From: Tasha Mellins-Cohen <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2024 15:36:13 +0100
**apologies for cross-posting**
The latest COUNTER newsletter is out, including calls for feedback on a couple of open consultations as well as our annual survey. See below for details!
All the best
Tasha
Tasha Mellins-Cohen
Executive Director, COUNTER
Email: [log in to unmask]
Web: countermetrics.org
*I support and encourage flexible working. My emails are sent during the hours that I work and I understand that you will respond during the hours that you work.*
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>> Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2024 13:13:13 -0400
The Diamond OA Standard (DOAS) is a new tool brought to you by the DIAMAS project to promote quality in Diamond open access (OA) publishing. Serving as both a technical guide and a practical benchmarking resource, DOAS combines comprehensive guidelines with a self-assessment tool to elevate standards in scholarly publishing.
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>> Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2024 13:12:00 -0400
Authors at 42 members of the HEAL-Link (Hellenic Academic Libraries Link) consortia can now publish their research open access at no cost to them in any of ACS’ premier chemistry journals.
The agreement between ACS and HEAL-Link, which runs through the end of December 2027, also includes full reading access to ACS’ hybrid journals (publications which include a mixture of open access and subscription access content).
From: NASIG Social Media Coordinator <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2024 05:59:16 -0700
Hello everyone,
If you could not make it to NASIG's 39th annual in-person event, you may be interested in following along with what is unfolding here in beautiful Spokane, WA. Each day, we publish a review of events, including several photos, to give you a feel for what our conference is like. You can follow along by subscribing to our blog at nasig.wordpress.com or you’ll find each day’s recap linked from the NASIG News & Events section on the front page of our website at www.nasig.org.
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>> Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2024 15:45:04 -0400
*Springer Nature and Couperin sign new agreement to advance open access publishing in France *
Paris | London | Heidelberg, 28 May 2024
Springer Nature has signed a Transformative Agreement (TA) with Couperin, the French consortium for higher education and research establishments. Beginning July 2024, the multi-year agreement will provide participating members with the option to publish their research open access (OA) which will improve the global visibility and impact of researchers based in France.
From: "Jim O'Donnell" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2024 22:44:07 +0300
Google sued by top textbook publishers over ads for pirated e-books.
June 5 (Reuters) - Google (GOOGL.O), opens new tab was hit with a lawsuit on Wednesday by educational publishers Cengage, Macmillan Learning, McGraw Hill and Elsevier accusing the tech giant of promoting pirate copies of their textbooks. The publishers told the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, opens new tab that Google has ignored thousands of copyright-infringement notices and continues to profit from the sale of pirated digital versions of textbooks advertised through its
From: Jessica Harris <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2024 17:01:26 +0000
The following message has also been sent to the OPENCAFE listserv. Please forgive the duplication, but I want to make sure we’re able to hear back from as many of you as possible.
Earlier this year we had signed an agreement for ACM Open, allowing our authors unlimited open access publishing in all ACM journals and conference proceedings. After signing this agreement, it came to our attention that ACM was providing our authors with two options when they submit their articles for publication: 1) Creative Commons licensing and 2)
From: Melanie Schlosser <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 1:11 PM
LPC and the Library Accessibility Alliance collaborate to offer a webinar on how revisions to ADA Title II impact library publishers Library Publishing Coalition / June 2024 View this email in your browser <https://mailchi.mp/educopia/revised-ada-title-ii?e=9b2b294ba6> *Understanding the Revised ADA Title II: * *Implications for Library Publishing*
Accessibility is a critical issue for all library activities, but library publishing has a unique set of opportunities and challenges in this area, including web accessibility and production workflows. With ADA Title II regulations going into effect by the end of June, it is
From: Leah Hinds <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2024 14:14:36 -0400
The 2024 Charleston Conference <https://www.charleston-hub.com/the-charleston-conference/welcome/2024-charleston-conference/> is seeking proposals for preconferences and workshops. Preconferences are designed to be interactive learning environments, and are scheduled as either half day or full day sessions on Tuesday, November 12, for the in-person conference week, and on Monday or Tuesday, December 9 or 10, for the virtual conference week. The deadline has been extended to *Friday, June 14*, for proposals.
From: Jonathan Fugger <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2024 17:11:09 +0000
Sage has launched a free-to-read hub of social and behavioral science resources to foster evidence-based discussions about democracy and the 2024 elections inside and outside the classroom. The democracy and elections hub <https://group.sagepub.com/democracy-and-elections-2024> contains a curated selection of freely available resources, making evidence-based research accessible to students, librarians, faculty, researchers, and policymakers.
From: Amy Kirchhoff <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2024 16:49:49 +0000
Hi all ~
Are you ready to elevate and future-proof your library services with cutting-edge text analysis techniques? Secure your spot for Constellate’s Text Analysis Pedagogy (TAP) Institute this summer.
*It’s completely FREE and held online. Make a valuable investment in your library’s future.*
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2024 12:42:53 -0400
With thanks to Cabells "The Source" for this sobering news item.
* The report underscores that “governments remain united behind the 2030 Agenda,” and highlights progress that is being made in a number of areas.
* Yet, only 15% of the SDG targets are on track to be achieved, 49% show minimal or moderate progress, and 36% of the targets show signs of stagnation or regression.
From: Rick Anderson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2024 14:16:22 +0000
Hi, all –
In response to the solicitation below, I’ve had several people put their hands up to argue in favor of the proposition. Somewhat surprisingly (to me), no one has yet volunteered to argue against it.
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2024 00:22:19 -0400
The first national guidelines for Open Access publishing in Ireland were launched on 23 May 2024. The guidelines will provide practical support for Irish scholarly publishers and authors to transition to Open Access, with the potential to substantially democratise access to research.
The guidelines provide information, advice and practical steps for publishers and authors to meet national and international standards and requirements for Open Access publishing. They explain the different models of Open Access and de-mystify key terms and jargon. They provide a step-by-step guide to Open Access
From: Tara Packer <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2024 15:40:29 -0400
*UPCOMING CHORUS EVENTS*
*JST/CHORUS Forum: Data as an Output of Publicly Funded Research at JOSS 2024, **20 June 2024*
At this joint JST/CHORUS Joint Forum speakers from Japan and the US will introduce their organizations’ respective strategies for publishing research data and discuss the challenges researchers face in complying with each country’s national requirements. *Registration Open, see the Event page <https://chorusaccess.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbd89994e610a51b38a1ee394&id=5410580ae1&e=39da534726>*
From: Charles Watkinson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2024 10:29:13 -0400
Colleagues:
With apologies for the pun (here UP = "University Press," not "Upper Peninsula," of course), the University of Michigan Press is pleased to share a half-year update on its conversion to open-access book publishing.
While our public dashboard shows nearly 3,000,000 uses of our OA books <https://ebc.press.umich.edu/impact/#oa-book-usage> (an average of over 7,000 per monograph), the real impact story is in the over 9,000 reader testimonies we have gathered. Transformative human experiences behind the numbers.
From: Jo Hutchinson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 14:14:35 +0000
*Apologies for cross-posting.*
Please find information about our keynote speaker, programme sessions and social events taking place throughout the conference. Please note that the early bird discounted rate ends Friday 31 May. https://alpsp.org/news/alpsp-annual-conference-awards-returns-to-manchester-2024
*Press release: 30 May 2024*
*ALPSP Annual Conference & Awards Returns to Manchester this September*
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>> Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 09:26:47 -0400
May 29 2024
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (LSE: BMY), the leading independent publisher, today announces that it has completed the asset purchase of the academic imprints and associated titles of Rowman & Littlefield, one of the most respected independent publishers in the US Academic market. It is the biggest acquisition by Bloomsbury to date, and significantly accelerates and strengthens Bloomsbury’s academic and digital presence in North America.
From: Bernie Folan <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 19:17:18 +0100
___With apologies for cross-posting____
OASPA is excited to announce that registration is now open for the OASPA 2024 Conference, 16-18 September in Lisbon. Full information including early bird rates (open until July 31) and accommodation can be found on our blog <https://www.oaspa.org/news/registration-now-open-for-oaspa-2024-conference/> .
We’ll be making regular updates on our site, but you can also keep up to date by registering on our mailing list <https://oaspa.us8.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=ff27c49b4cb51715a891f73a8&id=457662dc26> .
From: Melissa Brooks <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 17:39:18 +0000
Core Forum Registration is now open! Register today!
Join your colleagues at Core Forum 2024 <https://coreforum.org/>, November 14-16, in Minneapolis, MN, at the Hilton <https://coreforum.org/hotel-location/>Minneapolis! Gather with old friends and make new connections while celebrating the intersection and overlap of the core work we do. Learn more about Forum and register for the main event and preconferences at www.coreforum.org.
From: Yvette Ruffin <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 13:39:36 +0000
Sage is hosting a series of virtual focus group sessions with academic librarians about their overall interactions with Sage on June 12 and 13. All participants will be *compensated $75 for their time*.
If you are interested in joining, *please register by Friday, June 7*. Spots are limited and will be evaluated on a first-come basis. You will receive an email confirmation if you are selected to participate.
From: Bev Acreman <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 12:52:42 +0000
UKSG 2025: Call for suggestions We are pleased to announce that an in-person event is scheduled to take place from 31 March-2 April 2025 in Brighton, UK.
The conference attracts delegates from across the global knowledge community, including librarians, publishers, intermediaries, technology vendors, consultants and more. It provides a friendly and inclusive forum with a reputation for showcasing initiatives, exploring trends and connecting people from across the sector. You can see this year's programme here: https://bit.ly/48EKfpS
From: Casey Hoeve <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 27 May 2024 14:21:23 -0400
Hello,
My name is Casey Hoeve, Associate University Librarian Content, Access, and Open Licensing at McMaster University. Together with my colleague Nicole Doro, Teaching and Learning Librarian at McMaster University, we are working on a research project studying academic librarians’ usage and perspectives on preprint repositories. In order to collect data, we are circulating this survey to academic librarians in North America with the hope that you will be willing to share your perspectives.
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>> Date: Fri, 24 May 2024 16:12:54 -0400
The latest issue of Library Resources & Technical Services (LRTS) - V.68, Nos. 1-2, January-April 2024 - includes a few case studies about transformative agreements. LRTS is an open access publication under the American Library Association (ALA) umbrella.
From: NISO Announce <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 09:34:10 -0400
**Apologies for cross posting**
Baltimore, May 23, 2024: The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) announced today that its draft revision of the Journal Article Version (JAV) Recommended Practice is open for public comment through July 7, 2024, at the project web page <https://www.niso.org/standards-committees/jav-revision>.
First published in 2008, the JAV Recommended Practice was developed to describe different versions of online scholarly content. Since then, publishing practices have continued to evolve, and with changes such as the rapid growth in preprint publications, the concept of a single version of record has
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>> Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 22:36:05 -0400
Statement from the executive, associate, and advisory editors and all the members of the editorial board of Philosophy & Public Affairs
We are unanimously resigning from our editorial roles at *Philosophy & Public Affairs, *published by Wiley, and launching a new diamond open-access journal published by Open Library of Humanities (OLH) <https://www.openlibhums.org/>. All of us will play the same editorial roles in the new journal and will retain the aim of publishing the best philosophical work touching on matters of public importance.
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>> Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 19:06:48 -0400
The landscape of scholarly monograph publishing has become increasingly complex, with some business models straddling digital and print realms and others guided by the principles of open access. While the transition towards e-books has prompted numerous publishers to establish proprietary platforms for hosting their content, distribution and aggregation services remain pivotal within this ecosystem. Despite this increasingly multi-faceted landscape, there is a notable scarcity of comparative analysis regarding the costs and benefits of emerging models in the publishing landscape. Likewise, there has been no comprehensive study that
From: NISO Announce <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 11:01:45 -0400
**Apologies for cross posting**
The deadline for submitting a proposal for the virtual 2024 NISO Plus Global/Online <https://niso.plus/> conference is rapidly approaching! Please be sure to share your ideas <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfWLZjNGFG99Rg7qkhZjEosNJvjSLuINPNEzbT4N1ehzoG9Nw/viewform> for addressing the most pressing issues in scholarly communications by 11:59 pm (Eastern Daylight Time) on May 29.
From: NISO Announce <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 12:15:20 -0400
**Apologies for cross posting**
The early bird deadline for NISO’s in-depth training series on DEIA in the Scholarly Landscape <https://niso.org/events/deia-scholarly-landscape-2024-niso-training-series> is just two days away! Our course begins on Thursday, June 6; discounts are also available for NISO members, NASIG members, and groups.
NISO TRAINING SERIES—DISCOUNTS FOR NISO MEMBERS AND GROUPS
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>> Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 11:53:20 -0400
*OIPA Symposium on Institutional Open Access Publishing 2024*
OIPA is holding a Symposium that will bring together those involved in open institutional publishing in its different forms; framing an inclusive discussion open to all who support OA publishing at institutional level and showcasing the innovation in approach and delivery this brings. The aim of the Symposium is to set a firm footing on which to build supportive relationships across the open publishing landscape and to look to the future priorities for OIPA. The programme covers key topics
From: Alicia Wise <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 10:54:55 +0000
Calling all libraries and book publishers!
Would you like to help learned society, subject association, and smaller specialist book publishers make a successful transition to sustainable open access models? If so, we would very much appreciate your responses to:
· survey for librarians ( https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SPA_OPS_4-Library-survey)
· survey for publishers ( https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SPA_OPS_4-Publishers-survey)
From: Alison Hope <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, May 20, 2024 at 5:39 AM
Good morning!
*Attention Researchers, Academics, and Librarians:*
Following the success of previous *Karger in Conversation* webinars, I am pleased to announce the next in the series: *“Mind Vs Machine: The Ethical and Legal Minefield of AI in Scholarly Communication”*
This free webinar will delve into the * transformative role of AI and LLMs like ChatGPT in scholarly publishing*. Join our panel of industry experts discuss the pressing *ethical and legal challenges these technologies present*:
From: Amy Harris <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 15:49:31 +0000
With the usual apologies for cross-posting, but I hope you find the data interesting! Please be in touch if you have any questions.—Amy H.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
*MIT Press Releases Direct to Open Impact Report*
Data show that open access monographs receive significantly more use and citations than their non-open counterparts and are more successful at reaching audiences beyond the academy
From: Sarah Logan <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 15:38:27 +0100
Dear Colleague
****apologies for cross-posting****
The Company of Biologists is delighted to announce the renewal and expansion of our Read & Publish Open Access agreement with the Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER).
Read the announcement in full at https://bit.ly/3QMH7Ri.
Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions.
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 20:53:58 -0400
*[N.B. Hindawi in the news yet again...]* Nearly 20 Hindawi journals delisted from leading index amid concerns of papermill activity Nineteen journals from the open-access publisher Hindawi were removed from Clarivate’s Web of Science Monday when the indexer refreshed its Master Journal List.
The delistings follow a disclosure by Wiley, which bought Hindawi in 2021, that the company suspended publishing special issues <https://retractionwatch.com/2023/03/09/wiley-paused-hindawi-special-issues-amid-quality-problems-lost-9-million-in-revenue/> for three months because of “compromised articles.” That lost the company $9 million in revenue.
From: "Ragucci, Matthew" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 19:08:43 +0000
I thought it might be useful to share the latest updates regarding Wiley’s journal portfolio:
- *Retraction Watch Article:* The article cited below is from last year. Since then, Wiley has taken numerous actions. - *Integration of Portfolios:* As announced in December 2023, we are preparing to integrate the Hindawi and Wiley journal portfolios in the middle of 2024. As we bring together journals from the previous Hindawi portfolio with Wiley open access journals, we have also taken the opportunity to refine and consolidate our portfolio, identifying gaps and
From: "A.B. Johnson" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 10:13:40 -0400
Hi Matthew,
Many thanks for the update. A few questions:
-Do the 19 journals shut-down correlate to the 20 journals that were delisted? Or, are these newly identified journals? Is there a list?
Recently (13 March 2024) at London Book Fair, Wiley announced a pilot with IEEE and Sage on a new AI-powered papermill detection service embedded in Wiley's Research Exchange (ReX) manuscript submission portal. The next day, Retraction Watch noted that up to 1 in 7 submissions to hundreds of Wiley journals were being flagged by the new
From: "Ragucci, Matthew" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 12:23:36 +0000
Hi Aaron,
In December, we announced plans to integrate Hindawi journals into Wiley’s open access portfolio in the middle of calendar year 2024. These journal closures are part of our portfolio integration process. While some had been de-listed, others were not. As stated, these 19 are being closed because they no longer serve communities they exist for, or because we have other journals that overlap in scope. To see the list of the journals closing this month, please see here: *https://www.hindawi.com/list-hindawi-journals-closing-may-2024/ <https://www.hindawi.com/list-hindawi-journals-closing-may-2024/>*
[NB: Somewhat off topic but an interesting question.]
From: Danny Kingsley <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 06:12:44 +1000
Hi all,
My son is studying Political Science and has a 1950’s book of Karl Marx Selected works. The flyleaf has a pasted on section saying ‘London Lawrence and Wishart 1947’. If he shines a light behind it he can see the writing originally printed underneath the patch which says "Foreign Languages Publishing House", "Moscow 1946", and the logo for the foreign languages publishing house.
From: Ari Belenkiy <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 17:58:34 -0700 Hi Danny,
Do you or your son read Russian?
If not, I can translate one or two excerpts you need.
Ari Belenkiy
Vancouver BC Canada
On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 5:30 PM LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> [NB: Somewhat off topic but an interesting question.] > > From: Danny Kingsley <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 06:12:44 +1000 > > Hi all, > > My son is studying Political Science and has a 1950’s book of Karl Marx > Selected works. The flyleaf has a pasted on section saying
From: Rick Anderson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 14:51:18 +0000
Multiple listmembers contacted me in response to my query of 5 May, some sharing their experiences and some expressing interest in the responses I would receive.
The tl;dr version is this: there have been some (gratefully not many) disturbing and distressing examples of libraries being deliberately targeted for occupation, disruption, and/or damage by protesters. In most cases, libraries have been affected indirectly, in the same way(s) as other campus buildings.
From: "Kathleen DeLaurenti (she, hers)" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 14:35:45 +0000
Hello all!
Please consider joining me and UCLA's Matthew Vest for a virtual course on music and scholarly communications at the Force Scholarly Communications Institute.
Our course, No More Dream: Making Transparent Music Scholarly Communications a Reality <https://force11.org/fsci/post/course-list-with-abstracts-2024/#V13>, will highlight the challenges of building a transparent scholarly communications system for musicians who increasingly produce creative research, but also must navigate opaque industry realities in sharing their work.
From: Melissa Gonzalez <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 10:51:18 +0000
Hello everyone,
We are thrilled to extend a special invitation to you and the researchers at your institution to join us for an exclusive webinar:
*Becoming a Peer Reviewer: Everything You Need to Know*
*Date:* Wednesday, June 12th, 2024 *Time:* 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM EST *Hosted by:* AIP Publishing RSVP TO THE WEBINAR > <https://aipp.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_A57kcFSGSNOByfFJ1Cr_JA>
From: "Gregor-Adams, Andrea" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 06:13:07 +0000
***Please excuse any cross-posting***
Dear colleagues,
De Gruyter now connected to OA Switchboard
As part of the ongoing commitment to an open future, De Gruyter is pleased to announce the new partnership with the OA Switchboard <https://www.oaswitchboard.org/>, a collaborative initiative designed to simplify and streamline the sharing of information about open access publications between institutions, libraries, funders, and publishers. The organization offers standardized exchange of metadata about OA publications throughout the publication journey and operates the supporting shared open infrastructure.
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>> Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 22:11:04 -0400
*ResearchGate and The Royal Society expand Journal Home partnership to cover full journal portfolio*
*Berlin (Germany) and London (UK) – May 2, 2024* – ResearchGate, the professional network for researchers, and the Royal Society, the UK’s national science academy and the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence in the world, are delighted to announce a further expansion of their *Journal Home* partnership to cover all the Royal Society’s journals and more than 45,000 articles increasing their visibility and global readership.
From: NISO Announce <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 10:35:20 -0400
**Apologies for cross posting**
There’s a lot happening at NISO in June! Next month features the launch of our virtual training course on DEIA in scholarly publishing <https://niso.org/events/deia-scholarly-landscape-2024-niso-training-series>, an update on what’s happening with ISO TC46 <https://niso.org/events/2024/06/opentelecon-tc46>, and a roundtable webinar on ensuring trust and research integrity <https://niso.org/events/ensuring-trust-scholarly-record-how-libraries-and-publishers-support-research-integrity> in scholarly communications. Our virtual annual members meeting <https://niso.org/events/niso-2024-annual-members-meeting>, which provides an update on NISO’s strategic goals and standards projects, also takes place in June. Finally, if you’re attending ALA’s annual conference in San Diego at the end of the month,
From: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 10:00:08 -0400
Dear colleagues,
If you are a supervisor or manager of people at any level in your organization, you are invited to participate in a research study about library managers’ perspectives on support for employees with disabilities. The purpose of this research is to better understand organizational and managerial support of employees who may need accommodations, as well as the related training and information needs of managers in libraries.
From: "Tom Grady (Staff)" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 10:45:51 +0000
*[apologies for cross-posting]*
Hope you all don’t mind us sending a bit of a progress update round this week - spring 2024 has marked something of a milestone for *Opening the Future* <https://www.openingthefuture.net/> (OtF), one of the collective funding models implemented by the Copim ‘Open Book Futures’ project <https://www.copim.ac.uk/>. The OtF programme launched in early 2021 as a pilot to see if we could create a reliable revenue model for publishers wishing to move towards OA for monographs. We no longer call it a pilot: it has gathered
From: Faye Holst <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, May 14, 2024 at 4:56 AM
Good morning all,
IOP Publishing has launched the 'State of peer review 2024' report, providing valuable insight into the motivations and experiences of peer reviewers around the globe.
Headline findings include:
- 30% of reviewers from high-income countries indicated that they receive too many peer review requests, compared with just 10% from low and middle-income countries - Peer reviewers are divided about the use of AI in peer review - 52% prefer to review double-anonymous manuscripts where the identity of both authors and reviewers are concealed
From: "Pennington Jr, Buddy D." <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 18:29:28 +0000
The UMKC University Libraries are seeking a curious and collaborative person to join us as our Electronic Resources and Collections Assessment (ERCA) Librarian. The ERCA Librarian plays a crucial role in overseeing the evaluation, implementation, and maintenance of electronic resources at UMKC Libraries. This position involves a comprehensive approach to managing electronic resources, including assessment, setup, maintenance, user access and technology trends. Reporting to the Head of Collections and Acquisitions, the ERCA Librarian will ensure that the library's electronic resources are effectively integrated, accessible, and aligned with
From: "Sidman, Angela" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 12:39:29 +0000
Yale University is hiring for the position of *Manager of E-Resources Acquisitions*.
The Manager of E-Resources Acquisitions provides a vision for establishing and maintaining strong intellectual control over content throughout the acquisitions lifecycle. Within a changing and flexible environment, this individual works closely with colleagues and vendors to effectively manage the acquisition and licensing of new electronic resources as well as the renewal of existing subscriptions within Yale’s diverse research collections. This person works closely with other units in Electronic Resources and Serials Management and partner departments to establish
From: Charles Hamaker <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 00:25:54 -0400
https://educationdata.org/average-cost-of-college-textbooksAverage Cost of College Textbooks Report Highlights. The cost of college textbooks ballooned for years, but increased use of eBooks has reduced the cost to the consumer; the average eBook is 31.9% less expensive than its hard copy counterpart.
- The average college textbook costs an estimated $105.37. - The textbook publishing industry is valued at $2.58 billion. - Student spending on course materials declined by as much as 48% over a term of 10 years. - The average undergraduate student pays between $339-$600 for books and supplies in
From: Heidi McGregor <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 21:17:40 +0000
Dear colleagues,
Now in year 2 of a multi-year pilot, Path to Open <https://about.jstor.org/path-to-open/> is progressing toward its goal of creating a scalable, sustainable model for open access book publishing.
This community-driven initiative announced today the 2024 list of 300 new books <https://about.jstor.org/path-to-open/titles/> from 44 university presses. This includes titles from 9 publishers new to Path to Open, with several that expand the initiative’s global coverage: Bristol University Press <https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/>, Sydney University Press <https://sydneyuniversitypress.com/>, Melbourne University Publishing <https://www.mup.com.au/>, and Leiden University Press <https://lup.nl/>.
From: Melissa Belvadi <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 13:31:20 +0000
Hello, Our university just approved a new program of designating "affiliate faculty", which does not come with any compensation or basically any benefits except being able to say you are an affiliate faculty with us, and remote library services. The description of the program is here <https://www.upeifa.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/4.-Affiliate-faculty.pdf>. It does have a normal expiration of 3 years but with opportunity to renew. They are not alumni. Do any of you have a program like this?
From: NASIG Social Media Coordinator <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 13:30:32 -0500
We are pleased to announce that the May issue <https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/nasig/vol36/iss2/> of the NASIG Newsletter is now available. This issue includes a President's Corner by Courtney McAllister; a profile of our upcoming in-person conference's vision session speaker, Dr. Francesca Tripodi; results of the most recent NASIG election; a word about NISO ballots (remember that NASIG is a full voting member of NISO); recent Board minutes; committee reports; and helpful information about the upcoming conference.
From: Jessica Camila Vieira <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 09:59:30 +0000
*Finding the Perfect Fit: Factors in Journal Selection and Redirection*
May 21st, 2024, at 4:00 PM (CET)/ 10:00 AM (EST)
Online
Authors often face challenges when it comes to finding the appropriate journal to submit their manuscripts. In this webinar, we will explore the factors authors consider when selecting a journal, such as metrics, reach, and readership. We will also discuss the support provided by libraries and gain insights from the publisher's viewpoint. It's important to note that finding the right journal may not always mean choosing the
From: Rachael G Samberg <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 7 May 2024 15:45:31 -0700
The first round review of applications for UC Berkeley Library's Licensing Librarian <https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/jpf04408> position closes on May 17. The licensing unit sits within our Scholarly Communication & Information Policy office, and will report to me. If anyone has any questions about the posting, please feel free to reach out.
From: Danny Kingsley <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, May 6, 2024 at 8:36 PM
<Apologies for cross posting>
Dear all,
The time frame for submitting a session proposal for the FORCE2024 conference <https://force11.org/conference/>is closing fast. *Applications are due on May 13th, 2024*. Share what you've learned in your work, and look at the issues you deal with through a global lens. We invite you to join the conversation by <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdkCeGDlK1JNrSZNW5UypIAj0mL1Z1fiGV5P-2QNcxnnaBSQA/viewform>submitting a Session proposal today <https://force11.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5e2d2ee75f2d3afd1d39a666d&id=6b511a9f45&e=814f23a14e> !
From: Shanna Hollich <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 7 May 2024 14:39:08 -0400
Hi all,
[please excuse cross-posting]
Creative Commons will host our next CC Certificate courses, starting 10 June! Join us and gain CC-certified expertise in open licenses and open practices in education, librarianship, or cultural heritage.
The CC Certificate courses provide a study of the public domain, copyright, Creative Commons licenses, and what it means to engage in our global, shared commons of knowledge and culture. Learn more about the CC Certificate program. <https://certificates.creativecommons.org/>
From: C4DISC Communications - Bernie Folan <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 7 May 2024 19:05:48 +0100
C4DISC is delighted to announce the launch of this valuable new resource in the growing C4DISC Toolkit for Equity Series: A Focused Toolkit for Journal Editors and Publishers: Building Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in Editorial Roles and Peer Review <https://c4disc.pubpub.org/toolkit-editors-and-publishers>.
This new toolkit aims to support all those seeking to build a more inclusive editorial and reviewer community. The toolkit recommends practical and relevant actions for editors and publishers to take to create broad representation on editorial boards and to ensure fairness and minimization of
From: Jason Kraft <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 6 May 2024 18:30:20 +0000
*Apologies for cross posting!*
Dear colleagues,
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) is proud to announce that it will adopt a *Subscribe to Open (S2O)* <http://asmusa.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMDIwMDYzJnA9MSZ1PTUxODk0MDkzNiZsaT0zMzM0NDk4Mg/index.html> subscription model for its six primary research subscription-based journals in 2025. Those journals are:
- *Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy®* <http://asmusa.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMDIwMDYzJnA9MSZ1PTUxODk0MDkzNiZsaT0zMzM0NDk4Mw/index.html> - *Applied and Environmental Microbiology®* <http://asmusa.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMDIwMDYzJnA9MSZ1PTUxODk0MDkzNiZsaT0zMzM0NDk4NQ/index.html> - *Infection and Immunity®* <http://asmusa.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMDIwMDYzJnA9MSZ1PTUxODk0MDkzNiZsaT0zMzM0NDk4Ng/index.html> - *Journal of Bacteriology®* <http://asmusa.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMDIwMDYzJnA9MSZ1PTUxODk0MDkzNiZsaT0zMzM0NDk4Nw/index.html> - *Journal of Clinical Microbiology®* <http://asmusa.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMDIwMDYzJnA9MSZ1PTUxODk0MDkzNiZsaT0zMzM0NDk4OA/index.html> - *Journal of Virology® <http://asmusa.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMDIwMDYzJnA9MSZ1PTUxODk0MDkzNiZsaT0zMzM0NDk4OQ/index.html>* -
From: Events <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, May 6, 2024 at 1:37 PM
*** Apologies for Cross Posting ****
*Date:** T**uesday 18th June & Thursday 20th June – (2 half day sessions)*
*Location**: online*
This two-part online event has been adapted from UKSG’s successful and long-running one-day seminar and aims to present a practical introductory overview of all aspects of e-resources management, encompassing e-journals, e-books, and bibliographic and full-text databases. Taking place as two morning sessions.
From: Jill.emery <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, May 6, 2024 at 2:16 AM
Hi All,
We ask for respect & understanding from the larger academic Library community as we overcome the trauma our staff are feeling right now. Your right to know details does not and should not take precedence over our need to process this experience we’ve had collectively.
From: Jose Mavarez <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 6 May 2024 05:35:37 -0400
Primary Research Group Inc. has published the Survey of Academic Library Leadership, Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence, ISBN 979-8-88517-242-4
This study presents data from approximately 50 directors and other executives of academic libraries about how they are using, and plan to use generative artificial intelligence applications in a broad range of library operations. Distinct and in many cases multiple data sets are presented on the use and impact of generative artificial intelligence in cataloging, special collections management, bibliometrics, open access development, digitization, information literacy, research, data management, personalized content
From: Caitlin MacKenzie Mannion <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 6 May 2024 10:33:16 +0800
Esteemed Library Colleagues,
My research team plans to propose a panel presentation at ACRL 2025 that addresses library support for copyright literacy particularly as it pertains to international students & faculty at college/university/academic libraries. We are seeking 2-3 panelists who would be interested in joining us in this presentation.
From: Rick Anderson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sun, 5 May 2024 03:22:47 +0000
There hasn’t been a ton of reporting on this, but I’ve seen some scattered evidence of protestors (I don’t know for which side) occupying and damaging libraries on university campuses. I saw photos of the inside of the library at Portland State that showed what looked like pretty extensive damage and vandalism, and I’ve seen video footage of students blocking other students from entering the library at UCLA. I’d be very interested to know how widespread this has been – it seems like something we should be talking about.
From: "Rainard, Molly W" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sun, 5 May 2024 18:55:28 +0000
I’m curious about that too, Rick. To my knowledge, as of this writing, there’s been no occupation of or damage to the library or any campus buildings on the Denver Auraria Campus (serving Metropolitan State University, Community College of Denver, and University of Colorado Denver). There have been protests on our campus for over a week now.
From: "Thatcher, Sanford Gray" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sun, 5 May 2024 19:17:16 +0000
I am interested in a subsidiary question. Does anyone know of any colleges where teach-ins have been initiated. That word harks back to the era of Vietnam War protests in the late 1960s and early 1970s when concerned faculty and students would assemble at some location on campus, usually a large lecture hall, to discuss the war and its ramifications. It became a supplement to the regular academic curriculum and was purely voluntary. No attendance was taken, nor were grades given; it was just a free-flowing discussion, usually
From: Kathleen Folger <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sun, 5 May 2024 21:32:28 -0400
The concept of the teach-in was born <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teach-in> at the University of Michigan and the tradition has continued during the Gaza encampments on campus. Organized activities have been planned many days including teach-ins, art projects, performances by musicians and poets, Shabbat services and dinner, Islamic prayers, activist training, etc.
From: "Shorish, Yasmeen L - shorisyl" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sun, 5 May 2024 22:14:09 +0000
[MODERATOR: We take your point, but we do from time to time stretch our limits briefly, for a timely subject of broad interest. Let the main focus of this thread be about the impact on libraries and users.]
Unsurprisingly, this thread has veered far away from the purpose of this listserv (IMO). There are myriad more appropriate venues for genuine discourse on this topic. For example , I would image that ALA’s Social Responsibility RT would be an ideal venue for a discussion about how civil
From: Rick Anderson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 7 May 2024 04:05:51 +0000
Thanks, Ann (and Yasmeen).
I also hope that this thread can come back to the original point. I posted my question on this list because I know there’s a very broad array of libraries represented here, and I’m trying to get a sense of how widespread the phenomenon has been of either protesters or counterprotesters directly damaging libraries or otherwise preventing users from gaining access to collections.
From: Tara Packer <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 11:37:37 -0400
If you haven't already done so, please make sure to register for the upcoming CHORUS Forums
*CHORUS Forum: Linking from Datasets to Content* Thursday, 27 June 2024, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
In today’s digital landscape, data is everywhere, but often disconnected from the content it represents. Bridging this gap between datasets and content is essential for unlocking the full potential of information. Join us for an immersive virtual event where we explore the importance of linking datasets to content and the transformative impact it can have across
From: Charlotte Vanrooyen <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 07:55:40 +0000
**** apologies for cross posting ****
We are thrilled to announce that Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A) will continue its open access publication under the Subscribe to Open (S2O) model for the third year in 2024. Excerpt of the press release below, read the full release here <https://bit.ly/3JMwOZQ>.
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>> Date: Wed, 1 May 2024 15:41:43 -0400
Worth a detour: a lengthy posting by macroecologist Brian McGill. The posting captures the author's (an academic at the University of Maine ) and many others' comments/views about the present and future of open access scientific publishing. You may wish to check out previous postings as well. The state of academic publishing in 3 graphs, 6 trends, and 4 thoughts Eleven years ago <https://dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2013/09/18/follow-the-money-what-really-matters-when-choosing-a-journal/> I shared a fairly heavily researched summary of the state of academic publishing. I mostly argued that OA (aka author pays) was a
From: Jan Waterhouse <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 1 May 2024 19:14:40 +0000
Hello,
The Serials Spoken Here column in *Serials Review* is seeking conference reports for several spring conferences. If you attended the UKSG 47th Annual Conference in April or are attending ELUNA or the Acquisitions Institute in May or NASIG in June, submitting a report is an excellent way to inform colleagues who are not able to attend. The reports are only 750 words or less and are a good opportunity to meet a writing goal to add to your resume/CV.
From: C4DISC Communications - Bernie Folan <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 1 May 2024 19:52:29 +0100 Dear Colleagues
Please share this within your network - easy sharing opportunities here <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wa8zh__Olp5_XouFzIpVi9ithe_-rdpUhNmYedkQ8DQ/edit?usp=sharing> !
From: "Evans, Gwen (ELS-HBE)" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 1 May 2024 13:56:40 +0000
Sent on behalf of the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library, please excuse cross-posting.
[image: Image] <https://www.un.org/en/library/OS>
Dear Colleagues,
The United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library would like to invite you to a virtual panel discussion, “Digital Threats to the Achievement of the SDGs: Libraries as the Target,” scheduled for *Thursday, 9 May from 8.30 a.m. – 9.45 a.m. ET. *
From: Christopher Nicholson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 1 May 2024 13:05:25 +0000
The Online Survey of Cultural Heritage Professionals <https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2mp5gp8m> is part of a 3-year project, Advancing FAIR+CARE Practices in Cultural Heritage <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/alexandriaarchive.org/fair-care/__;!!IKRxdwAv5BmarQ!fOAHOj4WPcXM-g6XoUqkeYmeEbKoUMpmhfUq4htA40xHjksSwvJsQ__eN-3RGj7iFVxN9DEVLtJLKLNpYKaRXimQ4SU$>, funded by an IMLS National Leadership Grant, that explores data practices in archaeology. The survey seeks to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in current digital data practices across multiple sectors (academic, CRM, museums, libraries, Tribal, Federal, State, and Local). The survey is specifically designed around the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.go-fair.org/fair-principles/__;!!IKRxdwAv5BmarQ!fOAHOj4WPcXM-g6XoUqkeYmeEbKoUMpmhfUq4htA40xHjksSwvJsQ__eN-3RGj7iFVxN9DEVLtJLKLNpYKaRrmK3_Mg$> and CARE (Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, and Ethics) Principles <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.gida-global.org/care__;!!IKRxdwAv5BmarQ!fOAHOj4WPcXM-g6XoUqkeYmeEbKoUMpmhfUq4htA40xHjksSwvJsQ__eN-3RGj7iFVxN9DEVLtJLKLNpYKaRCGF0tvI$>.
From: NISO Announce <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 11:02:33 -0400
**Apologies for cross posting**
What are the top priorities and concerns facing your organization? What are the biggest opportunities or risks, and how should the information community address them?
If you have ideas to share, then we encourage you to submit a proposal <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfWLZjNGFG99Rg7qkhZjEosNJvjSLuINPNEzbT4N1ehzoG9Nw/viewform?usp=sf_link> for the 2024 NISO Plus Global/Online conference <https://niso.plus/>, to be held virtually September 17–18, 2024. It’s a great opportunity to meet and collaborate with professionals from across the information community and around the world to address the most pressing issues in scholarly communications. And as
From: "Marlène Delhaye" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 11:01:04 +0200
** With apologies for cross-posting **
The French bibliographic agency for higher education (Abes, https://abes.fr/) has signed a nationwide contract with the publisher Elsevier, as part of the negotiations conducted by the French Couperin consortium of higher education and research establishments (Couperin, https://www.couperin.org/). This agreement, worth €33 million per year, provides all higher education and research establishments in France with an open access publication service at no extra cost to authors in the majority of Elsevier's hybrid or fully open access journals, in addition to the traditional access to
From: "Pennington Jr, Buddy D." <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 17:41:23 +0000
The UMKC University Libraries are seeking a curious and collaborative person to join us as our Electronic Resources and Collections Assessment (ERCA) Librarian. The ERCA Librarian plays a crucial role in overseeing the evaluation, implementation, and maintenance of electronic resources at UMKC Libraries. This position involves a comprehensive approach to managing electronic resources, including assessment, setup, maintenance, user access and technology trends. Reporting to the Head of Collections and Acquisitions, the ERCA Librarian will ensure that the library's electronic resources are effectively integrated, accessible, and aligned with
From: Athena Hoeppner <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 03:39:32 +0000
I’m pleased to announce a new position open at the University of Central Florida Libraries. Please share with anyone you think might be interested!
*UCF Libraries*
*Collection Strategist, Assistant or Associate Librarian*
*The Opportunity*
The University of Central Florida (UCF) Libraries seeks an inquisitive and analytical Collection Strategist to work at the John C. Hitt Library in Orlando, Florida. This position will join the Division of Collection Services & Resource Management (CSRM) providing holistic collection services to support the vibrant UCF community. Reporting directly to the Associate Dean for
From: NASIG Social Media Coordinator <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 11:29:43 -0500
Hello all,
We are really pleased to let you know that there is a new workshop added to the schedule for NASIG 2024. See below for details. This is in addition to the ones we previously highlighted (see https://nasig.wordpress.com/2024/02/22/nasig-2024-program-updates/) and this new workshop adds to the overall value of our event since all of them are offered as part of the regular registration. While on the topic of registration, *conference registration and hotel rates will significantly increase after Friday this week.* Go to https://nasig.org/Conference for details, sign
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>> Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 09:50:49 -0400
ARL on AI:
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has issued a set of “Research Libraries Guiding Principles for Artificial Intelligence <https://doi.org/10.29242/principles.ai2024>.” AI technologies, and in particular, generative AI, have significant potential to improve access to information and advance openness in research outputs. AI also has the potential to disrupt information landscapes and the communities that research libraries support and serve. The increasing availability of AI models sparks many possibilities and raises several ethical, professional, and legal considerations.
From: Danny Kingsley <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 11:35:16 +1000
****Apologies for cross posting****
It is a pleasure to announce that REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN for the 2024 FORCE11 Scholarly Communications Institute (FSCI) and the FORCE11 Conference.
FSCI is happening virtually one week, and then in-person the next - followed immediately by the in-person FORCE2024 Conference. This one-time arrangement bring the two main FORCE11 events together into a single time and space, to provide exceptional value to those that attend. Spend time in classes & sessions discussing the problems we face in scholarly communication, and discuss solutions drawn from
From: Young Lee <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 15:45:58 +0000
Dear colleagues,
Berghahn Journals is delighted to announce that all 2024 volumes in our *Berghahn Open Anthro – Subscribe-to-Open <http://www.berghahnjournals.com/BOA>* (BOA-S2O) collection will be open access.
The BOA-S2O collection, which now includes 16 journals, is in its fifth year thanks to the continued support of the library community. Now with over 50 collections level *participants <https://www.berghahnjournals.com/page/boa-participants/boas2o-participants>* and 300 title level participants on board, we have published over 850 open access research articles from over 60 countries. Together with the other scholarly outputs published by these journals, over 1,900 authors
From: Leah Hinds <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 15:29:14 -0400
We are excited to announce that the Call for Papers <https://www.charleston-hub.com/the-charleston-conference/call-for-papers/> for the 2024 Charleston Conference <https://www.charleston-hub.com/the-charleston-conference/welcome/2024-charleston-conference/> is officially open! This year’s theme of “The Sky’s the Limit” is a rallying call for innovation, exploration, and limitless possibilities. This is your opportunity to contribute to one of the most dynamic conferences in the library and scholarly publishing industry.
From: Rick Anderson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 14:17:51 +0000
Hi, everyone –
For the Charleston Conference this year ( https://www.charleston-hub.com/the-charleston-conference/welcome/2024-charleston-conference/), I’m planning to propose a debate on the following resolution: “Resolved: Generative AI will make academic libraries better.” If you have strong feelings either in favor of or in opposition to this resolution, are planning to attend Charleston, and might be interested in participating in a formal debate on the topic, please respond to me off-list.
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 21:51:38 -0400
*Generative AI and Scholarly Publishing: new Ithaka research project*
Rapidly changing user needs and expectations, the potential of generative AI to mitigate stubborn systemic challenges in the scholarly publishing industry, and an awareness of the risks generative AI poses to expert knowledge demand that we find time for deep reflection about what generative AI *means* for scholarly publishing as a sector and its value as a component of the shared infrastructure that supports scholarly and scientific research and communications.
From: NISO Announce <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 12:00:31 -0400
Our monthly webinar series continues next month with a look at library practices that respect and preserve the knowledge, perspectives, and cultural heritage of Indigenous peoples:
Indigenous knowledge and library practices require cultural sensitivity and respectful, authentic collaboration to build, manage, and preserve collections that honor heritage. This program will discuss best practices, ethical considerations, and the complexities of Indigenous librarianship. The goal is to impart the knowledge and skills necessary to ensure the appropriate
From: Ari Belenkiy <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 23:06:03 -0700
Dear members,
I got into a curious situation. I recently published a paper in a journal, run by one of the universities in NY State, that failed to provide DOI for my paper.
The editors were advised to submit the metadata for the paper to Crossref and contacted the university librarians but the latter could not help, being unaware of Crossref.
From: Amy Schuler <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 09:13:20 -0400
This is surprising to me, however, are you sure the librarians are actually "unaware of Crossref", or are they instead unaware of the proper procedure or workflow for submitting metadata directly to Crossref? There is a difference. Off the top of my head, I do not know how to submit metadata directly to Crossref, since the (data) repository I use is already tied into DataCite and mints DOIs for us.
From: Ari Belenkiy <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 00:31:31 -0700
Three people addressed my query and I extend my gratitude to them.
On the request of the editor, the librarians came back to me with the following clarifications:
- *Off-course* isn't managed by the Libraries. If it was in our suite of journals that we host in our repository, Scholars Archive, then we could assign DOIs for each work published. - Related to the above: Since your work isn't in our repository, we aren't responsible for the long-term maintenance and preservation of the work and its associated metadata, so
From: Wilhelmina Randtke <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 08:41:57 -0400
The front of house librarians and the back of house librarians tend to have different skill sets and knowledge, or skill sets based on what their job role is. I find it hard to believe that all the librarians were unaware of Crossref. I find it easy to believe that the librarian liaised to the editor's college at that university has a PhD or masters or other background in that college's field, and less of a publishing background.
From: Sarah Maximiek <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 09:52:15 -0400
The university may not be a member of Crossref, so submitting information at that level may not be common for them. However, that doesn't mean they do not understand DOI or Crossref generally.
On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 10:02 PM LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Ari Belenkiy <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 23:06:03 -0700 > > Dear members, > > I got into a curious situation. I recently published a paper in a journal, > run by one of the universities in NY State, that failed to
From: "Brian C. Gray" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 13:18:05 -0400
Crossref is not a depository.
Any organization can publish and maintain content. If you have questions about an organization's suite and capabilities, best to talk directly with them.
Thank you, Brian
Brian C. Gray Collection Strategies Librarian Kelvin Smith Library 201-F Email: [log in to unmask]
Research Guides & Profile: http://researchguides.case.edu/briangray
[image: ORCID iD icon]orcid.org/0000-0002-8296-6890
From: Ed Pentz <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 04:00:23 -0500
Hi
I'm the Executive Director of Crossref and wanted to clarify some of the issues that have come up in this thread. Crossref is a non-profit membership association of organizations that publish scholarly content and members register the metadata with us. The metadata includes Crossref DOIs. Crossref isn't a repository and doesn't have any content - we have an open metadata registry of over 155 million scholarly content items - journals, books, conference proceedings, preprints. Information about joining is available on our website - https://www.crossref.org/membership/
From: Ari Belenkiy <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 20:06:12 -0700
Hi Ed,
Sorry for assuming Crossref is what it is not.
How much is the membership fee? For individuals and for academic journals?
Ari Belenkiy
Vancouver BC Canada
On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 7:19 PM LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Ed Pentz <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 04:00:23 -0500 > > Hi > > I'm the Executive Director of Crossref and wanted to clarify some of the > issues that have come up in this thread. Crossref is a non-profit > membership association of organizations that publish
From: Margaret Mering <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 14:14:52 +0000
*Call for Papers and Peer Reviewers:* *Serials Librarian Special Issue on the Uses of AI in Scholarly Communication*
*Serials Librarian* is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal for the international serials community. The journal encompasses practical, theoretical, and visionary ideas for librarians, publishers, vendors, and anyone interested in the changing nature of serials and scholarly communication more broadly.
From: Norm Medeiros <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 08:01:32 -0400
Friends,
We have an exciting leadership opportunity in the Haverford College Libraries. Please consider and pass along to individuals whom you think might be interested. The full posting is available here <https://www.haverford.edu/human-resources/news/associate-college-librarian-coordinator-collection-management-and-scholarly>. The salary range is $105-115k.
Best, Norm
*About the Position* The Associate College Librarian & Coordinator for Collection Management and Scholarly Communications (ACL) oversees a division of 6 FTE with responsibility for the acquisition, description, processing, and management of library collections. The ACL serves as a member of the Libraries’ leadership team and participates in Libraries’ strategic
From: Becky Thoms <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 23:12:41 +0000
We are at an exciting time in our Library! As part of Utah State University (USU) Libraries’ recent reorganization, we are opening multiple new positions, including our Digital Scholarship <https://careers-usu.icims.com/jobs/7777/assistant-librarian-%28digital-scholarship-librarian%29/job>, Open Education <https://careers-usu.icims.com/jobs/7756/assistant-librarian-%28open-education-librarian%29/job>, and Instructional Design <https://careers-usu.icims.com/jobs/7754/assistant-librarian-%28instructional-design-librarian%29/job> Librarians. We welcome simultaneous submissions. Early career librarians are encouraged to apply.
Questions may be addressed to search committee chair—Kacy Lundstrom ( [log in to unmask]); Katie Strand ([log in to unmask]); or Becky Thoms ([log in to unmask]).
From: Bernie Folan <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 21:37:09 +0100
The recording of our recent online seminar is now available <https://www.oaspa.org/events/the-impact-of-plan-s-a-discussion-on-findings-so-far/> along with panelists slides and responses to unanswered questions.
This webinar focuses on the impact of Plan S and offers an opportunity for the early results of the work to be presented and discussed with the OASPA network.
From: Courtney F <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 12:22:19 -0500
Hello!
The ONEAL Project <https://oneal-project.org/> is excited to announce the launch of the Foundations learning module!
*What is included in this learning module?*
The Foundations module <https://sparcopen.org/our-work/negotiation-resources/oneal/> is an open educational resource that teaches best practices in negotiations, introduces contracts and licensing, and provides strategies for addressing accessibility when negotiating for e-resources. The curriculum includes 7 lessons with video lectures, readings, practical hands-on activities, and case studies to practice negotiations:
From: Kate McCready <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 12:01:00 -0500
We're excited to share this news with all of you!
Better together: BTAA Libraries, CDL and Lyrasis commit to strengthen Diamond Open Access in the United States <https://lyrasisnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/BTAA_CDL_Lyrasis-Joint-Press-Release_April-18-2024.pdf>
April 18, 2024 - Representatives from the Big Ten Academic Alliance Libraries (BTAA Libraries), California Digital Library (CDL), and Lyrasis attended the Global Summit on Diamond Open Access [OA] <https://globaldiamantoa.org/diamond-open-access-conference/en/home-2/> in Toluca, Mexico in October 2023*. The Summit convened the international community to engage in dialog about how to advance Diamond OA to secure scholarly research as a public good and
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 09:47:26 -0400
April 16, 2024 *Delta Think - Dan Pollock & Heather Staines*
The executive summary is that we estimate the total scholarly journals market to be worth around $11bn, growing at around 2.3% per year. (*As we have previously noted* <https://deltathink.com/news-views-is-the-real-value-of-our-industry-shrinking/>, this translates to a mild decrease in growth in real terms.)
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>> Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 09:35:38 -0400
*Should researchers use AI to write papers? Group aims for community-driven standards*
April 16, 2024. When and how should text-generating artificial intelligence (AI) programs such as ChatGPT help write research papers? In the coming months, 4000 researchers from a variety of disciplines and countries will weigh in on guidelines that could be adopted widely across academic publishing, which has been grappling with chatbots and other AI issues for the past year and a half <https://www.science.org/content/article/scientists-explore-ai-written-text-journals-hammer-policies>. The group behind the effort wants to replace the piecemeal landscape of
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>> Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 11:41:44 -0400
From: Bikkul, Natasha <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, Apr 17, 2024 at 8:06 AM
To help raise awareness of the predatory practice of fraudulent journal sites, Liverpool University Press is sharing a blog post to alert researchers, readers, and editors of other journals, to the growing problem of copycat journal websites.
From: Jo Hutchinson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 14:48:02 +0000
*Apologies for cross-posting.*
*Learned Publishing: Volume 37, issue 2, April 2024*
Login to access the latest version:
https://alpsp.org/member-access
I’m pleased to announce that the April issue of Learned Publishing is now available to read, featuring a diverse array of research articles, case studies, industry updates and opinion pieces on some of the key issues in scholarly publishing.
From: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 10:46:28 -0400
The NASIG Program Planning Committee (PPC) invites ideas for topics and for volunteer discussion facilitators for Informal Discussion Groups and User Groups during the 39th Annual Conference <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/nasig2024.sched.com/__;!!N11eV2iwtfs!u6j36WmojzFrNOhSKn3gVEslmzS0U3gaD92d-iLxvj_H8hmspetDKEJYwptD2uFPFXPi_RUXHigYw6xjq909DiCc$> in Spokane, WA.
The Program Planning Committee is looking for:
- Topics for group discussion - Volunteers who would like to facilitate an Informal Discussion Group or a User Group (facilitators must be registered for the full in-person conference).
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 12:54:52 -0400
*Launch Webinar: April 23, 1:00 - 2:30 CEST*
*Open research information must be the new norm*
The research information landscape requires fundamental change. The signatories of the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information commit to taking a lead in transforming the way research information is used and produced. Openness of information about the conduct and communication of research must be the new norm.
From: Annika Bennett <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, Apr 16, 2024 at 11:20 AM
**Apologies for cross-posting**
Further to my message back in March, the DOAJ community consultation is now live, and we hope that many of you would like to help shaping the future of the service by sparing 10 minutes over a cup of coffee or tea to fill in our survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DOAJconsultation
From: "Varghese, Ann" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 14:54:59 +0000
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*Press Release*
*Launch of UPLOpen.com: Revolutionizing Access to Open Knowledge and Empowering Global Sustainability Goals*
Boston, April 16, 2024
In an ambitious move to democratize access to scholarly knowledge and advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), the De Gruyter eBound Foundation is thrilled to unveil UPLOpen.com, a product of University Press Library Open (UPLO), an innovative website that curates high-quality, open access scholarship from the world’s leading university presses.
From: Mary Aagard <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 15:04:42 -0600
Please see the following job opportunity -- the application deadline is April 18, 2024.
Albertsons Library at Boise State University invites you to join our Acquisitions and Collections team as Head, Discovery and Continuing Resources. This re-envisioned position centers discovery and search functionality to best meet user needs, using a strong foundation in cataloging and resource description. We seek a curious and inventive professional to evolve the library’s discovery tools to provide library content to the university community in the most efficient and extensive ways possible. This position: plans,
From: Tara Packer <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 16:05:44 -0400
Join CHORUS at a forum on *CHORUS Forum: Navigating the Future of Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) in Scholarly Publishing: Challenges, Risks, and Opportunities* Wednesday, 22 May 2024, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT
This forum will aim to provide an overview of PIDs in the scholarly publishing workflow then focus on: US National PID Strategy; implications of transitioning the Crossref Open Funder Registry to ROR; how Read and Publish deals are critically supported by ROR and other PIDs; implications of “metadata inflation” when third parties add PIDs and other metadata
From: NASIG Social Media Coordinator <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 11:43:31 -0500
NASIG's annual in-person conference is fast approaching! To be held 3-7 June in beautiful Spokane, WA at the Spokane Davenport Grand, NASIG volunteers are busy preparing everything so that our community will enjoy a time chock full of great learning content, great camaraderie, and great connections at our 39th annual event. Time is running out for regular conference and discounted hotel reservations, though. Our hotel block rate expires, and our conference registration goes up, starting 4 May, so if you are on the fence, now is the
From: Heather Staines <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 06:46:57 -0400
Hi: The Star Wars-themed musical even has two parody songs from Barbie!
Heather Staines
On Tue, Apr 16, 2024 at 1:02 AM LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: NASIG Social Media Coordinator <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 11:43:31 -0500 > > NASIG's annual in-person conference is fast approaching! To be held 3-7 > June in beautiful Spokane, WA at the Spokane Davenport Grand, NASIG > volunteers are busy preparing everything so that our community will enjoy a > time chock full of great learning content, great camaraderie, and great
From: Alicia Wise <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:40:20 +0000
Hello everyone,
UKRI, in partnership with the Association of Learned Society Publishers (ALPSP), the British Academy, and the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA), has commissioned a project from Information Power. The project is to support book publishers in their transition to sustainable open access models, with a particular focus on learned society, subject association, and smaller specialist publishers. As part of this project, we’ve been asked to produce a report and evolve existing toolkits to support publishers who are experimenting with or embracing open access models. https://www.informationpower.co.uk/open-access-transitions-for-book-publishers-spa-ops-4-0/
From: "Brewer, Michael M - (brewerm)" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 18:01:22 +0000
All,
Please consider applying for this position, or forward it to anyone who may be interested. Tucson is a fantastic place to live, and UAL’s Collection Services department is a great place to work. Our current work modality at UAL is hybrid (with fewer days on site than remote for CS) but a fully remote work arrangements may also be negotiated.
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 09:48:38 -0400
*Berlin, April 10th, 2024: *Knowledge Unlatched <https://www.knowledgeunlatched.org/> (KU), a Wiley brand, is pleased to share the results of its 2023 pledging round, which ended in December 2023 and saw hundreds of institutions worldwide pledge support for Open Access (OA) book and journal collections offered by KU and its publishing partners.
From: "Jim O'Donnell" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 22:27:03 -0700
I may be missing something, or else this is instructive. I've followed Knowledge Unlatched for a decade, always interested, but never quite persuaded. (Full disclosure: my institution does not subscribe.) I realize on reading this and following the links that I have two questions about discovery.
From: Ronald Snijder <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 06:27:13 +0000
Dear Jim O'Donnell,
The Knowledge Unlatched collection has also been made available in the OAPEN Library: https://library.oapen.org/discover?filtertype=collection&filter_relational_operator=equals&filter=Knowledge+Unlatched+%28KU%29
From: Danny Kingsley <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 16:37:54 +1000
Hi Jim,
The Knowledge Unlatched books are available in the OAPEN library - see information here including the ability to search the collection at the bottom of the page https://www.oapen.org/topic/3870465-knowledge-unlatched
Browsing by collection ‘Knowledge Unlatched’ is here - https://library.oapen.org/browse?type=collection&value=Knowledge+Unlatched+(KU)
The entire OAPEN collection is available for ingestion into library catalogues (and many libraries across the world have ingested the collection) - information about this is here https://www.oapen.org/resources/15635975-metadata
From: "Brian C. Gray" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 08:02:40 -0400
Knowledge Unlatched hosts its content with HathiTrust, OAPEN, and Open Research Library.
Previously, we just turned on the collection in OCLC Worldshare so records were automatically loaded and added. We do not need to do that anymore as OhioLINK is bringing in the records for the entire consortia. We also have turned on in EDS (and previously Summon). It has been very little effort and maintenance to expose the content to our users.
From: Sean Andrews <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 11:43:10 -0500
Hi Jim,
I am not familiar with the way it might interact with the databases and metadata collections you are talking about, but probably the best place to find the KU collection is in the OAPEN site that collects all their releases.
Unfortunately it doesn't seem that you can filter by collection in the "Advanced Search" function so that is not helpful for the kind of discovery you are talking about. But maybe there is a different trick that can be used with the export of the data
From: "Jim O'Donnell" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2024 15:01:34 -0700
With thanks to several, esp. Ronald Snijder of OAPEN. Here's what I have learned.
1. Once in the OAPEN/DOAB database, you can filter by "Collection" or "Grantor" and see KU items (over 4,000 so far). I do not yet see a way to filter and sort by subject area, but it may be there and my efforts have simply failed. How the average user would know to execute such an OAPEN search, I cannot tell.
From: Pablo Markin <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 14:56:25 +0000
Hi Jim,
Please receive the following response on behalf of Sven Fund.
Thanks for your interest in a full list of KU titles.
Next to OAPEN, all titles are listed in the Open Research Community: https://openresearch.community/posts/ku-titles-on-the-open-research-library?room_id=general-ku-pledging-information .
Or directly on the Open Research Library, with direct access to the content of course:
From: Jo Hutchinson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 08:33:58 +0000
Please see details of our virtual training course which may be of interest.
*Building Strategies for Managing Partnerships and Institutional eBook Sales <https://alpsp.cventevents.com/Dao8G?RefId=email>*
Date: 24 & 25 June
Tutors: Kim Williams, Princeton University Press | Michael Zeoli, Director, De Gruyter Publishing
The workshop will unfold in two sessions. In the first, we will provide a market overview to identify key trends, content providers and their strategies and models, and the challenges these may create for publishers. In the second, we will outline methods and processes a publisher can use
From: C4DISC Communications - Bernie Folan <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2024 16:45:00 +0100
The next C4DISC Community of Practice call will be on *April 11, 2024* at 11 am Eastern / 4 pm UK. The topic will be *Open Access*.
*Open Access: our definition for the purposes of this call is when there are no financial, legal or technical barriers to accessing content. In many cases, the author pays for the article publication charge though there are many different models across publishers and societies.*
From: Craig Olsvik <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2024 16:51:00 +0000
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) is pleased to announce that we have signed a new three-year, read-and-publish agreement with Elsevier. As part of CRKN’s commitment to transform access to research, this agreement repurposes funds that CRKN members have traditionally paid in subscription fees for Elsevier journals, to cover open access publishing and full reading access for those same journals.
From: Jose Mavarez <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2024 04:47:57 -0400
Primary Research Group Inc. has published the Survey of Use of Artificial Intelligence in Inter-Library Loan Management, ISBN 979-8-88517-240-0
This study presents data from 33 academic libraries about their use of artificial intelligence in various facets of inter-library loan management, with separate datasets for use in copyright clearance, returns and deliveries, title and content searches, patron service requests, personalized content recommendations, and other tasks connected to interlibrary loan management.
From: Charles Hamaker <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2024 10:54:50 -0400
Are any libraries/vendors/publishers/search systems working together on creating trained AI for subscribed or purchased or leased searching of datasets to support library provided consolidated search of LLM's ? Is that the right question?
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>> Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2024 09:58:38 -0400
With thanks to Gary Price. When was your last "knowledge update"? Now beware of Google searches for books (Google Scholar, anyone?).
"Google Books is indexing low quality, AI-generated books that will turn up in search results, and could possibly impact Google Ngram viewer, an important tool used by researchers to track language use throughout history.
From: "Valente, Ana" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2024 13:57:05 +0000
**with apologies for cross-posting**
The ESAC Transformative Agreement Registry <https://esac-initiative.org/about/transformative-agreements/agreement-registry/> has surpassed the milestone of *one thousand agreements*!
The ESAC Registry has so far documented the negotiations of libraries and consortia in more than *70 countries* with *60+ publishers*, which have enabled scholars and scientists from around the world to publish more than *1 million peer-reviewed articles* immediately open access and without author-facing fees.
From: Michael Rodriguez <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2024 13:34:10 +0000
Hello everyone,
This is to share a reminder that the LyrOpen Fair, sponsored by Lyrasis and featuring several of our partners and members, kicks off next Tuesday the 9th. Registration is free and open to everyone.
- Session 1: Open Research & Scholarship Landscape <https://lyrasis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oJ1tZpkMSqO_fUBcIhWxnA> Tuesday, April 9, 2024, 2-3pm EST - Session 2: More than Infrastructure: Getting to Know DOAB, OAPEN Library and DOAJ <https://lyrasis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yzRVOpJBT8WTZ0FgBAcLWA> Thursday, April 11, 11am-12 pm EST - Session 3: Open Institutional Repository Usage Statistics (IRUS) <https://lyrasis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__acnVBRQRwWUqz2V-1hkag> Thursday, April 18, 3-4 pm EST -
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>> Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2024 09:27:52 -0400
3rd April 2024 News, Open Access, Open Science
A new report from the DIAMAS (https://diamasproject.eu/) work package that SPARC Europe leads looks at understanding how institutional publishing is sustained today. Institutional publishers and service providers are diverse due to their missions, size and service provision. In addition, there is no definitive set of tasks that all institutional publishers share. These characteristics influence the sustainability options available to them and the choices they make.
From: Bernie Folan <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2024 16:02:34 +0100
***With apologies for cross-posting ***
The OASPA annual conference <https://www.oaspa.org/events/2024-conference/> brings the open access community together to discuss new developments and innovations in scholarly publishing, and unite in our shared goal to enable research around the world to be openly accessible in line with our mission <https://www.oaspa.org/about/who-we-are/>.
From: Danny Kingsley <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2024 15:54:57 +1000
<Apologies for cross posting>
*Save the Dates!*
A heads-up for a unique opportunity in 2024 - the co-location of the 2024 FORCE11 Scholarly Communication Institute (FSCI) and the FORCE2024 conference in sunny Los Angeles.
Put these dates in your diary!
In-person FSCI courses will be conducted on the modern UCLA campus from *Monday July 29 to Wednesday July 31*, followed immediately by the FORCE11 Conference from *Thursday August 1 to Saturday August 3*. For those not wishing to travel, there will be virtual FSCI courses running the previous week,
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>> Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2024 20:54:27 -0400
See below for a discussion of various forms of licensing, analysis by Kyle Courtney:
Earlier this year, we noticed that some academic publishers have revised the copyright notices on their websites to state they reserve rights to text and data mining (TDM) and AI training (for example, see the website footers for Elsevier <https://www.elsevier.com/> and Wiley <https://www.wiley.com/en-us>). This new language may create confusion among libraries and researchers as TDM and AI-based analysis become an increasingly important aspect of research.
From: Maria Bustillos <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2024 21:29:09 +0100
My Brick House Cooperative colleagues David Moore and Jacob Ford will be in attendance at IndieLib tomorrow, and eager to connect with all interested parties about BRIET, our new open-source platform for selling ebooks, for keeps, to libraries <https://thebrick.house/briet-from-the-brick-house-is-heading-to-indielib-2024/> .
If you're a librarian or independent publisher who'd like to talk with us, please let me know at [log in to unmask]
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>> Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 19:16:10 -0400
*Looking Forward: The U.S. Copyright Office’s AI Initiative in 2024*
March 26, 2024. Over the coming months, the Office will issue a report, published in several sections, analyzing the impact of AI on copyright and making recommendations about any legislative or regulatory action. The first section will focus on digital replicas, or the use of AI to digitally replicate human artists’ appearances, voices, or other aspects of their identities. This section will be published later this spring.
From: NASIG Social Media Coordinator <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 12:02:52 -0500
Everyone,
Here’s the latest in our monthly webinar series planned by NASIG’s Continuing Education Committee, this time on the topic of serials ordering and access basics:
Date: April 25, 2024, 2:00-3:00 ET Register: https://nasig.org/event-5666988
DESCRIPTION This vendor neutral program gets back to basics, providing a ground-up view of all sides of ordering and renewing serials in an academic library. The one-hour session covers ordering and renewing serials, including the varieties of serials, how publishers & vendors set their prices, what information to gather to place orders for
From: Gabriel Gardner <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 16:55:16 +0000
Are you passionate about shaping the future of academic libraries and fostering a dynamic learning environment? We seek an enthusiastic and visionary individual to join our team as Associate Dean at the University Library at California State University, Long Beach. As the Associate Dean, you will play a pivotal role in leading strategic initiatives, fostering innovation, and enhancing the academic experience for students and faculty alike.
From: Charles Watkinson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 12:03:53 -0400
Colleagues:
Please excuse the cross-posting of this news from the Publishing division of the University of Michigan Library and Aberdeen University Library. The link to the original is here: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/22982/
Charles
*Aberdeen and Michigan announce trans-Atlantic publishing partnership*
The University of Aberdeen and the University of Michigan have come together to launch a new trans-Atlantic publishing partnership that will amplify the reach of Aberdeen’s boundary-breaking research.
From: Toby Green <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 08:17:31 +0100
What do they achieve? I looked at one case in 2019 https://medium.com/@TobyABGreen/editorial-board-mutinies-are-they-whats-needed-or-are-they-part-of-the-problem-667373beff27
TL;DR? It simply meant that where there was one journal for Scholcom to support, now there are two.
Toby
Toby Green Publisher, Policy Commons https://policycommons.net
Coherent Digital LLC https://www.coherentdigital.net
Email: [log in to unmask] Phone: +33 6 07 76 80 86 Twitter: @tobyabgreen
On 28 Mar 2024, at 04:14, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: NISO Announce <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 10:34:20 -0400
**Apologies for cross posting**
You’re invited to attend a webinar updating the community on the Collaborative Collections Lifecycle Project! Join us to hear from steering committee and working group members on the progress of this IMLS-funded initiative to develop best practices for cooperative collections management across library networks..
From: Jo Hutchinson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 11:41:26 +0000
*Apologies for cross-posting.*
Please find details of virtual training courses <https://alpsp.org/Events-Training> from ALPSP this June. All groups are kept small with interactive sessions using breakouts, pre-course work, polls, with opportunities for networking and discussions. ALPSP members receive discounts on all registration fees - and additional discounts for early bird bookings. Many of our courses are also available in-house <https://alpsp.org/In-house-training> for members.
From: Lili Luo <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 12:43:33 -0700
--Please excuse cross-posting.—
Dear colleagues,
We cordially invite you to participate in a survey seeking to examine how librarians use third-party Generative AI tools to aid their daily professional tasks. Your input will help deepen the understanding of effective applications of Generative AI in assisting librarians’ daily work and help design related training and education for librarians and library school students.
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 12:28:07 -0400 Subject: HathiTrust's new strategic vision March 25. Today HathiTrust is excited to announce the release of its new Strategic Vision <https://www.hathitrust.org/about/mission-history/strategic-visioning/>.
Approved by the Board of Governors at their last quarterly meeting, the Strategic Vision was created through an intensive, year-long effort with partners, Athenaeum 21, to imagine HathiTrust’s future. In its first 15 years, HathiTrust has collected, preserved, and provided lawful access to more than 18 million texts in more than 400 languages. Today it stewards the single largest collection of digitized texts created by and
From: National Acquisitions Group <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 9:45 PM
**apologies for cross posting**
Bookings are now open for NAG’s 14th edition of the highly successful Collection Development for Academic Libraries Seminar <https://nag.org.uk/event/seminar2024/> which takes place at the Friends House, 173-177 Euston Rd, London NW1 2BJ, on Thursday 16th May 2024 alongside our separate Public Library Forum <https://nag.org.uk/event/forum2024/>. A full programme is available to download on the event webpage <https://nag.org.uk/event/seminar2024/>; confirmed papers include:
From: Teri Gallaway <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2024 15:03:39 -0700
*Please share as you like:*
To the Liblicense community,
As there has been a sense of urgency surrounding the addition of AI clauses into licensing terms and conditions, the International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC) Coordinating Committee appointed an AI Task Force to examine the issue early this year. The Task Force brought a statement forward with guiding principles for AI Clauses that has now been approved by the Coordinating Committee and posted to the ICOLC public website:
From: Alicia Wise <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2024 14:56:24 +0000
Dear Colleagues –
Gali Halevi has joined CLOCKSS as our Collections Director and begins with a thoughtful blogpost about Biblio-Equity in Action: Advancing Collection Development for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion https://clockss.org/biblio-equity-in-action-advancing-collection-development-for-diversity-equity-and-inclusion/. She raises important issues for archives, libraries, and publishers around the world. How are you grappling with these issues?
From: Heidi McGregor <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2024 19:57:32 +0000
Dear colleagues,
Path to Open is a community-driven pilot program to support the open access publication of new scholarly books that bring diverse perspectives and research to millions of people. As a founding supporter of Path to Open, JSTOR is pleased to welcome the Boston Library Consortium (BLC) to the program.
From: NASIG Social Media Coordinator <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 15:10:07 -0500
NASIG volunteers are in a busy season of preparation for welcoming you to NASIG 2024 to be held in Spokane, WA, from 3-7 June at the beautiful Spokane Davenport Grand hotel. Go to https://nasig.org/Conference to register for this in-person conference.
We are especially thrilled to highlight vision speaker, Dr. Francesca B. Tripodi, who will present on the timely topic of "Data Voids and Echo Chambers: The Transformative Journey of Search and Its Consequences." This topic is of great importance to all of us in the information community
From: Monica Moore <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 15:59:35 -0400
The Hesburgh Libraries are accepting applications for a Data Services Librarian. <http://apply.interfolio.com/143282>
Through the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship, the Hesburgh Libraries are transforming scholarship at Notre Dame by empowering the ND community to critically engage with and utilize emerging digital technologies. To advance the Center’s mission to provide access to digital scholarship expertise and resources across all Notre Dame disciplines and audiences, the Data Services Librarian is responsible for coordinating and managing high-quality data literacy support and research data services throughout the research lifecycle. As part of
From: Bernie Folan <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 18:28:02 +0000
The OASPA annual conference <https://www.oaspa.org/events/2024-conference/> brings the open access community together to discuss new developments and innovations in scholarly publishing, and unite in our shared goal to enable research around the world to be openly accessible in line with our mission <https://www.oaspa.org/about/who-we-are/>.
The 2024 conference will encourage participants to consider how we might all work towards truly equitable and inclusive open scholarship practices as well as address many timely and fundamental topics relating to open scholarly communication. The conference will be held in Lisbon 16-18 September 2024. We welcome
From: Tasha Mellins-Cohen <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 09:01:19 +0000
**apologies for cross-posting**
The regular COUNTER newsletter is out, including reminders to register for the online members' conference.
All the best Tasha
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From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>> Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 20:44:50 -0400
This Annual Survey is definitely worth a detour
*OPEN ACCESS CHARGES – CONTINUED CONSOLIDATION AND INCREASESMARCH 19, 2024 | DAN POLLOCK AND HEATHER STAINES*
This month we look at the latest data about Article Processing Charges (APCs). Per article pricing is a fundamental building block for all paid publishing models, so our review provides an invaluable insight into how costs of open access continue to evolve. This year, prices in general are increasing, some significantly. Important nuances in the distribution of prices continue to affect the value
From: Katie Fortney <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 23:52:25 +0000
Hello all,
“The Right To Deposit – Uniform Guidance to Ensure Author Compliance and Public Access” is a free webinar that will be held on *April 16th from 11:00-1:30 pm PDT (2:00-3:30 EDT)*. It will explore the deposit rights environment authors will face under new, zero-embargo public access policies from federal funders, and the role institutions can play in supporting these rights. Authors and librarians at US higher education institutions are encouraged to attend to learn more about the details of these new policies and what their rights are;
From: NISO Announce <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 10:46:04 -0400
**Apologies for cross posting**
Baltimore, Maryland, March 21, 2024: The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) announced today that its draft Interoperable System of Controlled Digital Lending (IS-CDL) Recommended Practice (NISO RP-44-202X) is now available for public comment through April 21 at the project website, https://www.niso.org/standards-committees/is-cdl.
Libraries often need to lend digital surrogates of print content from their collections for various reasons, including when access to physical collections is disrupted, such as in the COVID-19 pandemic or where a natural disaster occurs, or when the physical item is too fragile
From: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:02:39 -0400
As we gear up for the NASIG Annual Conference 2024, scheduled to take place in Spokane from June 2-6, we wanted to extend an opportunity for more vendors and publishers to join us as a sponsor.
The NASIG Annual Conference serves as a premier platform for industry leaders, professionals, and decision-makers in the information community to converge, collaborate, and innovate. By becoming a sponsor, you'll have the chance to showcase your products and services to a diverse audience, elevate your brand visibility, and forge valuable connections with key stakeholders.
From: Gabriela Mejias <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 15:00:32 +0100
*27th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD 2024)*
*Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Visibility at a Global Scale*
October 30th–November 1st 2024 in Livingstone, Zambia
ETD 2024 is hosted by the University of Zambia, the Higher Education Authority of Zambia and the Zambia Research and Education Network together with the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD).
From: "Gregor-Adams, Andrea" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 07:56:58 +0000
***Please excuse any cross-posting***
Dear colleagues,
De Gruyter is pleased to confirm that 21 De Gruyter journals are publishing this year's volumes in open access via Subscribe to Open.
The subscriber threshold for 16 existing Subscribe to Open journals has been reached. Five new journals are being transformed via Subscribe to Open in 2024, in line with the plan to transform about 80 per cent of De Gruyter’s journal portfolio into open access via the Subscribe to Open model by 2028.
From: Bernie Folan <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 18:43:48 +0000
OASPA is pleased to announce its forthcoming webinar happening on April 9.
Last October the cOAlition S group of funders commissioned a study to assess the impact of Plan S. The study investigates various aspects of where this initiative by a group of research funders to promote immediate Open Access may have had an influence on the global scholarly communications landscape. Five months on from the kick-off meeting for this project, this session will offer an opportunity for the early results of this work to be presented and discussed
From: "Nardozzi, Caitlyn" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 18:16:29 +0000
**Apologies for cross-posting**
This Women’s History Month, join us for a captivating town hall conversation that celebrates the rich legacy of women’s leadership in scholarly publishing.
*Join us on Zoom on Thursday, March 28, 1PM EST <https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEsc-yvrzMvHN1iBNTMrYOPbIpaHpu2EBm8#/registration>*
Led by early career professional women who graduated from Emerson College, this meeting features an esteemed panel of influential women in academic publishing:
From: Jessica Pellien <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 16:12:09 +0000
Hi all –
We’re about midway through our application period for the second year of *shift+OPEN – deadline is April 30.* We hope library liaisons and scholarly comms folks will share this info with editors or editorial offices who may be interested in flipping from a traditional publication to a diamond open access publication. shift+OPEN offers a journal- and scholarly-friendly way to incorporate open access with minimal out of pocket expenses for the publication. If selected, journals receive:
From: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 16:58:57 -0400
Hi all,
A quick update that the Call for Proposals for the NASIG 2024 Great Ideas Showcase & Snapshots Sessions’ deadline has been extended to Friday March 29, 2024
The NASIG Program Planning Committee invites proposals for the Great Ideas Showcase and the Snapshots Session for the 39th Annual Conference, to be held *June 3-7, 2024 in Spokane, Washington.*
From: Paul Vierkant <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:48:35 +0100
**** Apologies for cross-posting ****
Dear all,
I kindly invite you to join the following webinars happening in the upcoming two months. Please note that some of the events are held in languages other than English:
Using Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) to ensure Indigenous Knowledge and Cultural Heritage Preservation 19 March 2024, 09:00 AM UTC/12:00 PM EAT (18:00 JST / 20:00 AEDT)
From: Michael Rodriguez <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 12:36:05 +0000
Dear colleagues,
Lyrasis is delighted to announce its third annual *LyrOpen Fair <https://lyrasisnow.org/lyropen-fair/>*, which will be held in April 2024. Five free webinars will explore and examine the open content and open research infrastructure ecosystem. Registration is free and open to all. Recordings and key takeaways will be available on the Lyrasis website following each session.
From: "Jim O'Donnell" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2024 17:24:14 -0700
The case of Hachette et al. v. Internet Archive lumbers on. It is mostly impossible to comment on this case without getting into the partisan weeds, and not much point to doing that. This is the kind of case that will have its life independent of what the enlightened general reader thinks or expects and will end where it ends. For the latest:
From: Maria Bustillos <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 12:01:27 +0000
SO well said, Jim. What a spectacular note, thank you.
Some positive steps for the 'civilizational strategy' you propose might include
- publicly-funded repositories for born-digital works written (and curated) by human beings, for permanent purchase by libraries - clearly codified terms for the purchase (and reversion!) of rights for publishers, distributors and rights holders, so people understand what they're signing - a rock-solid means of ensuring that current library rights (including the right of first sale) are preserved for digital works
From: Ibrahim Farah <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 07:56:27 +0000
Dear Jim, you tackled the core of the problem. While we are discussing narrow terms of licenses, we drifted away from the principle of owning a copy for cultural preservation and that this exact copy will enter the public domain. In the growing world of born-digital, libraries do not own the copy. I think that the licensing scheme for libraries is not working. We should have a scheme similar to the print world where publishers issue a specific number of digital copies with unique serial numbers. Once the library
From: Jordan Ruud <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 15:52:11 +0000
Greetings all – I’m fairly new to this side of things and wanted to run a question by those with more experience in licensing. Our music faculty have concert recordings that they’d like to deposit in our institutional repository, which is publicly accessible. I’m not entirely sure about the permissibility of this under our campus licenses with ASCAP and BMI (which I assume are fairly standard licenses).
From: Rachel S Fox Von Swearingen <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 17:01:13 +0000
Hi Jordan,
You are on the right track of it being a case-by-case question of looking at each work on the recital/concert. I am not a lawyer, but I spent many years as a music librarian and have examined several different institutions’ takes on how much risk they are willing to take on with their concert/recital recordings. There’s multiple layers to examine, and the level of risk varies as to how an institution justifies being able to make the recording to begin with and how widely
From: "Kathleen DeLaurenti (she, hers)" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 17:20:25 +0000
Hi Jared -
To put video recordings of copyrighted music in your repository, you need:
1. Mechanical license (the license for streaming copies to be accessed; each listener is a copy) 2. Public performance license (each stream is a public performance) 3. Synchronization licenses (the license to sync copyrighted music to video)
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>> Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 14:37:36 -0400
*HELIOS Open 2024 Programming and Structures *
*Vision: *A community of U.S. higher education leaders engaged in collective action to advance open scholarship recognition, rewards, and resources to support open practices by default.
*Values:* We are working together to promote a more transparent, inclusive, equitable, and trustworthy research ecosystem.
From: Bernie Folan <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 22:54:15 +0000
The OASPA annual conference <https://www.oaspa.org/events/2024-conference/> brings the open access community together to discuss new developments and innovations in scholarly publishing, and unite in our shared goal to enable research around the world to be openly accessible in line with our mission <https://www.oaspa.org/about/who-we-are/>.
The 2024 conference will encourage participants to consider how we might all work towards truly equitable and inclusive open scholarship practices as well as address many timely and fundamental topics relating to open scholarly communication. The conference will be held in Lisbon 16-18 September 2024. We welcome
From: NISO Announce <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 11:02:12 -0400
**Apologies for cross posting**
There’s only one week left to take advantage of early bird rates for NISO’s in-depth training series on AI and Prompt Design <https://niso.org/events/ai-prompt-design-2024-niso-training-series>! Our course begins on Thursday, April 4; discounts are also available for NISO members and groups.
AI and Prompt Design <https://niso.org/events/ai-prompt-design-2024-niso-training-series>
From: Adrian Stanley <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 08:41:46 -0400
Apologies for cross posting, but hopefully of interest, personally I think it's great more and more publishers are looking at ways to make the underlying research data accessible along with the publication, and hence support funder mandates.
London, UK and Vancouver, Canada - March 14, 2024 - The Royal Society, the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence, and DataSeer.ai <http://dataseer.ai>, a leading provider of open science analytics and compliance solutions, proudly announce the signing of a strategic agreement aimed at enhancing open research data compliance in the Royal Society
The OASPA annual conference <https://www.oaspa.org/events/2024-conference/> brings the open access community together to discuss new developments and innovations in scholarly publishing, and unite in our shared goal to enable research around the world to be openly accessible in line with our mission <https://www.oaspa.org/about/who-we-are/>.
The 2024 conference will encourage participants to consider how we might all work towards truly equitable and inclusive open scholarship practices as well as address many timely and fundamental topics relating to open scholarly communication. The conference will be held in Lisbon 16-18 September 2024. We welcome participants for collective reflection and discussion.
The joint statement on 12 Best Practices for Research Data Sharing by DataCite, STM and Crossref helps accelerate adoption of best practices and policies, aiming to enhance the scholarly record’s utility and rigor through collaboration. However, research data sharing remains a challenge. This forum will outline the recommendations for the various stakeholders involved in research data sharing and highlight what some endorsers are already
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 21:47:11 -0400
*Associated Press Report: “Libraries Struggle to Afford The Demand For E-Books And Seek New State Laws In Fight With Publishers”*
(Thanks to Gary Price, InfoDOCKET)
Librarians in several states have been pushing for legislation to rein in the costs and restrictions on electronic material, which has been growing in popularity since the COVID-19 pandemic. Patrons are stuck on long waiting lists for audio and e-books, and digital offerings are limited.
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>> Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 16:44:03 -0400
March 13, 2024. The Papermill Detection service is one of many ways Wiley is advancing its technology to meet the specific needs of research publishers and societies while making publishing more efficient, effective, and fit for the challenges of the future.
“Our leadership in research publishing technology, paired with our own significant experience in combatting papermills, uniquely positions Wiley to develop this technology,” said Jay Flynn, Wiley Executive Vice President & General Manager, Research & Learning. “We’re grateful to IEEE and Sage for helping us fine tune
From: Jose Mavarez <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 19:12:48 -0400
Primary Research Group (www.primaryresearch.com), publisher of research reports and surveys about higher education, is surveying librarians involved in interlibrary loan and book sharing operations about some of their policies and choices. Survey participants receive a free copy of one of the reports generated from the survey data. Answers are aggregated or otherwise presented without attribution. To take the survey, or to send it to someone in your organization best able to answer its questions about interlibrary loan and book sharing, use the link below.
From: Jessica Camila Vieira <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 21:21:10 +0000
*Author Engagement Outside of the Publishing Process*
March 21st, 2024, at 4:00 PM (CET)/ 10:00 AM (EST)
Online
Who are your authors, and when and how should publishers engage with them? In this webinar, we'll talk about how to better engage with authors outside of the publishing workflow to help create an author community and overall better engagement with your publishing brand.
From: Kelli Getz <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 15:37:25 -0400
Come join our fabulous team at the *University of Notre Dame* as the *Electronic Resources Acquisitions & Licensing Librarian*! I would be happy to answer any questions about the Hesburgh Libraries, the University of Notre Dame, or South Bend, IN!
To see the full position description and to apply, please see Interfolio <https://apply.interfolio.com/142742> for more information. The review of applications will begin on *April 23, 2024*.
From: Michael Rodriguez <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 12:55:37 +0000
Dear colleagues,
The Royal Society of Chemistry <https://www.rsc.org/> (RSC) and Lyrasis <https://www.lyrasis.org/> have entered into an open access publishing agreement <https://www.lyrasis.org/content/Pages/product-details.aspx?pid=DB83C485-4E4E-ED11-80FE-00155D0A2732> to accelerate momentum toward global open access scholarship. Launched in 2023 and expanded in 2024, this partnership is one of the first and largest consortial open access agreements with RSC in the United States to date. Twenty-two colleges and universities representing more than 38,000 faculty and 325,000 students have joined the agreement, publishing about 175 scholarly articles with RSC annually.
From: Rachael G Samberg <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 05:38:00 -0700
Fair use rights to conduct text mining & use artificial intelligence tools are essential for UC research & teaching. Learn how University of California libraries negotiate to preserve these rights in electronic resource agreements: https://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/2024/03/fair-use-tdm-ai-restrictive-agreements/
Best, Rachael G. Samberg Timothy Vollmer Samantha Teremi
From: "Potter, Peter" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2024 23:57:18 +0000
Thanks to Rachael and the team at UC’s OSC for sharing this document. I came away from it with a much better understanding of the concerns of libraries as they try to account for TDM and AI when negotiating licenses for electronic resources.
It does, however, raise a question for me about the other side of the fair use argument—namely, the rights of authors to not have their copyrighted works exploited by TDM and AI usage. This is especially pertinent in the humanities and social sciences where much of
From: Rachael G Samberg <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 15:34:50 -0700
Dear Peter,
Many thanks for reading our blog post. I write now to address what seem to be misunderstandings in your response, and I hope I manage to address them in a way that illuminates more alignment than you think. Because legal concepts can be tricky, and because the readership for this listserv is mostly non-lawyers, I will also try to parse some concepts and terms that got confused in your reply.
From: "Potter, Peter" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 17:28:12 +0000
Hi Rachael.
Wow! Thanks for responding so thoroughly to my questions. I’ll bet that others will agree with me in saying that you’ve helped to bring clarity to any number of concerns that come up again and again in discussions about AI and copyright.
I won’t go into great detail here because, I’m sure we actually agree in principle on the major points you’ve made. I simply want to clarify what I was trying to say (unartfully, it seems) in my last message:
From: Rachael G Samberg <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 07:44:07 -0700
Dear Peter,
I’m so pleased that we are in alignment about the importance of preserving fair uses—including TDM and AI use and training—in the scholarly and research contexts that are the subject of our license agreements.
Your clarifications are most helpful. Specifically, you’re evoking ideological issues outside the context of the eResource license agreements libraries sign (i.e. the focus of this listserv). You are instead interested in the commercial / consumer market in which authors’ open access materials could be scraped and used to train commercially-available third-party generative
From: Samantha Connor <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 09:38:46 +0000
Dear Colleagues,
The Biochemical Society’s partnership with libraries is underpinned by our pledge to widen global read access, remove cost barriers for publishing authors, and achieve a full transition to open access (OA) across our journals. In recognition of this, we’ve developed dedicated online hubs to help librarians and all other stakeholders stay up to date on the latest information about our OA models, including Read & Publish and Subscribe to Open.
From: "Burns, Alice [alicelb]" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 09:32:21 +0000
Following the announcement you may have seen via UKSG eNews, the libraries of Lancaster University, University of Liverpool and University of Salford in partnership with Liverpool University Press and now invite other institutions to participate in Trailblazers.
*What is Trailblazers?*
Trailblazers <https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/pages/trailblazers?/> <https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/pages/trailblazers?/>is a new Open Access initiative for the rising stars of their disciplines. Built on collaboration and knowledge-sharing between the libraries of Lancaster University, University of Liverpool, University of Salford, and the distinguished publisher Liverpool University Press <https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/>, Trailblazers combines OA publication, to maximise the opportunity
From: "Gregor-Adams, Andrea" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 08:31:17 +0000
***Please excuse any cross-posting***
Dear colleagues,
You are warmly invited to the *free De Gruyter Brill & Gold Leaf Zoom event on 21 March 2024 at 3.00 pm GMT / 4.00 pm CET*, where we will explore how TAs have transformed scholarly publishing over the past five years, sparking debates on fairness and effectiveness. Originally TAs were a temporary mechanism en route to enabling full open access in scholarly publishing. But have they worked? And how far along the road are publishers to creating the ultimate publishing solution that
From: Jan Waterhouse <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 21:20:23 +0000
Dear Colleagues,
For those of you who attended ER&L or are planning to attend the UKSG Annual Conference in April, the “Serials Spoken Here” column in *Serials Review* is seeking contributors to share conference reports with colleagues unable to attend. Coverage of any session related to serials is welcome, and conference reports are 750 words or less.
From: "Scheid, Maria A." <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 20:13:24 +0000
The Ohio State University Libraries is seeking a Copyright Services Specialist. This is a full-time staff position. A short description and link to the job posting is included below.
*Copyright Services Specialist*
The Ohio State University Libraries is seeking a dynamic, innovative, and service-oriented individual for the position of Copyright Services Specialist within Copyright Services. Copyright Services provides information and resources to The Ohio State University community on topics and activities related to copyright. Reporting to the Head of Copyright Services, the Copyright Services Specialist assists in the
From: Kim Hetherington <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:32:35 +0000
Dear Colleague
The Company of Biologists is delighted to announce its first consortium agreement in South Africa - the South African National Library and Information Consortium (SANLiC).
Read the announcement in full at https://bit.ly/3wRolRI
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
The California State University Chancellor’s Office purchases (Electronic Core Collection) or negotiates (Opt-in Collections) for the CSU libraries. The full text, database-only, and open access collections are managed in the Alma Network Zone. There are about 750 collections managed in the NZ. Also,
From: Amy Kirchhoff <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 14:00:05 +0000
Hello all ~
Constellate, the new text analysis service from ITHAKA (the same people who bring you JSTOR), has a number of interesting, free public events in March and April—register to attend live or participate asynchronously through video recordings and our Slack (join our Slack community here <https://join.slack.com/t/ithaka-constellate/shared_invite/zt-2elewyahf-Loq6FLqMPQj5mIfVvO87iw> ).
From: Susan Lo <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 13:39:37 +0000
***Apologies for any cross-posting***
Dear Colleagues,
AIP Publishing is excited to announce *Journal of Applied Physics* and *Physics of Plasmas*, two of our foremost scholarly publications, are now open access as part of a Subscribe to Open (S2O) pilot program.
This switch to open access (OA) is a result of our institutional subscribers renewing their subscriptions and supporting the S2O pilot program. For authors, this means the ability to increase the reach and impact of their work by publishing OA in either journal under a Creative Commons license of
From: Julia Lovett ,[log in to unmask] Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 00:06:50 -0400
Recently one of our graduates discovered that someone is attempting to sell copies of their thesis on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other sites. The thesis is freely available on our institutional repository, but under copyright with all rights reserved.
There's no publisher or seller information on any of the listings, but I looked up the ISBN number and it's registered to a company with the same address as Ingram Content: https://www.ingramcontent.com/
From: "Kester, Yvonne" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 20:32:02 +0000
Hi Julia,
Yes, I have seen this before, and opened a thread on the Google DSpace Group last May, which I will forward to you from my Gmail address. Apparently it isn't uncommon, however, I have not seen them for sale by Ingram.
Best wishes, Yvonne
Yvonne Kester Repositories Manager and Support Specialist SUNY OLIS, Office of the Provost The State University of New York H. Carl McCall SUNY Building 353 Broadway Albany, New York 12246 *she, they*
From: "Hunt, Jenny" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 14:55:09 +0000
Those texts may be printed by Lightning Source <https://www.ingramcontent.com/publishers/print-on-demand> (LSI), an Ingram print on demand service, but I doubt they are *published* by Ingram. Both self-publishers and traditional publishers use LSI for printing.
LSI-printed books will have CPSIA information and a barcode on the back side of the last page, facing the inside back cover:
From: "Jim O'Donnell" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 20:04:08 -0700
The Senate finally passed the "minibus" this evening, still, to the best of my knowledge, uncluttered by the provision that would have outright forbidden funding for Nelson memo-inspired steps towards open access. The situation is, however, slightly more complicated than my earlier posting made clear.
From: Katrine Sundsbø <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, Mar 8, 2024 at 5:31 AM
Dear colleagues, friends, community!
*** Apologies for cross posting ***
I'm excited to share DOAJ's first ever 'Annual Highlights'. This is a short document outlining highlights from 2023. You can find DOAJ Annual Highlights 2023 on Zenodo <https://zenodo.org/records/10796254>.
2023 has been a fantastic year, and we are so grateful to you all for supporting, using, promoting and teaching others about DOAJ. Thank you all for a wonderful year.
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>> Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 16:20:54 -0500
Keeping Up with the Educational Market for Generative AI Tools Announcing Ithaka S+R’s Product Tracking Tool
Vendors are developing generative AI (GAI) tools designed for postsecondary teaching, learning, and research contexts at breakneck speed. Established companies, start-ups, and even a few not-for-profit organizations are bringing new products to market almost every day, making it challenging for students and faculty to understand which tools will best serve their needs. Differentiating between tools and assessing their value is also a challenge for university CIOs, IT departments, and others involved
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>> Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 16:13:02 -0500
*Leading research publisher Taylor & Francis has announced the addition of PeerJ, a pioneer in broad-scope open access (OA) journals.*
March 8, 2024. PeerJ is best known for its multidisciplinary flagship title *PeerJ Life & Environment* serving the Biological, Medical and Environmental Sciences and *PeerJ Computer Science* (covering all areas of computer science, including AI, quantum, and robotics). In addition, PeerJ offers five titles in the Chemical Sciences, meaning that in total Taylor & Francis will welcome 7 new journals to its open research program.
From: Bernie Folan <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 18:50:42 +0000
The recording of our recent webinar is now available <https://www.oaspa.org/events/virtual-seminar-wayfinders-2-building-equity-from-a-per-publication-charge-context/> along with panelists slides and responses to unanswered questions.
This webinar (the second in our Wayfinders series) focuses on those currently operating in a per-publication charge context and are taking steps to increase equity in OA, and committing to or exploring a move away from per-publication charges.
From: "Holzapfel, Arabella" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 17:54:31 +0000
The Middlebury College library is looking for our next Electronic and Continuing Resources Librarian! *Interested candidates from outside the Middlebury, VT region who would be unable to relocate are encouraged to apply. Flexible and remote work opportunities are negotiable.* Application review will begin in the first week of April and continue until the position is filled. Interested applicants should aim to get their applications in by April 5, 2024 for first consideration.
From: Mary Aagard <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Albertsons Library, Boise State University, is on the lookout for an innovative trailblazer to spearhead our Discovery, Continuing Resources, and Cataloging unit! This is an opportunity to shape the future of library services and redefine the way users interact with our collections. As the leader of this dynamic team, you'll be at the helm, orchestrating the efforts of our dedicated staff. You'll be the mastermind behind configuring and administering the cataloging module of our library management system, ensuring seamless access to our resources. You'll also be delving into the
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>> Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2024 22:05:01 -0500
*Jisc review of UK open access and transitional agreements finds positives, but that a full transition is not in sight*
07 March 2024
New report finds that despite improvements – rapid growth in transitional agreements, sector savings and high levels of funder compliance – a full transition to open access will not happen soon.
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>> Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2024 11:38:41 -0500
Forwarded from another mail group, of possible interest:
From: Susan Gilbert <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 7:57 AM
Editors at seven bioethics and humanities journals developed this statement, published last fall, on the responsible use of generative AI technologies in scholarly journal publishing. It concerns the work of authors, reviewers, and editors. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hast.1507
From: NASIG Social Media Coordinator <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2024 07:45:50 -0600
Everyone,
NASIG volunteers are excited about all the things planned for NASIG 2024, which will be held from 3-7 June in the beautiful Pacific Northwest in Spokane, WA. You can go to https://nasig.org/Conference to register. We warmly welcome you to join our community for great conference content (see our schedule at https://nasig2024.sched.com) which includes in-depth workshops that at similar events cost extra but which we’ve included at no additional charge. There is plenty to see and do, as well, when you’re in Spokane (see https://nasig.wordpress.com/2023/10/30/looking-ahead-to-nasig-2024-cpc-update/ for more
From: Bernie Folan <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2024 11:19:37 +0000
You may be interested to read OASPA's new <https://www.oaspa.org/news/looking-ahead-to-2024-and-beyond/>post <https://www.oaspa.org/news/looking-ahead-to-2024-and-beyond/> by our Executive Director - Claire Redhead - outlining our plans for 2024. The post explains how we will be kicking off work on the three year strategic plan developed last year with intention and purpose. Our vision is restated and our focus and priorities explained. The post also discusses planned activities this year including our September Conference in Lisbon, September 16-18, our Equity in OA work via the new Wayfinders Series and the continuation of our hugely successful
From: Jessica Camila Vieira <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2024 09:22:03 +0000
*Join Us for a Networking Excursion: A Journey of Connection with ChronosHub*
April 7th, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. (CET)
Glasgow, Scotland
We are delighted to announce a unique networking event *(pre-UKSG Annual Conference 2024)* exclusively for publishers and institutions. The premise of this gathering is to bring together professionals, innovators, and thought leaders from the publishing and institutional sectors to explore the power of networking and forge meaningful connections within the industry while enjoying the views of the beautiful Loch Lomond.
From: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2024 04:02:28 +0000
Thanks to a strong positive response from our subscribers, we are happy to announce that all 2024 articles in our Subscribe to Open program will be published open access -- free to be read by everyone and with no author charges.
This is the second year of our S2O program, which includes our five most established publications:
From: "Gallagher,Erin" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2024 13:34:40 +0000
*Scholarly Communications Librarian *
*Assistant University Librarian or Associate University Librarian *
*University of Florida*
*George A Smathers Libraries*
The University of Florida's George A. Smathers Libraries seek a Scholarly Communications Librarian who will be responsible for providing leadership for the George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida’s services in support of students and faculty seeking guidance on fair use, copyright and intellectual property, as well as outreach and training efforts to build a scholarly communications program that supports open scholarship, open education, and open data. This twelve-month,
From: Joel Thornton <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2024 14:33:10 +0000
Good morning. We have an excellent opportunity at the University of Utah Libraries. I kindly seek your recommendation regarding anyone you think could be interested in an important open position at the University of Utah Libraries: *Head of Collections & Resource Description* for the J. Willard Marriott Library. This is a critical role for the library that manages the $9.5M collections portfolio and has 4 direct reports. The compensation is up to $100K. Please let me know if you know anyone interested in learning more about this opportunity. Here’s
From: Margaret Mering <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2024 11:57:19 +0000
*Serials Review* seeks an Assistant Editor who will work in conjunction with the Editor in Chief and Associate Editor to strengthen the journal’s visibility and support its continued growth. This is a unique opportunity to learn more about the publishing process, liaise with Peer Reviewers and Authors, and uphold the integrity of a well-respected LIS publication. Deadline March 15, 2024
From: "Jim O'Donnell" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2024 18:01:09 -0700
There’s been concern for some time about language attached to federal appropriations bills that would contradict the 2022 Nelson memo from OSTP and ban spending federal dollars on OSTP-mandated open access and open science. In the present draft, the ban was stripped away in the back rooms. Thus, it would appear that the bill, without the ban, will likely pass by March 8th as part of federal budget stop-gapping.
From: Rachel S Fox Von Swearingen <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2024 21:53:50 +0000
The Syracuse University Libraries invites applications from collaborative individuals to join our staff in the role of Collection Development and Analysis Librarian (CDAL). This position will be a great growth opportunity for an early-career librarian with some collections or acquisitions experience who wants to become immersed in a full-time collection development role in an academic library.
From: Heidi McGregor <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2024 15:42:54 +0000
Dear colleagues,
Florida Virtual Campus (FLVC), a centralized service supporting the shared needs of Florida’s 40 public colleges and universities, has joined *Path to Open <https://about.jstor.org/path-to-open/>*, a pilot program to support the open access publication of new groundbreaking scholarly books that will bring diverse perspectives and research to millions of people.
From: Barbara Holland <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2024 10:25:40 -0500
Scholars, Researchers, Professors, and Practitioners, we are seeking informative and trending chapter proposals for an upcoming book titled *Trends and Innovations concerning Library & Information Science: A Multidisciplinary Approach.*
- The book explores current and emerging issues, challenges, opportunities, and best practices in library and information science from various perspectives and disciplines.
From: "Carrillo, Brenda" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2024 20:43:19 +0000
Sacramento State University Library has just posted an opening for a Library Services Specialist III – Serials & Electronic Resources. Please pass along to anyone who would be interested.
The position description and application can be found here: https://careers.csus.edu/en-us/job/534625/library-services-specialist-iii-serials-electronic-resources.
*Position Summary*
Working independently under the direct supervision of the Head of Collection Management Services, and in close collaboration with the Acquisitions Coordinator, the LSS III Serials and Electronic Resources Specialist is responsible for ordering and managing materials in the library that arrive on a periodic basis, including print and
From: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2024 15:23:43 -0500
Hello,
The NASIG Program Planning Committee invites proposals for the Great Ideas Showcase and the Snapshots Session for the 39th Annual Conference, to be held *June 3-7, 2024 in Spokane, Washington.*
We are currently seeking in-person presentations. The NASIG Conference presenters and attendees will be expected to follow hotel Covid safety protocols.
From: Jo Hutchinson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2024 17:25:06 +0000
*Apologies for cross-posting.*
*ALPSP Mentorship Scheme 2024 for Scholarly Publishers*
The next phase of the ALPSP Mentorship Scheme for 2024 is now open. Applications for mentees (ALPSP members only) and mentors (non-members also welcome) are open from today until 5 April.
The ALPSP Mentoring Scheme connects colleagues across the scholarly publishing community. Last year, over 200 people participated in the scheme with a Mentoring Quality Score of 4.55/5, highlighting the value it provides.
From: Rachel Erb <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2024 15:41:28 +0000
*Licensing Analyst (Job ID 56718)*
*Florida Virtual Campus (FLVC) Library Services*
*Northwest Regional Data Center (NWRDC)*
*Florida State University*
*Florida Virtual Campus (FLVC)*
*Responsibilities*
As a member of FLVC Library Services, the Licensing Analyst is responsible for license management and negotiation of terms by FLVC on behalf of the State University System (SUS) and the Florida College System (FCS) pursuant to Florida Statute 1006.73. This position interacts with statewide FLVC stakeholders, providing access to library e-resources for more than 1.3 million students, faculty, and staff across all FCS and
From: Jose Mavarez <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 19:19:49 -0400
Subject: Primary Research Group Inc. has published University Faculty Views on Computer Code and Data Submission Requirements, ISBN 979-8-88517-227-1
This study looks at how faculty, primarily in the sciences and social sciences, view computer code and data submission requirements from journal publishers, repositories, funding sources, peer review and other sources. The study gives detailed data on the percentage of faculty that submit code, how much they submit, and whether they think submission requirements are too stringent or not stringent enough.
From: "Bailey, Jody Elizabeth" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 18:26:37 +0000
**Apologies for cross-posting**
Dear colleagues,
The Library Publishing Coalition (LPC) and the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) Library Publishing Special Interest Group (LibPub SIG) are partnering to survey the landscape of scholarly publishing in libraries across the globe. LPC is seeking submissions for the 2024 edition of the *Library Publishing Directory* <https://librarypublishing.org/lp-directory/>. IFLA’s Library Publishing Map of the World <https://lib-pub.org/> is a first-of-its-kind online database of global library publishing initiatives. Together, we invite you to share information about your library’s scholarly publishing activities.
From: Elizabeth Berney <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 16:00:11 +0000
Kansas State University is looking for a new electronic resources librarian. We are looking for a dynamic, creative, tech savvy person who can look outside of the spreadsheet. K-State does their collection development a bit differently than most. We have a team of collection strategists who curate, purchase, and evaluate all materials including print, media, and anything electronic. The e-resources librarian does not have to do cost per use analysis (that is the collection strategy job). Instead they make sure everything runs and is easy to be located.
From: Emily Packer <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 15:23:02 +0000
[With apologies for cross-posting]
Dear All,
I thought some of you here might be interested in this update from eLife that looks back at the first year of our new publishing model, reflecting on the key milestones, achievements and lessons learned during this time.
We launched our new model in January 2023, combining the speed and transparency of preprints with the expert scrutiny and evaluation of peer review. In doing so, we looked to reshape the purpose of a journal by publishing everything we review as a Reviewed Preprint
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 09:53:36 -0500
*Rockville, Md. (February 23, 2024)*—The American Physiological Society (APS), a nonprofit organization that publishes 16 scientific journals highlighting critical advances in physiology and related fields, announces a strategic shift to a Subscribe to Open (S2O) publishing model. As part of its mission to advance scientific discovery, understand life and improve health, APS is working closely with the library community to implement this open access publishing model, beginning in 2025, for 10 of the Society’s primary research journals.
From: "Wilcox, Matthew E." <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 19:55:19 +0000
Hello everyone,
The previous conversations about AI terms being added to licenses was incredibly useful to read. I am writing to see if anyone is having success in having publishers moderate their desired prohibitions against the use of their products with AI tools.
We have been in discussions with a publisher wanting to insert language into a license for a product we are trying to renew that would prohibit the use of the product in combination with an artificial intelligence tool for a variety of things, such as
From: "Armstrong, David" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 14:52:47 +0000
*** With apologies for cross-posting ***
ACS Publications is proud to announce a landmark read and publish agreement with the CAPES consortium in Brazil. This new five-year agreement provides full reading access to all ACS journals for thousands of faculty and students across Brazil, as well as the ability for affiliated authors to publish open access in any ACS journal at no cost to them.
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>> Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 08:56:43 -0500
Springer Nature’s Transformative Agreement with Lyrasis Champions Equity
*Agreement with LYRASIS covers 120 institutions including Historically Black Colleges and Universities.*
New York, 27 February 2024. Springer Nature has reached a new Transformative Agreement (TA) with Lyrasis, a non-profit member organization working globally to serve libraries and other institutions. The four-year deal covers some 120 institutions and includes eight Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) benefiting from greater access to articles. In addition, the agreement will allow over 5,000 articles in the Springer hybrid portfolio to be published
From: Charlotte Vanrooyen <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 11:55:16 +0000
*** apologies for cross-posting ***
We are delighted to share some fantastic news regarding EDP Sciences' Mathematics journals and their ongoing commitment to open access through the Subscribe to Open model. We extend our sincere gratitude to everyone who has supported us.
You can find the full press release detailing this exciting update here: Press Release Link <https://bit.ly/3UQhcv1> and below is a brief except.
From: Jan Szczepanski <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 12:00:30 +0100
Rachel Erb wrote:
Hi Jan,
Thank you for sharing this list. In addition to Jeroen Bosman’s requests, it would be helpful to know if EBSCO uses this title list to include OA content in their subscription databases. If so, identifying those titles along with the corresponding database would be great.