2008/12/30
RCAAP
O portal RCAAP constitui-se como um ponto único de pesquisa, descoberta, localização e acesso a milhares de documentos de carácter científico e académico, nomeadamente artigos de revistas científicas, comunicações a conferências, teses e dissertações, distribuídos por inúmeros repositórios portugueses".
BIBL Index
2008/11/22
Lançamento da Europeana
Para ver o vídeo de apresentação aponte para aqui.
2008/10/28
Direitos de autor
2008/10/27
Mais um título da BioMed Central: Epigenetics & Chromatin
Editor(s)-in-chief: Frank Grosveld, Steven Henikoff
Abbreviation: Epigenetics & Chromatin
ISSN: 1756-8935
URL: http://www.epigeneticsandchromatin.com/home
This journal aims to understand how gene and chromosomal elements are regulated and their activities maintained during cell division, differentiation and environmental alteration. Epigenetic research is concerned with heritable changes that do not change DNA sequence, but rather involve stable modifications of chromatin, DNA or protein conformation. Epigenetics is a broad area of research that is important for understanding the basic processes of cellular life, and as such has implications for a wide range of disciplines. The field encompasses studies that use model systems to discover and investigate epigenetic mechanisms, as well as studies aimed at combating diseases that involve epigenetic processes. The current articles are in their provisional PDF format, but the full-text and final PDF versions will be available shortly".
Reenvio de Peter Suber
2008/10/11
Universidade de Glasgow reforça posição relativamente ao OA
The University has been at the forefront of repository developments since 2002 when the internationally recognised DAEDALUS Project, funded by JISC, was founded. Glasgow is an internationally renowned research intensive University producing thousands of research publications each year. In joining major institutions and funding bodies worldwide the University recognises the importance of free and unrestricted access to scholarly literature in the furtherance of research; and the importance to researchers of maximising the impact of their research across the world.
Professor Steven Beaumont, OBE CEng FRSE Vice-Principal Research and Enterprise said 'The University of Glasgow generates over 3,000 research papers per year. Since we began to put these into Enlighten on a voluntary basis there have been over 1 million downloads. Enlighten really does help the University to showcase its research and to increase the impact of that it has on society. This new policy will make that impact even greater. I very much appreciate the support of Senate in adopting this move.'
The policy came into effect at the beginning of the 2008/2009 academic year".
[Reenvio de Peter Suber]
2008/10/09
Prémio Nobel da Física 2008
http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v4/i7/p380_1
http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PR/v122/i1/p345_1
http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PR/v124/i1/p246_1
[Reenvio da American Physical Society, via LibLicense. --Peter Suber.]
2008/09/22
Espresso Book Machine da On Demand Books na biblioteca da Universidade de Michigan
A Espresso Book Machine, da On Demand Books de Nova Iorque, produz livros encadernados de qualidade a uma média de 10 dólares o título e foi considerada pela Time Magazine como a melhor invenção de 2007.
"This is a significant moment in the history of book publishing and distribution," said Paul Courant, dean of libraries at U-M. "As a library, we're stepping beyond the limits of physical space," he said. "Now, we can produce affordable printed copies of rare and hard to find books. It's a great step toward the democratization of information, getting information to readers when and where they need it."
2008/09/16
SAGE-Hindawi lançaram novo título em OA: Dental Biomechaniscs
forum dedicated to the study of biomechanics as it relates to dentistry.
A growing area of study, it will discuss a wide array of applications
covering the vast majority of routine dental practices. It will also
cover a significant field of research within engineering and biomedicine
in general.
The journal will focus on tissue and material biomechanics, with special
emphasis on the mechanical properties of hard and soft tissue and the
analysis of response to loading of alloys, polymer and ceramics. JDB
will be of interest to health care professionals actively involved in:
* enamel and dentin response to loading following treatment
* periodontal ligament mechanics (healthy and diseased)
* lip response to stress from dentition or dentures
* biomechanics of the TMJ
* bone loading and remodeling in orthodontics and implantology"
2008/09/05
Professional Engineering Publishing Launches Engineering Conferences Online
ECO has been designed specifically to meet the demands of hosting conference proceedings online. Conferences on ECO feature further information about each conference including links to the conference website, event location, and event date. For the purposes of ECO a new website architecture has been created to ensure that the service was designed specifically for conferences rather than replicating the structure of an electronic journal. ECO plans to forge new partnerships with conference organizers that will give their content a much wider readership in the future"
Reenvio de Gerry McKiernan
2008/07/25
RoMEO inclui mais de 400 políticas editoriais acerca do auto-arquivo
If an academic author wants to put their research articles on-line, they
are faced with an increasingly complex situation. Evidence shows that
citations to articles made openly accessible in this way are taken up
and cited more often than research that is simply published in journals.
Also some funding agencies require open access archiving for their
research, to increase the use of the information generated.
However, some publishers prohibit authors from using their own articles
in this way. Others allow it, but only under certain conditions, while
others are quite happy for authors to show their work in this way.
Authors can be left confused: RoMEO helps to clarify the situation.
What does RoMEO give users?
The RoMEO service, provided by the award winning SHERPA Partnership*,
uses a simple colour-code to classify policies and inform authors of
what can be done with their articles, and offers users the ability to:
* View summaries of publishers' copyright policies in relation to
self-archiving
* View if publisher policies comply with funding regulations, as
some publishers are too restrictive and cannot be used to publish funded
research
* To search journal and publisher information by Journal Title,
Publisher Name and ISSN
[Reenvio de Peter Suber a partir da JISC-Repositories list]
2008/07/18
2008/07/02
Understanding Open Access in the Academic Environment: A Guide for Authors
2008/06/30
Estudo Geral
2008/05/13
ScieCom Info
Open Access in Denmark
Bertil Dorch, Birte Christensen-Dalsgaard
Open Access in the Baltic countries
Meile Kretaviciene
Promoting Open Access in Finland - The OA-JES Project
Turid Hedlund, Claus Montonen
Open Access in Iceland, State-of-the-art report
Solveig Thorsteinsdottir
Open Access in Norway - Where are we and where are we going?
Jan Erik Frantsvåg
Open Access in Sweden, recent developments
Ingegerd Rabow
2008/05/10
Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais
2008/05/09
2008/04/30
Érudit, um novo site dos recursos em linha de universidades canadianas
Reenvio de Peter Suber
2008/04/07
Wikiworld: Political Economy and the Promise of Participatory Media
2008/03/12
Texas Digital Library Repository (TDL)
O OJS é o software que sustenta o "Journal of Digital Information" publicado pela Universidade do Texas A&M.
2008/03/04
Open Access Publishing in European Networks (OAPEN)
2008/02/13
Faculdade de Harvard vota a favor do acesso livre
"The Faculty of Arts and Sciences of Harvard University is committed to disseminating the fruits of its research and scholarship as widely as possible. In keeping with that commitment, the Faculty adopts the following policy: Each Faculty member grants to the President and Fellows of Harvard College permission to make available his or her scholarly articles and to exercise the copyright in those articles. In legal terms, the permission granted by each Faculty member is a nonexclusive, irrevocable, paid-up, worldwide license to exercise any and all rights under copyright relating to each of his or her scholarly articles, in any medium, and to authorize others to do the same, provided that the articles are not sold for a profit. The policy will apply to all scholarly articles written while the person is a member of the Faculty except for any articles completed before the adoption of this policy and any articles for which the Faculty member entered into an incompatible licensing or assignment agreement before the adoption of this policy. The Dean or the Dean's designate will waive application of the policy for a particular article upon written request by a Faculty member explaining the need.
"To assist the University in distributing the articles, each Faculty member will provide an electronic copy of the final version of the article at no charge to the appropriate representative of the Provost's Office in an appropriate format (such as PDF) specified by the Provost's Office. The Provost's Office may make the article available to the public in an open-access repository.
"The Office of the Dean will be responsible for interpreting this policy, resolving disputes concerning its interpretation and application, and recommending changes to the Faculty from time to time. The policy will be reviewed after three years and a report presented to the Faculty."
Adenda para a manutenção do copyright
Using a simple Web form, authors choose the rights they want to retain and enter basic information like the name of the publisher and the title of the article. The Addendum Engine then generates a completed PDF copy of a one-page standard addendum allowing them to retain rights over the work that would otherwise be wholly forfeited.
The addenda each - at a minimum - enable authors to make their peer-reviewed articles available in an online repository and allow the material to be used in the author’s own works. After choosing and printing, authors simply attach the addendum to the copyright transfer agreement they submit to the publisher".
2008/02/06
A Biblioteca Digital da Universidade de Coimbra
Publicado na Revista "Rua Larga" da Reitoria da Universidade de Coimbra, nº 19 (2008), ps. 18-20
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O objectivo do projecto Biblioteca Geral Digital era a digitalização, tratamento técnico e afixação de cerca de 58.800 imagens, deixando ainda cerca de 50.000 imagens para afixar na Internet em fase pós-projecto (perfazendo o total de cerca de 600 obras). Não se tratava apenas de criar uma biblioteca digital, mas também de criar “know how” na área, criando as rotinas necessárias para o desenvolvimento de uma biblioteca virtual. Foi adquirido equipamento de preservação digital, constituído por um conjunto servidores que asseguram adequada manutenção das imagens. A Biblioteca Geral proporcionou a realização de acções de formação, que foram frequentadas por técnicos superiores da equipa do projecto e por funcionários de outras bibliotecas.
A parte mais inovadora do projecto é a criação de uma plataforma que permita a pesquisa dos Catálogos de Manuscritos e de Miscelâneas da Biblioteca Geral. Para isso, os catálogos impressos foram submetidos a um processo de reconhecimento óptico de caracteres, que foi enriquecido por duas operações: a etiquetagem manual de autores, títulos, datas, locais, etc. e a sua indexação automática. Isso vai permitir a pesquisa no texto dos catálogos não só por palavras-chave (como no Google) mas também por cada um dos elementos indicados. Trata-se de um trabalho inovador a nível nacional que, além do mais, está bem articulado com o sistema Millennium que serve todas as bibliotecas da Universidade de Coimbra.
Por outro lado, está a terminar a construção da Biblioteca Joanina Virtual, que visa criar um sítio e um DVD com um ambiente virtual daquela biblioteca, enriquecendo a candidatura em curso da Universidade a Património Mundial da Humanidade. Esse instrumento permitirá uma melhor divulgação de um local simbólico do Paço das Escolas e do extraordinário património que ele alberga. O sítio e o DVD proporcionarão a visualização integral de 21 obras das mais raras da Biblioteca Geral, o que implicou a digitalização e tratamento de 9507 imagens. Foram produzidas mais 17.852 imagens para integrar numa fase pós-projecto.
As obras escolhidas no conjunto dos dois projectos foram os incunábulos que não existiam em mais nenhuma biblioteca portuguesa (123 obras), toda a tipografia coimbrã do século XVI (108 obras) e parte da do século XVII (24 obras), impressos musicais (50 obras), alguns álbuns de Piranesi, todos os códices iluminados, as plantas pombalinas e a maioria dos manuscritos científicos, alguns literários e alguns musicais. Entre as publicações periódicas, sobretudo jornais antigos de Coimbra, estão 47 títulos completos. Exemplos de documentos digitalizados são várias bíblias latinas do século XIII manuscritas, a Bíblia de Abravanel (bíblia hebraica do século XV), a “Nova Astronomia…” de Cristóvão Borri, a “Discrittione et historia de l' Isole Canarie...” (um manuscrito ilustrado) de Leonardo Torriani, a “Carta portulano” de Diogo Homem (carta do século XVI) e ainda algumas primeiras edições que são marcos da cultura portuguesa: a “Peregrinação” (1614), o “Só” (1892), a “Mensagem” (1934), etc. A estes recursos digitais acrescem outros, que tinham sido produzidos antes (como a edição original de “Os Lusíadas”) e que foram unidas num quadro comum. Os dois projectos guiaram-se sempre pelo princípio da boa colaboração institucional, nomeadamente com a Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, não repetindo obras já digitalizadas.
Está a decorrer o concurso da Biblioteca Digital da
Ver http://web.bg.uc.pt/BibliotecaDigital
Carlos Fiolhais (Director da Biblioteca Geral e do Serviço Integrado de Bibliotecas
da Universidade de Coimbra)
2008/02/01
Posição da European University Association (EUA)
As universidades europeias devem:
- launch OAI-compliant institutional repositories (A2)
- adopt OA mandates for their research output (A3)
- educate faculty about copyright and encourage the removal of permission barriers at least for users in the author's institution (A4)
- consider paying publication fees for faculty who publish in fee-based OA journals (A5)
- work with public funding agencies with OA mandates to encourage deposit in institutional repositories (B1)
- educate university rectors about the importance of OA (B2)
- support OA mandates for publicly-funded research in the EU (C1)
- The EUA represents 791 universities in 46 countries throughout Europe. These unanimous recommendations should carry great weight with this wide range of institutions.
- The recommendations are not EU-specific and should also carry weight with universities and university associations worldwide. While many university associations have already made public statements in support of OA, I hope they will take note of these strong recommendations, and the strong support for them, and use this opportunity to tighten and reiterate their own support for OA and their own specific recommendations to members.
- Note how the EUA recommendations dovetail with the recent signs that rectors and provosts are organizing (in South America, Europe, Finland, Germany, Portugal, Switzerland, and the US) to promote OA mandates at universities and public funding agencies.