Hello all,
Today's missive from the Open Access Week celebrations at Cambridge.
*Unlocking Theses project*
The Office of Scholarly Communications is making a concerted effort to
build on the 860+ open access theses we already hold in the Apollo
repository. The Library holds over 1200 scanned theses that have been
redigitised from the printed copy in the Library as a result of a
research request for a copy. Earlier this year we embarked on a project
to 'unlock' these theses. We have run OCR across all of the scans and
uploaded the theses into a restricted thesis collection. We also spent
some time negotiating the intricate issues related to obtaining contact
information for our alumni. Last month we began contacting the authors
to ask permission to make the theses openly available. Our initial
pilots are indicating we will have a very positive response to this
project, with over 50% of the first group contacted giving us permission
within a fortnight. The project should run through the Christmas break
and we hope to be able to provide final numbers about this initiative
early in 2016.
*Blog**- Where to from here? Open Access in Five Years*
Today's blog is a peice by Dr Arthu Smith looking to the future.
<snip>
Academic publishing is not what it used to be. Open access has exploded
on the scene and challenged the established publishing model that has
remained largely unchanged for 350 years. However, for those of us
working in scholarly communications, the pace of change feels at times
frustratingly slow, with constant roadblocks along the way. Navigating
the policy landscape provided by universities, funders and publishers
can be maddening, yet we need to remain mindful of how far we have come
in a relatively short time. There is no sign that open access is losing
momentum, so it's perhaps instructive to consider the direction we want
open access to take over the next five years, based upon the experiences
of the past. </snip>
https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=366
*Campaign*
The League of European Universities (LERU) has launched the
#Christmasisover campaign
<http://www.leru.org/index.php/public/news/christmas-is-over-research-funding-should-go-to-research-not-to-publishers/>
(http://www.leru.org/index.php/public/news/christmas-is-over-research-funding-should-go-to-research-not-to-publishers/)
with an online petition to sign the *LERU Statement on OA
(http://www.leru.org/index.php/public/extra/signtheLERUstatement/)
<http://www.leru.org/index.php/public/extra/signtheLERUstatement/>.
*Individuals and organisations are encouraged to sign the statement.
Make this your action for Open Access Week!*
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Enjoy!
Danny
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Dr Danny Kingsley
Head of Scholarly Communications
Cambridge University Library
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