Category Archives: Open access

The Energy Data Initiative

The Energy Data Initiative is a Federal effort to “liberate” government data and voluntarily contributed non-government data as fuel to spur entrepreneurship, create value, and create jobs in the transition to a clean energy economy. As part of this initiative, … Continue reading

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Theses and Dissertations Available Through New Open Access Tool

Open Access Theses and Dissertations is an index of over 1.5 million electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). To the extent possible, the index is limited to records of graduate-level theses that are freely available online. The full text of all papers … Continue reading

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Two ISTC researchers guest edit a special issue of Challenges

William Bullock and Joy Scrogum, both with ISTC’s Sustainable Electronics Initiative, are guest editors for a special issue of Challenges entitled “Electronic Waste — Impact, Policy and Green Design.” Challenges (ISSN 2078-1547) is an international, peer-reviewed scientific open access journal … Continue reading

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Open Access Geoscience Data Journal Launched by Wiley

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., has partnered with the Royal Meteorological Society to launch the Geoscience Data Journal as part of the Wiley Open Access publishing program. The new online-only journal will publish short, earth science data papers cross-linked to … Continue reading

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Open Access Science Resources

Matthew Von Hendy has written a post for the Special Libraries Association’s Social Science Division blog on open access (AKA free) science resources. Many of these resources provide full-text or links to full-text if available but a few only provide … Continue reading

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Open Access Guide from PLOS, SPARC and OASPA

PLOS, SPARC and OASPA have collaborated to create a guidethat identifies the core components of OA and how they are implemented across the spectrum between “Open Access” and “Closed Access”. The guide provides an easily understandable, comprehensive, and quantifiable resource … Continue reading

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Whither Science Publishing?

This cover article of the August 2012 issue of The Scientist takes an in-depth look at the state of science publishing, from the perspective of researchers, publishers, and information scientists. The article includes discussions on: Problems with scientific publishing Problems … Continue reading

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Open Access Publishing – a guide

The Science – Technology Division of the Special Library Association has posted a concise guide to Open Access publishing. Check out this tool to learn more about the world of Open Access in the science community.

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USGS Data Sharing/Data Management Policy

The USGS National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center has released an updated data sharing policy intended “to ensure and facilitate full and open access to scientific data and data products.” The policy outlines researcher obligations to share data, including … Continue reading

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Research Works Act (HR 3699) Dies in the House

The sponsors of HR 3699, the Research Works Act, announced on February 27 they will not take legislative action on the bill.   The bill would have repealed the National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy, with far-reaching implications for all … Continue reading

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