Open Access week kickoff recording of the World Bank panel discussion

View the Open Access week kickoff recording of the World Bank panel discussion at http://bit.ly/1a4lZcx

Representative Yoder (R-KS) made the following statement in support of Open Access

Representative Yoder (R-KS) made the following statement in support of Open Access and FASTR on

the floor of the House of Representatives for us earlier today - bless his heart!

Here's the YouTube video of the statement:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoSkbOwJBAQ&feature=youtu.be

Is Your Research Reaching Its Audience? - Faculty Senate Scholarly Communications Forum

Faculty Senate Scholarly Communications Forum to Explore Article-Level Metrics for Evaluating the Impact of Research

October 22
School of Education Room 120 
3-5 pm

You’ve published your research. How can you find out how and where it’s being cited, referenced, discussed, downloaded, and shared? Try using Article-Level Metrics (ALM), a comprehensive set of easy-to-understand indicators that track how an article is being read, discussed, and cited. This collection of real-time impact indicators let you see the article’s influence and reach. Now you can stay up-to-date with the reach and influence of your research, and then share this information with your collaborators, your academic department, and your funders. Use this data to build your CV, your network, and your career.  In other words: maximize the impact of your research. Come and find out more at the Forum talk.

Our Guest Speaker, Jennifer Lin, Senior Product Manager PLOS (Public Library of Science) will speak followed by reaction from a faculty panel.  The panel includes Stan Faeth, Head and Professor of Biology; Nicholas Oberlies, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,  and Robin Remsburg, Dean, School of Nursing.

Resources to Assist Researchers and Librarians

Here is a short article from Diane Dawson on "Making your Publications Open Access"  It is an excellent quick guide to resources that can assist researchers and librarians.  Article

SPARC's response to the Science Magazine's Open Access "Sting"

SPARC has sent out a response to the Science Magazine article reporting on the exposed flaws in the editorial processes of Open Access journals.
Sparc response

New journal open-access scientific journals is now accepting submissions online

New journal open-access scientific journals is now accepting submissions online -

Elementa’s Editors-in-Chief give their thoughts on open access, the journal, and its mission:
http://www.elementascience.org

Elementa is an open-access, nonprofit journal, founded by BioOne and five collaborating academic institutions: Dartmouth, the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Colorado Boulder, the University of Michigan, and the University of Washington.

Elementa will shortly publish original research reporting on new knowledge of the Earth’s physical, chemical, and biological systems; interactions between human and natural systems; and steps that can be taken to mitigate and adapt to global change.

Elementa is now accepting submissions through its online peer-review system (http://www.editorialmanager.com/elementa). Benefits of publishing with Elementa include rapid, rigorous peer-review; a detailed manuscript tracking system for authors; and publications of articles through a variety of human- and machine-intelligible formats: XML, HTML, JSON, PDF, EPUB, and Mobipocket, Publication of first articles is planned for this summer.

Visit the site and follow us on Twitter for more details: www.elementascience.org, @elementascience.

If you would like to receive more information about Elementa please contact Clare Dean at cdean@elementascience.org.

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