Médiations interculturelles entre la France et la Suède – New book from Stockholm University Press

16 December, 2015

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

Large sums are going from research to publishers instead of being used to further research – What can we do about it?

15 December, 2015

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?

About text and data mining, the EU-copyright rules and call for papers for Liber annual conference 2016

14 December, 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 – 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

A necessary dialogue about text and data mining (TDM) in Europe

3 December, 2015

Text by Christina Lenz, Managing Editor, Stockholm University Press There is, more or less, a consensus about why TDM is important in Europe and that we need to collaborate towards common goals and actions, but there are many challenges towards those goals. The TDM landscape is extremely diversified, mostly because it is constantly and rapidly changing. … More A necessary dialogue about text and data mining (TDM) in Europe

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