UNESCO‘s new open access policy; New IEEE Open Access mega-journal ; F1000Research aims to reduce publication bias; Copyright Clearance Center joins OASPA; Social site BookLikes is open for business; an EBSCO and Data-Planet agreement; and DOJ charts eBook prices increases.
UNESCO to Make its Publications Available Free of Charge as Part of a New Open Access Policy
Citing a UNESCO News Release InfoDOCKET reports that “UNESCO will make its digital publications available free-of-charge with an open license. Following a decision by the Organization’s Executive Board in April, UNESCO has become the first member of the United Nations to adopt such an Open Access policy for its publications. The new policy means that anyone will be able to download, translate, adapt, distribute and re-share UNESCO publications and data without paying…”
According to Information Today, “IEEE is seeking to increase the impact that scientific research can have on technology innovation with its first online, open-access (OA) “mega journal”—a journal that covers a range of disciplines instead of a single-topic focus. IEEE Access provides free online access to applications-oriented articles, meaning they explain how research can be applied in technology today. The journal is designed to appeal as much to industry as it does to academia while using a faster peer-reviewed process that maintains high article quality.
Information Today also notes that “Open Access life sciences journal, F1000Research, is making a stand to reduce positive bias in the publication record, urging scientists to publish all valid results, including negative and null findings. From now until the end of August 2013, F1000Research is waiving its article processing fees on all articles that present negative or null results…”
“Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), US, has joined the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), which offers a forum for bringing together the entire Open Access community…”
Teleread reports that while “BookLikes has been in beta version for quite some time, … the website has now launched its full release.
The site seems to combine different aspects of social media sites such as Tumblr and Goodreads to become a place for readers to share thoughts and reviews. BookLikes is not just limited to reviews. Users can create different posts about anything.
According to this press releases, “EBSCO and Data-Planet™ have reached an agreement that for the first time provides statistical DataSheets within a discovery service. A growing collection of more than 5,000 summary-level data records from Data-Planet will be available within EBSCO Discovery Service™ allowing mutual customers to link directly to Data-Planet DataSheets…”
DOJ Charts Agency Model Price Increases
According to GalleyCat “the Department of Justice shared its “findings of fact and conclusions of law” (PDF link) in a long court document this week. The documents included a number of charts created by economics professor Richard Gilbert showing how eBook prices increased once major publishers began selling digital books at the same price across different marketplaces…”
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