[…] take forward specific actions under each of the commitments. We’re already seeing the success of this approach as it has opened up a route for positive engagement with organizations such as Clarivate and ORCID. Through our joint efforts we have […]
[…] funding will increase, and funders will introduce even more stringent evaluation processes and requirements. Plus, having seen extraordinary levels of open science contribute to the pace at which COVID research was able to advance, they will ride the wave of […]
[…] research communication bears responsibility. Whilst scientific papers themselves might primarily be written for an academic audience, in the era of open access publishing, direct engagement by the public and mainstream media has substantially increased. There is strong research evidence documenting the […]
[…] communications. SSP leverages the collective expertise of both our member organizations and our individual members, which includes their contribution to open and inclusive discussions. Collectively, we cannot stay silent and simply hope for a more equitable future. This is a […]
[…] my department has meant keeping everyone aware of the increased understanding and knowledge around the virus and subsequent disease, being open to frequently changing workflows to accommodate new needs, and also being ready to work in a different way. This […]
[…] diverse channels in multiple ways. For example, valuable data as a research output can be published and recognized. Newly launched open access journals and academic social media can be used as alternative outlets to widely disseminate works. Senior researchers, compared to […]
[…] classification and curation and ethics should be. Candidly, this year I’ve been rather disappointed by the reveal of the various Open Source toolkits out there. They still need a lot of work before most organizations could consider using them in […]
I recently spent the better part of a work day reading Richard Poynder’s 87-page treatise on the current status of open access. Even as I printed it out, so as to protect myself from any digital distraction while reading, I wondered […]
[…] and possible additional work on discovery. Given growing competition, from Elsevier and Digital Science on the one hand, and from open and startup initiatives on the other, the efforts to turn around the businesses that grew out of the original […]
[…] funder mandates, do already shape researcher choice, whether for journals that have good reputations or for those that offer required open access and copyright licensing terms. So, it is not impossible to envision mechanisms for shaping researcher choice of publication venue; […]
[…] say “yes.” (See also Respect!) Transparency. As we’ve written before, transparency in peer review doesn’t have to mean having an open peer review process — though it might. Rather, it’s about ensuring that your processes are clearly defined and publicly […]
[…] of bringing everyone together for a conversation that was interesting and valuable, but that was not fraught. We wanted to open a discussion in which we could showcase the good work that publishers do and demonstrate our willingness to explore […]
[…] share a passion for social justice and a commitment to creating and sustaining life-giving ally relationships and communities.” Our panel opened with Gisela sharing numerous compelling personal stories she had gathered through focus groups with people of color in publishing, […]
[…] the community, they should be: COMPATIBLE. Provide a guide to content for machines and people. So, metadata must be as open, interoperable, parsable, machine actionable, human readable as possible COMPLETE. Reflect the content, components and relationships as published. So, metadata […]
[…] Development and Government Relations for Copyright Clearance Center and has written and lectured extensively on the subjects of copyright, licensing, open access, text/data mining, new media, artists’ rights, and art law. In late March 2019, after three years of deliberation, the […]