Scholarly Communication : Open Access : PR Wars Heat Up in Open-Access Publishing. Scholarly Publishing Open Access Source: Outsell e-Briefs "PR Wars Heat Up in Open-Access Publishing" Outsell writes, "We've been predicting that the conflict between academic publishers and open-access publishing models will be to scholarly publishin [ResourceShelf] 1:11:11 PM  [Feedback ]  

Portals : Z39.50. OASIS has released a position paper and is seeking comments. Search Service Interoperability edited by Eliot Christian.

Governments are recommended to enhance interoperability among their networked systems by adopting a common search service. The search service should be based on the ISO 23950 international standard that features a high degree of interoperability across many communities of practice and types of data and information holdings. Governments should implement the search service as a supplement to other search mechanisms, as these may be required for reasons other than broad scale interoperability.

Z39.50 is a fine standard, however, I think OAI-PMH should also be considered. It does get a mention on page 5. [Catalogablog] 10:44:35 AM  [Feedback ]  

Open Access : PubMed Central will host individual OA articles. PubMed Central has launched an About Open Access page drawing attention to the journals that provide open access to their contents through PMC. The page also announces an important new policy: "[I]n October 2003, PMC began accepting individual open access articles from journals that do not participate in PMC on a routine basis. For the specific conditions under which PMC accepts these articles, see the relevant PMC agreement (in Microsoft Word format)." The offer is open to all authors in the life sciences willing to release their work to "open access" as defined by the Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing. (Thanks to George Porter.) [Open Access News] 8:45:25 AM  [Feedback ]  

Open Access : The Berlin Declaration : http://www.zim.mpg.de/openaccess-berlin/berlindeclaration.html 8:44:12 AM  [Feedback ]  

Open Access : More on the Elsevier boycott and cancellations. Paula Hane, Cornell and Other University Libraries to Cancel Elsevier Titles, Information Today, November 17, 2003. Excerpt: "Cornell University Library has posted a list of about two hundred Elsevier journal titles it is canceling for 2004. Harvard University says it is preparing for similar cuts in its Elsevier subscriptions. The University of California continues its negotiations with the Dutch publisher of scholarly scientific journals on behalf of all the UC campuses, while faculty on some campuses have resolved to boycott Elsevier if reasonable rates cannot be negotiated. Other universities and library consortia around the country are also in the throes of assessing what they can afford and what they will have to cancel due to price increases and budget constraints....Many faculty scholars at numerous universities have already embraced alternative scholarly publishing and open-access models, such as BioMed Central, Public Library of Science (PLoS), and others. Just this week, SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) announced a partnership with PLoS 'to broaden support for open-access publishing among researchers, funding agencies, societies, libraries, and academic institutions through cooperative educational and advocacy activities.'" [Open Access News] 8:41:07 AM  [Feedback ]  

Open Access : New Open Access Now. The November 17 issue of Open Access Now is now online. This issue features an editorial on the Elsevier boycott, an interview with Beverlee French, Director for Shared Digital Collections at the California Digital Library, on the pricing crisis and Elsevier boycott, and a news story on the Berlin Declaration. [Open Access News] 8:40:33 AM  [Feedback ]