[GOAL] Is scholarly publishing going from crisis to crisis?
You may be interested in the following Point of View piece in the latest issue of Learned Publishing: Pinfield, S. (2013) Is scholarly publishing going from crisis to crisis? Learned Publishing , 26 (2), 85-88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/20130204. E-print available at: http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/75285/. In an open access world, will journal subscription inflation simply be replaced by APC inflation? The UK's Finch Report (2012) and subsequent changes to the Research Councils UK's policy on open access (OA) are likely to have far-reaching effects in the UK and beyond. Finch and RCUK favour 'gold' OA, replacing post-publication journal subscriptions with pre-publication article processing charges (APCs). This paper argues that it is probable that the operation of the market for academic journals will be improved by gold OA compared with the traditional subscription model because of APC price competition and greater market transparency. Also, barriers to entry into the market are lowered, and costs and income in the system are more likely to stay in sync. Nevertheless, universities need to monitor developments and exercise their market power in bargaining on subscription and APC levels. Institutions also need to direct funding streams to allow authors to pay APCs. At the same time, institutions and policymakers should continue to leverage the benefits of 'green' OA (depositing in OA repositories). Evidence suggests gold and green OA can work together to form a successful scholarly communication environment. Dr Stephen Pinfield, Senior Lecturer, Information School, University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 211 Portobello, Sheffield S1 4DP, UK. E: s.pinfi...@sheffield.ac.uk, T: +44 (0)114 222 2649. W: http://www.shef.ac.uk/is/staff/pinfield. LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/stephen-pinfield/36/b04/831 ___ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
National research data service conference (UKRDS): booking opened
A National Research Data Service for the UK? An International Conference on the UK Research Data Service (UKRDS) Feasibility Study The Royal Society, London Thursday, 26 February 2009 Booking for this international conference of senior policymakers, funders, scientists, IT managers, librarians and data service providers has now opened: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/events/ukrds-2009/ Attendance at the conference is free. Places are limited, so early booking is advised. The UKRDS feasibility study was commissioned to explore a range of models for the provision of a national infrastructure for digital research data management. It has brought together key UK stakeholders, including the Research Councils, JISC, HEFCE, British Library, Research Information Network, Wellcome Trust, researchers, and university IT and library managers, and it builds on the work of the UK's Office of Science and Innovation e-infrastructure group. It also takes into account international developments in this area. The UKRDS report is due to be released soon and makes important recommendations for investment in this key part of the UK national e-infrastructure. The study has been funded by HEFCE as part of its Shared Services programme, with additional support from JISC, Research Libraries UK (RLUK) and the Russell Group IT Directors (RUGIT). It has been led by the London School of Economics, with Serco plc as consultants. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses, which could damage your computer system: you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation.
Re: Developing an agenda for institutional e-print archives
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue31/eprint-archives/ Ariadne 31 March-April 2002 Setting up an institutional e-print archive Stephen Pinfield, Mike Gardner and John MacColl outline some of the practical issues involved in setting up an OAI-compliant e-print archive in a Higher Education Institute This article outlines some of the main stages in setting up an institutional e-print archive. It is based on experiences at the universities of Edinburgh and Nottingham which have both recently developed pilot e-print servers (1). It is not the intention here to present arguments in favour of open access e-print archives -- this has been done elsewhere (2). Rather, it is hoped to present give an account of some of the practical issues that arise in the early stages of establishing an archive in a higher education institution. http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue31/eprint-archives/ Stephen Pinfield Academic Services Librarian Library Services Hallward Library University Park University of Nottingham Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK Phone +44 (0) 115 951 5109 Fax +44 (0) 115 951 4558 Email stephen.pinfi...@nottingham.ac.uk Web http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/library/staff/pinfield.html
