Re: [GOAL] Open access and Brexit

Dear Colleagues, Please find attached a very interesting interview with Caroline Edwards from the Open Library of Humanities which wants to extend to other disciplines: In English: http://scilog.fwf.ac.at/en/article/4482/the-gold-route-to-open-science In German:

Re: [GOAL] SocArXiv debuts, as SSRN acquisition comes under scrutiny

This type of venue is essential and certainly welcomed for the social sciences. Yet, it would be even greater a place if it also included the humanities and the arts. There is a considerable challenge in the SSH because there are far fewer authors on average on scholarly papers (1 to 2 authors

[GOAL] SocArXiv debuts, as SSRN acquisition comes under scrutiny

The arrival of a new preprint server for the social sciences called SocArXiv comes just a month after news that Elsevier is acquiring the Social Science Research Network (SSRN), a preprint repository and online community founded in 1994 by two researchers. Given the concern and disappointment

Re: [GOAL] SocArXiv debuts, as SSRN acquisition comes under scrutiny

Inclusiveness is a lovely concept. However, from a discovery perspective, there is much to be said for discipline-based archives and ideally integrated indexing and linked data services like PubMed / PubMedCentral and the databanks that go with these services. It strikes me that archives are

[GOAL] BLOGS: The case for Open Research: does peer review work? and Lifting the lid on peer review PLUS a discussion paper

Good afternoon, A cornucopia of peer-review related items for your perusal today. The fourth post in the Case for Open Research series is now available, this time turning its attention to peer review. This blog follows on from the last and asks -*if peer review is working why are we facing

Re: [GOAL] SocArXiv debuts, as SSRN acquisition comes under scrutiny

Hi Eric, all, I completely agree with this. Especially because it could potentially be called the SSHArXiv! Cue jaws theme ... Best, tony On 19 Jul 2016, at 19:03, "Éric Archambault" > wrote: This type of