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This presentation describes various stages of open access and possibility of using creative common licenses to support open science

This conference paper discusses open access publishing platforms as alternative channel of research dissemination.

Presentation by Dominique Babini and Laura Rovelli at the Arab Council for the Social Sciences (ACSS) 10TH. Anniversary webinar 3 "Knowledge for the Public Good", 21 April 2021

Explains in detail about impact of Open Access, it’s policy, publishing, scholarly record, Open research and the library support in the research cycle. Further, Components of Open Science, Research Data Management, Scientific Social Network are touches upon. Finally, the Role of Libraries and librarians are highlighted, giving the example of Research library services being provided in the KAUST library.

One of the biggest challenges for faculty making the switch to Open Ed resources is the loss of the time-saving devices available from publishers, especially test banks and slide decks. Supporting the switch to Open Ed also requires the preparation of assessments, usually project-based, and active in-class learning. Learn to make project-based learning and in-class activities work using the Scrum project management method.

A strategy for publishing social media content for academic journals, based on content marketing, content curation and a social media content plan, is presented. The example of the journal El profesional de la información (EPI) is shown and advice on how to tweet is offered.

Presentation at CRECS 2019 9ª Conferencia internacional sobre revistas científicas en Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Logroño (Spain), 23 - 24 May 2019 Video of presentation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lZ3gkVvuk8&feature=youtu.be Program and access to presentations: http://www.crecs.info/crecs2019-logro%C3%B1o/

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), established in 2009 as an international research University in Saudi Arabia, has adopted the first Open Access mandate for scientific publications in the region and leads with a well-established research repository managed and promoted by the University Library. Having several scientific poster events annually at the campus, with hosting supported by the Library, printed posters have remained static, highly localized and short-lived. These characteristics are at odds with what is often the first formal communication of scientific research and, as such would be of great interest to other researchers. Addressing these limitations was a major motivator behind the trialing of an ePoster alternative at KAUST. This project was conceived, piloted and will be implemented and managed by the University Library, in collaboration with IT Services. In addition to digitally capturing research content for display and preservation, ePoster functionality changes the engagement dynamics whilst helping to bridge the gap between academia and professional practice. ePosters have been extensively embraced by international professional organizations, however, academic institutions remain bound to printed posters. This project identified a short-list of possible companies that responded to criteria identified by KAUST as requirements for its campus wide ePoster management system. The evaluation process included student and researcher participation, as well as webinars and demonstrations and culminated with site visits to the company headquarters of the two finalists. The preferred supplier was then involved with several pilot conferences at KAUST to demonstrate their system’s capabilities and, as importantly, to expose academic staff to ePosters in operational settings. Surveys were conducted of conference participants, academic staff, students and conference organizers to obtain feedback and reaction to this approach. Advantages were both obvious and embraced by respondents; they appreciated the functionality which included ongoing editing and/or updating of content by authors, the ability of organizers to monitor progress of submissions and control content display and statistics being available via a dashboard. ePoster presentations engage the audience better; they are more interactive, dynamic and informative as a result of incorporating high resolution images and videos (with associated zoom capabilities) and audio. In addition, the elimination of print and poster mounting aligns with KAUST commitment to environmental stewardship and open access to scientific output through a direct upload of content to the Research Repository. Interest in ePosters is expanding; this has seen the Library involved in associated skills training and outreach. Academia is notably behind this practitioner-driven trend. KAUST Library believes that, by rolling out an ePoster system to the University, it is the first campus in the world to offer this as a campus-wide solution, truly reflecting a digital smart campus vision of KAUST.

The habit of newspaper reading is an integral part of Kerala society. The advent of satellite televisions and social media could not change the daily routine of newspaper reading. Leading Malayalam dailies have introduced mobile phone apps to extend their presence among mobile phone users. The study reviews the features and performance of four leading Malayalam newspaper apps in Android platform.

Communication (formal/informal) is the key for making society attentive and advance scholarly communication (SC) worldwide openly. Components of SC (accumulation, creation, evaluation, publication, dissemination and preservation) are cycling towards elevation of education, research and innovation. Stakeholders have critical role in managing the SC cycle. In this study, SWOT analysis is used to evaluate strengths, weaknesses,opportunities and threats of SC and its components emphasizing the internal and external ecosystem. Based the SWOT analysis, the stakeholders potentials, resources, drawbacks, advantages, risks etc. are drawn in order to make strategic decisions to manage system effectively. Results revealed that accumulation of resource infrastructure facilitations brings an idea into creativity, reviewed it for quality, originality and publication (stamp of validity) that was disseminated through various media & modes and preserved for longevity. Imperatively, the SC carries authenticity and recognition globally. It also shown that an inactive infrastructure, mentorship and policies often indulge scientific creativity through misconduct and biased decisions of reviewing make futile or fake publication that will always spoiling the system. Taking opportunities to create and access resource repositories, helping to publish research to innovation monetize into products marketing globally with cloud safe and security. Finally, handicap of intellectual infrastructure vacuum (brain-drain) pressures the academia to leap into predatory journals crediting no transparency and accountability.

The study discuss the status of open access full text Open Source Solution based ETD repositories exclusive of Institutional Repository in which Theses are part of the collections. The methodology used for this study includes visiting of websites of ETD repositories listed on OpenDOAR and ROAR to ascertain the working status of such repositories and the results are reported. The finding shows that at National level only Shodhganga is in active state and at Institutional level only 3 exclusive open access ETD repositories are active.

This presentation tries to offer some insight towards the goal of open academic textbooks in Greek Academic Libraries.

In the ‘normal’ world of retail and commerce you pay for an item and receive the item. In the world of academic journals you prepay for the item and you might receive the item and you might get some money back depending on what journals you did or didn’t receive. In the world of offset pricing you prepay, then you pay again, you sometimes use vouchers, you might get a discount (the following year) then you might get money back, or you might not. Are publishers knowingly placing barriers to off-set models, and not transparently offsetting the APCs to the subscription cost, in order to raise more income? Whether by design or accident it is a complex world which needs a time commitment, which not all librarians can give, to understand fully. The new model of scholarly communication, which leading universities (including KAUST) want to introduce, is based on shifting the subscription costs to publishing costs, not to double the payment channels to the publishers. Can we get to a mutually beneficial position where the author can deposit the accepted version of the article into the Institutional Repository without any embargo period as the institute is agreeing to pay the subscription fee on an ongoing basis? The required model does not adversely affect the vendors’ revenue. This presentation, based on KAUST’’s experience to date, will attempt to explain the different models of offset pricing while outlining KAUST’s dual approach, redirecting subscription money to publishing money and embedding open access terms in understandable language in our license agreements, to the problem. Why we have accepted IoP’s offset offer and not Springer’s, though we were considered among the first timers and important Institutions? Why is this important? Resolving the inherent complexities in offsetting models will save libraries money and also time wasted on tedious and unnecessary administration work. Researchers do not want to know about offsetting agreements nor should they need to know. It is difficult enough to do and write up valuable research without having to do further research on offset pricing models. The authors of the articles without whom, as academic librarians or publishers, we would be redundant are often the neglected link in the chain. Finally, the Institutional Repository needs to know what we are up to. The current answer to many queries is that “it depends on the publisher,” isn’t good enough. There has to be a standard model. What is needed overall is clarity and transparency. This will enable trust and, where mistakes are made, and there inevitable will be with untried models, we can learn from these mistakes and make better, more robust services with auto deposition of our articles to our repository fed by Publishers’ themselves . If libraries can organize as groups at regional or (with more difficulty) international level more favorable licensing agreements, including standardized offset pricing model language, can be leveraged which will be advantageous to all parties; publishers, libraries and, most importantly, authors. It is incumbent that we familiarize ourselves with the pricing models, in all their complexity, and strive through collective organization to have these models simplified and standardized. Let’s turn that subscription money into publishing money.

Innovation is present in the lives of all people and arises with the purpose of optimizing the daily life of each one, be it through products, processes, services or technologies. Since the emergence of the concept of innovation, much has been discussed and published on the subject. With this, the research question of this work investigates the publications with the theme of innovation in the context of Information Science, and aims to quantitatively observe those publications present in databases of the Information Science area and that have the innovation as a focus. For this purpose it is used the specific objectives [1] to research in databases in the area of Information Science the scientific publications on innovation; [2] quantitatively analyze recovered scientific publications; [3] collect data on innovation publications in the field of Information Science. As for methodological procedures, this applied research uses the quantitative approach and, for exploratory and descriptive purposes, adopts metric procedures. Making use of the LISA, LISTA and ISTA databases, specific to Information Science, StArt is used for the exclusion of duplicates and Excel for the elaboration of graphs. With corpus of analysis formed by published works on innovation in the area of Information Science, the grouping by author, date and periodicals was carried out for quantitative analysis. The research justifies the identification of evidence on innovation studied and published in the scope of Information Science and, as an academic contribution, the expansion of the possibilities of research on innovation applied to Information Science.

In the digitalizing world, there are transformations in all areas from lifestyles, ways of doing business, education methods and ways of providing information. The data generated by the digitalization of public transactions are created and / or integrated in various data pools in various regions of the world with the view that they can contribute to research processes. On the other hand, it is known that libraries, archives and museums have developed joint ventures and developed joint projects in order to achieve more productive results in research processes by integrating their data on the same platform. In this study, firstly the reasons of the mentioned joint ventures are explained and examples are given. Finally, after the transformation and the reflection of the transformations observed in the archives to the services are examined with the digitalization, evaluations are made about the digital services developed by the national archiving institutions in the world and their features. In the course of this study, information is given about the status of common platforms developed under the leadership of memory institutions and their reflections on research processes. After assessed the status of ongoing archive services in Turkey, the mentioned services are being made to include proposals for improving the integration of national and international platforms.

Social Media Live Streaming (SMLS) includes the set of social media that allow to play live videos in different formats. These technologies, from the perspective of the broadcast, offer the opportunity to make decisions instantly based on the feedback returned by their followers. This concept can only be understood since the launch of Periscope in 2015, whose fast growth has transformed it into a great ally for digital journalism. The continued use of the platform –highlighted as "app of the year" by Apple– justifies the projection of the Digital News Project, prepared by the Reuters Institute of Oxford University, which aims that this 2017 will be the “Year of Live and Social Video” for journalism. Through a case study (transmissions of Efecto Cocuyo during the Venezuelan National Consultation), the following paper analyzes Periscope as an SMLS, with the aim of understanding its role within the innovation and trends for a digital journalism that wishes to improve its reach every day towards audiences with increasing connection speeds, and consuming mostly online videos.

In this presentation, I will argue that the “serials crisis” and the subsequent need for library publishing are best understood not by focusing on the singular actions of individuals or publishers, but through an analysis of neoliberalism—the nation’s predominant economic ideology. In a discourse of critique, I will analyze scholarly journal publishing using the following major elements of neoliberalism: the primacy of the “free market,” privatization, deregulation, and using individualism to justify cuts to social services and to discredit notions of the public good. Critics argue that neoliberalism, a set of political and economic policies that have become widespread over the past 35 years, is a pernicious system that disproportionately benefits a small number of major corporate shareholders. Its effects, which include widening inequality and being prone to crises, are masked by the public’s ignorance, historical amnesia, propaganda, indifference, and austerity. In a discourse of possibility, I will discuss the transformative potential of library-publishers creating and participating in cooperatives. Library publishing can attain greater sustainability and impact through a more robust system of state and regional partnerships based on two major types of cooperatives: worker cooperatives, where the creators of goods and services collectively decide the fate of their work, and purchasing cooperatives, where members mutually benefit by acquiring in solidarity with each other. Cooperative economics is increasingly seen as a viable alternative to neoliberalism, and there are successful stories across the globe. Additionally, the transition by several Latin American nations away from neoliberalism by democratizing their economics and emphasizing the public good and cooperation will be explored. Attendees will be able to contextualize the so-called serials crisis with greater clarity, advocate for library publishing more compellingly, identify more impactful solutions, and have an increased sense of individual and collective agency.

The Internet has transformed scholarly publishing and made the availability of online resources possible, both in subscription and open access models. Open access, has enabled wider access to the scholarly literature, thus reducing the digital divide among the haves and have-nots. In the case of journal articles, even though its ‘Gold’ (author pays model) and ‘Green’ access models have risen to the occasion, but some publishers of journals have turned its ‘Gold’ model to their advantage to earn a profit by charging fees for publication and adopting certain unethical practices of publishing. An effort has been made here to explore what is ‘Predatory’ open access journals publishing, why this kind of publishing is flourishing and how this model works.

Historically, reciprocal exchange systems have always existed in all kinds of societies and domains of community life. With the advent of the information age, these systems have been transformed into new forms of production of digital goods and services, which due to their characteristics today constitute part of the social fabric that links many people within social networks and virtual communities. In the case of electronic books, various reading and publishing projects on the Internet have been present thanks to the use of open standards for electronic publication, such as the called ePub format, which allows people from different latitudes to share and socialize eBooks, with a quality edition and layout similar to those of any bookstore established on the Internet, such as Amazon, Casa del Libro, Kobo, among others. Therefore, the present work aims to show the potential of electronic reading and publishing in community that develops within the ePublibre: más libros, más libres website, which can be seen as an alternative of free reading.

Conference focused on the publication of journals in the academic field whose objectives were: share information about the incorporation of the editorial process into the collaborative environment on the Internet.• present information on metrics obtention at item level.• discuss the change in the working culture of publishing boards.

How much does scientific production cost? This is a question that could be answered from multiple perspectives, e.g. from the economic one to assess the tangible and intangible inputs that result in a scientific product. From the perspective of those who are in search of scientific information the cost would lie in the availability of the scientific product at the exact moment in which it is required to sustain or debate an idea. Both perspectives lead us to understand that the value of production does not lie on a standard measure, the other way around. It is clear to us that intellectual and monetary investment is independent and distinct between different areas of knowledge, in other words, each scientific product requires different inputs, so, producing a patent is completely different than producing a national survey.

In the changing landscape of scientific research and scholarly communication, importance of “quality in research”, “reviewed research” and “reviewed publications” in qualifying for the ratings and rankings are widely discussed. While publishing the research pieces in peer-reviewed and highly ranked journals are increasingly important, there are different methods and tools to be in place at Institutional level to increase researchers’ profile and the ranking of the institutions. As a young research based university created in 2009, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) focuses on the bibliometrics and altemetrics tools, author affiliations, author naming and plug-ins to different search engines, research evaluation systems as well as to research repositories. The University has launched an institutional repository in September 2012 as a home for the intellectual outputs of KAUST researchers, and then adopted the first institutional open access mandate in the Arab region effective June 31, 2014. Integration with ORCID became a key element in this process and the best way to ensure data quality for researcher’s scientific contributions systematically. We will present the inclusion and creation of ORCID identifiers in the existing systems as an institutional member to ORCID, and the creation of dedicated integration tools with Current Research Information System (CRIS) as a standardized common resource to monitor KAUST research outputs. We will also present our experiences in awareness programs, trainings, outreach, implementation of systems and tools like PlumX, as well as our approach in improving the research impact and profiling our Institution’s research to the world.

The users of the academic Ukrainian libraries changed - already does not want to be only the importers of knowledge, but also - by her active exporters. Among new services of the Ukrainian academic libraries especially popular today: Library Publishing, Embedded Librarian and Liaison Librarian.

Providing a platform for community created content has become a focus for Richmond Public Library to both ensure that our community has a way to share their creative and intellectual work, and to ensure that information and content from our programming remains accessible long after the actual programs themselves have completed. To achieve this, RPL has introduced a new digital platform called Create & Learn. This session will go over why Richmond decided to use the Active Textbooks system to build Create & Learn, and demonstrate how this new tool works. We will provide examples of Create & Learn documents, and ways in which it has been used at Richmond Public Library – not only as a tool for the public, but also for staff. An overview of the successes, challenges, and future of Create & Learn will also be discussed, as the possibilities of what our community will create and share are endless!