Guest blog post by Jan Erik Frantsvåg, Open Access Adviser at University Library of Tromsø and chairman of the board of SPARC Europe In discussions, I often hear the cry «let us get rid of the publishers – let us do this ourselves». I understand why this is said – e.g. the extreme profit levels … More “Let us get rid of the publishers – Let us do this ourselves” (part 1)
The way in which Reformation conflicts were carried out by the leading clerical Reformers has been studied in depth, but those at the margins of the Reformation have often been neglected. Polemik in den Schriften Melchior Hoffmans. Inszenierungen rhetorischer Streitkultur in der Reformationszeit, by Kerstin Lundström is a study of pamphlets written as a reaction to, … More New book from Stockholm University Press: The role of laymen during Reformation cultural conflicts in new light
Meeting Place Open Access (MOA) 2016 is organised by The National Library of Sweden in collaboration with Stockholm University Library. MOA opens up for a wide range of issues and themes within Open Access Our starting point is Open Access of scientific articles and we immerse in to Open Access to artistic works, research data, … More Meeting Place Open Access 2016 in Sweden – April 26 – 27th
The National Library’s annual conference about open access and scholarly publishing 2016 is arranged in collaboration with Stockholm University Library, in Aula Magna at Stockholm University. Meeting Place Open Access (The MOA conference) is a national conference that brings participants together with a focus on how we can work forward together to increase dissemination and … More What is the latest news in Sweden in the field of open access?
In april 2015 we started writing about Open Access, copyright, open data regarding scientific publishing and sharing news around the fields in the digital scholarly publishing. Soon it will be a new year and we want to take the opportunity to look back and share our top posts of the year. We wish our readers … More 2015 Year-In-Review: Stockholm University Press Blog’s Most Popular Posts
Text written by Sofie Wennström, Managing Editor & Analyst, Stockholm University Press/Stockholm University Library. Photo by Eva Dalin. What Stockholm University Press Adds to the Scholarly Communication Process Recently, I gave a presentation at the Munin Conference on Scholarly Publishing in Tromsø, Norway. It was an honour to have the opportunity to give a talk … More Publishers should enhance service and drive open development to support the social nature of the science-making process – Report from the 10th Munin Conference on Scholarly Publishing
Text written by Jonas Holm – Chair of The Working Group on Copyright (which falls under the Advocacy & Communications Steering Committee at LIBER) & Lawyer at Stockholm University. After a good two years of work, the European Commission has presented their proposals they would like to see for the reform of the copyright legislation. … More Towards a modern and more European Copyright framework – Education, research and access to knowledge a priority
Médiations interculturelles entre la France et la Suède. Trajectoires et circulations de 1945 à nos jours, edited by Mickaëlle Cedergren & Sylvain Briens in collaboration with Valérie Alfvén et Luc Lefebvre Cultural exchanges “France–Sweden – Round trip “ How does the cultural exchange look like between France and Sweden? What cultural relations have been created … More Médiations interculturelles entre la France et la Suède – New book from Stockholm University Press
Guest post written by Jan Erik Frantsvåg, Open Access Adviser at University Library of Tromsø and chairman of the board of SPARC Europe «Christmas is over» is part of the title of a statement from LERU (League of European Research Universities). Here, LERU laments the large sums going from research to publishers instead of being … More Large sums are going from research to publishers instead of being used to further research – What can we do about it?
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 – Liber responds to commission communication on copyright Liber Europe – Text and data mining: challenges and solutions from the … More About text and data mining, the EU-copyright rules and call for papers for Liber annual conference 2016
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