Monthly Archives: September 2012

Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography-latest update

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Scholarly Communications Committee

The latest update to the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography (September 24, 2012) is now available, listing links to resources (articles, books, etc) that are “useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet”.

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Making Research Count: Analyzing Canadian Academic Publishing Cultures

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Scholarly Communications Committee

Report (pdf) from Higher Education Strategy Associates (June 2012)- From the introduction: In this document, we propose a new way of comparing research output among groups of scholars that addresses these objections to bibliometrics, especially the concern that bibliometrics can … Continue reading →

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Latest SPARC Open Access newsletter available

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Scholarly Communications Committee

Peter Suber writes about tectonic movements toward open access in the UK and Europe.

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Scientists, libraries, universities issue recommendations to make research freely available online

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Scholarly Communications Committee

Read report entitled “Ten Years on from Budapest Open Access Initiative: Setting the Default to Open”. More info in press release.

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