Category: Open Access

Kriterium – To certify the quality of swedish research

18 November, 2015

Text written by Maja Pelling (Gothenburg University Library). Questions from Stockholm University Press. Photo: Caroline Swartling. What is Kriterium? Kriterium provides an infrastructre for review, publication and dissemination of high-quality academic books, in accordance with the principles of open access. Kriterium is a new quality label for Swedish academic books. To receive the Kriterium stamp … More Kriterium – To certify the quality of swedish research

A Successful Outreach – From Resistance to a Conversation About Open Access

12 November, 2015

By: Leslie Engelson, faculty librarian at Murray State University Do you want to start a conversation with the faculty at your college or university about open access (OA) publishing? Perhaps you can benefit from the experience I and four other faculty librarians (Elizabeth Price, Candace Vance, Rebecca Richardson, and Jeff Henry) had in our efforts … More A Successful Outreach – From Resistance to a Conversation About Open Access

About University Press Week, Open Science Cloud For Research and The Libraries Role For Research Data

10 November, 2015

We want to share the latest news and debates about open access, scholarly publishing and similar topics. These articles caught our attention this week. Have we missed anything? Please share your comments below. LIBER Europe – New Factsheet & Infographic On Libraries Role For Research Data AAUP – University Press Week Oxford University Press – … More About University Press Week, Open Science Cloud For Research and The Libraries Role For Research Data

Community Driven Open Science Cloud for Research

6 November, 2015

This week LIBER signed a joint statement together with several large European research infrastructures outlining a common vision for a European Open Science Cloud. Read more at LIBER and The European Commission LIBER – LIBER supports an Open Science Cloud For Research LIBER – An Open and Community Driven Open Science Cloud Europen Commission – … More Community Driven Open Science Cloud for Research

Is there a need for publication funds at Swedish universities?

4 November, 2015

By: Helena Stjernberg, Open Access librarian at Malmö University This blog post has been updated thanks to valuable comments from Randi Tyse Eriksen and Jan Erik Frantsvåg. Thank you! In January 2015, the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet), delivered a proposal for national guidelines for open access to scientific information (Förslag till nationella riktlinjer för öppen … More Is there a need for publication funds at Swedish universities?

About scholarly publishing, “think check submit” and a University Presses Conference

29 October, 2015

We want to share the latest news and debates about open access, scholarly publishing and similar topics. These articles caught our attention this week. Have we missed anything? Please share your comments below. City University London – Boosting Open Access to research The Scholarly Kitchen – Viva VIVO! Thinking more broadly about the scholarly communications … More About scholarly publishing, “think check submit” and a University Presses Conference

The changing nature of scientific publishing #pubnperish

27 October, 2015

Stockholm University Press (SUP) attended the seminar Publish and Perish at the Young Academy Of Sweden September 30th. The seminar had a focus on the rapidly changing nature of scientific publishing, peer review and evaluation among young scientists and their research. Bruce Alberts, Tony Hyman, Arne Johansson, Catriona MacCallum, Tommy Olsson and Brandon Stell were invited … More The changing nature of scientific publishing #pubnperish

Questions to Stockholm University Press at #COASP 2015

6 October, 2015

By Christina Lenz, Managing Editor for books It was a great opportunity to participate at COASP (The 7th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing). The annual conference was this year held at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) in Amsterdam. Tomorrow I will share some of my reflections and learnings from the … More Questions to Stockholm University Press at #COASP 2015

Stockholm University Press is celebrating Peer Review Week (#peerrevwk15)

25 September, 2015

The Stockholm University Press Blog will celebrate #peerrevwk15 by a focus on the theme “dreams and visions about peer review”. The idea is to invite dreams and visions that does not focus on obstacles and barriers built up due to tradition over time, but rather on possibilities and opportunities to improve the process to the … More Stockholm University Press is celebrating Peer Review Week (#peerrevwk15)

About The International Open Access Week And Peer Review – This Caught Our Attention

22 September, 2015

We want to share the latest news and debates about open access, scholarly publishing and similar topics. These articles caught our attention this week. In addition to this our Managing Editor for books, Christina Lenz visited the #COASP-Conference (organized by OASPA) last week. Christina will summarize our thoughts and experiences soon. Tip! Check out #COASP at Twitter … More About The International Open Access Week And Peer Review – This Caught Our Attention