with this mandate by depositing open access versions of their papers. Examples of companies in this space are Academia.edu, ResearchGate.net and Mendeley. Open Access also means that anyone can contribute to the post-publication evaluation of research articles.
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Research 2.0.3: The future of research communication : Soapbox Science - 0 views
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There are a number of initiatives focused on improving the process of peer review. Post-publication peer review, in which journals publish papers after minimal vetting and then encourage commentary from the scientific community, has been explored by several publishers, but has run into difficulties incentivizing sufficient numbers of experts to participate. Initiatives like Faculty of 1000 have tried to overcome this by corralling experts as part of post-publication review boards. And sometimes, as in the case of arsenic-based life, the blogosphere has taken peer review into its own hands.
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Traditionally the number of first and senior author publications, and the journal(s) in which those publications appear, has been the key criteria for assessing the quality of a researcher’s work. This is used by funding agencies to determine whether to award research grants to conduct their future work, as well as by academic research institutions to inform hiring and career progression decisions. However, this is actually a very poor measure of a researcher’s true impact since a) it only captures a fraction of a researcher’s contribution and b) since more than 70% of published research cannot be reproduced, the publication based system rewards researchers for the wrong thing (the publication of novel research, rather than the production of robust research).
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Open Access: a short summary | Michael Nielsen - 0 views
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"So I thought it might be useful to post a summary of the current state of open access. There's a lot going on, so even though this essay appears lengthy, it's actually a very brief and incomplete summary of what's happening. I have links to further reading at the end."
Open Access Index - YouTube - 0 views
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Open Access Index
Open Access Overview - 1 views
Public Knowledge Project - 0 views
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research project on open access (incl. software)
arXiv.org e-Print archive - 0 views
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Open access to 747,019 e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics 29 Mar 2012: new "culturomics" arXiv analysis tool available 6 Feb 2012: January arXiv Sustainability Initiative update See cumulative "What's New" pages.
Science in the Open " Blog Archive " Network Enabled Research: Maximise scale and conne... - 0 views
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Prior to all the nonsense with the Research Works Act, I had been having a discussion with Heather Morrison about licenses and Open Access and peripherally the principle of requiring specific licenses of authors. I realized then that I needed to lay out the background thinking that leads me to where I am.
Gateway to Scientific Data - Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information - 0 views
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Aims to improve access to scientific research data for Canadians and provide resources to guide data management activities. Browse Data Sets Access Canadian scientific, technical and medical (STM) data sets from a broad range of scientific disciplines. Data Management and Curation A resource for researchers looking for information on policies and best practices to guide their data management and curation activities.
2012 EFC Research Forum Stakeholders Conference - 0 views
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The fifth edition of the EFC Research Forum Stakeholders' Conference drilled down beyond the buzzword that "social innovation" has become in the corridors of public-benefit foundations and their partners in recent years by examining some key areas that are driving social innovation in research forward. Topics addressed included: * The potential for foundations to spearhead socially innovative research * The impact of social media and networks on research * Open access and the challenge of quality assurance * Public participation in science: new modes of interaction
Case Study: Re-Engineering an Institutional Repository to Engage Users - 0 views
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When institutional repositories were introduced, many libraries embraced them as a means to support and further the cause of open access and the dissemination of scholarly communication. As has been widely reported, however, faculty did not embrace the concept, and repositories generally have not filled up as envisioned.
6 Mind-Blowing Discoveries Made Using Google Earth - 2 views
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Since Google Earth hit the Web in 2005, besides instantly turning all office desk globes into decorative accessories, it has opened the world up to global exploration at the click of a mouse. But it's not just a neat toy; some extraordinary things have been discovered with its one-click access to satellite imagery.
Faculty Advisory Council Memorandum on Journal Pricing § THE HARVARD LIBRARY ... - 0 views
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THE HARVARD LIBRARY TRANSITION Skip to main content.
The Cost of Knowledge - 0 views
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Elsevier boycott after the Research Works Act
DeepDyve - The simplest way to get the articles you need - 0 views
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DeepDyve is the largest online rental service for scientific, technical and medical research.
DataONE - 0 views
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Data Observation Network for Earth (DataONE) is the foundation of new innovative environmental science through a distributed framework and sustainable cyberinfrastructure that meets the needs of science and society for open, persistent, robust, and secure access to well-described and easily discovered Earth observational data.
BioCurious - 0 views
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BioCurious: a hackerspace for biotech Our mission We believe that innovations in biology should be accessible, affordable, and open to everyone. We're building a community biology lab for amateurs, inventors, entrepreneurs, and anyone who wants to experiment with friends. BioCurious is… a complete working laboratory and technical library for entrepreneurs to cheaply access equipment, materials, and co-working space a training center for biotechniques, with an emphasis on safety a meeting place for citizen scientists, hobbyists, activists, and students