Tag: open access

European university presses and the transition to open access

28 November, 2016

// Blogpost by Christina Lenz // The Association of European University Presses (AEUP) was founded in 2010. It is an organisation of University Presses across Europe, where 32 presses and organisations from 15 countries participate. AEUP aims to: • enhance the visibility of member presses • facilitate communication between them • link the channels of … More European university presses and the transition to open access

New book from Stockholm University Press: Kunskapens tider. Historiska perspektiv på kunskapssamhället (”The knowledge society. A historical perspective”) Annika Sandén & Elisabeth Elgán (eds.)

23 November, 2016

Today’s society is often characterized as a knowledge society, in contrast to the earlier industrial society. Historians know that all societies are and have been knowledge societies. Without the ability to create, transfer, and use knowledge, between individuals and groups, power areas would neither have been built nor maintained. This edited volume reflects how historical … More New book from Stockholm University Press: Kunskapens tider. Historiska perspektiv på kunskapssamhället (”The knowledge society. A historical perspective”) Annika Sandén & Elisabeth Elgán (eds.)

#OpenAccessWeek #OpenInAction – First OA book in the Series Stockholm Studies in Comparative Religion

25 October, 2016

We are happy to announce that the Editorial board of Stockholm Studies in Comparative Religion has now published their first open access book with Stockholm University Press. New book from Stockholm University Press: Horizons of Shamanism: A Triangular Approach to the History and Anthropology of Ecstatic Techniques The multifarious and sometimes contested concept of “shamanism” has … More #OpenAccessWeek #OpenInAction – First OA book in the Series Stockholm Studies in Comparative Religion

Platonic Occasions – New book from Stockholm University Press

6 February, 2015

Platonic Occasions: Dialogues on Literature, Art and Culture, by Richard Begam and James Soderholm An experiment in criticism inspired by Platonic inquiry What have we learned about the initiatives of culture and literature since our classical predecessors? In Platonic Occasions: Dialogues on Literature, Art and Culture, Richard Begam and James Soderholm reflect upon a wide … More Platonic Occasions – New book from Stockholm University Press

Nu släpps de första fria titlarna i globalt OA-projekt

18 March, 2014

Av: Per Swedberg  De första 28 böckerna som ingår i projektet Knowledge Unlatched har nu valts ut och snart kommer det gå att ladda ner samtliga. Helt gratis. Knowledge Unlatched är ett globalt samarbetsprojekt som syftar till att köpa loss rättigheterna till nya böcker inom humaniora och samhällsvetenskap från förlagen. Det går till så att förlagen … More Nu släpps de första fria titlarna i globalt OA-projekt

Gamla affärsmodeller krockar med Open Access

25 February, 2014

Av: Thomas Neidenmark Begreppet Open Access var nytt för mig när jag började arbeta på Stockholms universitetsbibliotek. För mig har det alltid varit en självklarhet att utbyte av forskningsinformation måste vara snabb, flexibel och fri. Så har jag jobbat som forskare. Men det är inte enbart upp till oss forskare att bestämma att forskningen är fri … More Gamla affärsmodeller krockar med Open Access

Open Access-erbjudande från Royal Chemical Society

19 February, 2014

Av: Ingela Tång Förra året lanserade Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) programmet Gold for Gold för internationella forskare vars institutioner prenumererar på RSC:s tidskrifter. Stockholms universitet har genom programmet tilldelats 19 krediter (vouchers). En kredit per Open Access-artikel. Det innebär att 19 artiklar med minst en författare från Stockholms universitet, kan Open Access-publiceras i någon av … More Open Access-erbjudande från Royal Chemical Society

Pilotprojekt sprider böcker globalt

13 February, 2014

Av: Magnus Brink I syfte att öka spridningen av publikationer har Stockholms universitetsbibliotek gått med i det globala open access-samarbetet Knowledge Unlatched Pilot. Projektet Knowledge Unlatched Pilot ska underlätta fri spridning av akademiska e-böcker globalt genom samverkan mellan universitetsbibliotek. Stockholms universitetsbibliotek har tillsammans med andra bibliotek gått in i projektet som till en början omfattar … More Pilotprojekt sprider böcker globalt

Hot Topics in Open Access: Peer Review and the Tyranny That Must be Broken

3 February, 2014

By: Marjatta Sikström Frequently debated issues within international higher education community are ongoing changes in scholarly communication. Two specific features seem to draw attention and raise debate. One is the paradigm change from toll access publishing by traditional commercial publishers to Open Access – without access barriers and where copyright stays by the authors. The second feature is quality … More Hot Topics in Open Access: Peer Review and the Tyranny That Must be Broken

Particle Physics goes Open Access – SCOAP3 is the World’s Largest OA Initiative

13 January, 2014

By: Marjatta Sikström  Starting this year Swedish particle physicists can publish their articles free of charge, as Open Access, in 12 core journals by Elsevier, Institute of Physics and Springer. In total, twelve periodicals in the subject of particle physics, from nine different publishers are involved. The cost free Open Access publishing in particle physics has … More Particle Physics goes Open Access – SCOAP3 is the World’s Largest OA Initiative