We've updated the Request a Copy service!
We are pleased to announce the launch of our newly updated Request a Copy system for Apollo. Request a Copy facilitates communication between readers and authors to simplify the delivery of embargoed articles, theses and datasets. The new system was developed in-house by the Office of Scholarly Communication (OSC) to improve our capacity to grant access to embargoed material.
Why not try it today by requesting one of our many recent publications?
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Final report of the Open Research Data Task Force now available
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has released the final report of the Open Research Data Task Force, Realising the Potential, along with a series of case studies and a response from the Minister supporting the report. The report seeks to highlight the shifts in direction and real initiatives that can be taken to move towards a national open research data infrastructure.
UKRI has released a statement welcoming the report, with the commitment to take the recommendations on board in future plans.
CSC - IT Center for Science, Finland becomes the newest member of the Open Preservation Trust
CSC - IT Center for Science, a Finnish non-profit state enterprise offering technology and service development solutions for research, education, culture and public administration, is the newest Charter member of the Open Preservation Foundation.
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Reveal Digital joins the ITHAKA family
Reveal Digital - a small company that uses a library crowd-funded model to support the development of open digital collections - has affiliated with ITHAKA, a not-for-profit organization that works with the global higher education community to advance and preserve knowledge and to improve teaching and learning through the use of digital technologies.
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UK higher education funding bodies publish final guidance and criteria for REF 2021
The UK’s four higher education funding bodies have published the key documents that provide guidance to UK universities when submitting their research to the next Research Excellence Framework, REF 2021.
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Wellcome engages consultant to help learned societies transition to Open Access and explore Plan S-compliant business models
Wellcome, in partnership with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), has engaged the consultancy firm Information Power to explore a range of potential strategies and business models through which learned societies can transition to Open Access and adapt and thrive under Plan S.
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SPARC Europe Annual report published
SPARC Europe's 2018 Annual Report offers a thorough look at the work SPARC has done to advance an Open agenda in Europe over the past year.
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LERU members release ten recommendations to support the implementation of Plan S
Members of LERU (League of European Research Universities) have been consulted on the implications of Plan S for their institutions, and now offer ten recommendations which, once adopted, would make Plan S a bold blueprint in universities for a radical change to current publishing practice.
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Are libraries in Germany and Sweden saving money while still providing requested papers after being cut off by Elsevier?
An article published in Nature this month reports that at least some German libraries involved in negotiating access to Elsevier say they are making huge savings without a subscription, while still providing any articles their academics request. Yet some researchers in Germany and Sweden claim the cut-off is damaging to research, and punishes researchers, not publishers.
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eLife invests in toolset to provide open-source content production tools for publishers
eLife has invested in the development of Texture, an open-source toolset for the editing and production of manuscripts, designed to be integrated into publishers' editorial and content-delivery systems.
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Dutch universities give open access another boost
In order to achieve the Dutch ambition of 100% open access in 2020, Dutch universities have begun a pilot to facilitate authors in making their academic works available to the general public online six months after publication through university repositories.
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The latest posts from the OSC blog
This month we are also publishing a series of Open Research case studies on our sister blog, Open Research: adventures from the front line
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Blogs we've enjoyed this month
- Encouraging Data Sharing: A Small Investment for Large Potential Gain (Rebecca Grant, Iain Hrynaszkiewicz and Amy Bourke-Waite, Scholarly Kitchen).
- Academy-owned? Academic-led? Community-led? What’s at stake in the words we use to describe new publishing paradigms (Melanie Schlosser, Library Publishing Coalition).
- Access Alone Isn’t Enough: Revisiting Calls for Discovery, Infrastructure, Technology, and Training (David Crotty, Scholarly Kitchen).
- The “long tail” of research impact is engendered by innovative dissemination tools and meaningful community engagement (Kip Jones and Lee-Ann Fenge, LSE Impact).
- Taking Stock of the Feedback on Plan S Implementation Guidance (Lisa Janicke Hinchcliffe, Scholarly Kitchen).
- The Cost of the Open Journal of Astrophysics (telescoper, In the Dark).
- Editorial Independence and Journal Ownership in the Age of Open Science (Lettie Y. Conrad, Scholarly Kitchen).
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A wealth of material to use and share freely
- OSC Research Support Handy Guides - advice on everything from writing data management plans to spotting predatory publishers.
- OSC Research in 3 Minutes - get the lowdown on the essential scholarly communication topics librarians need to know with these bite-sized videos.
- The Turing Way - a handbook to support students, their supervisors, funders and journal editors in ensuring that reproducible data science is 'too easy not to do'.
- What works: engaging the public through social media - a guide developed by the National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE), public engagement professionals and researchers across the UK.
- COAR and SPARC have developed seven good practice principles for the community to consider when thinking about service provision for scholarly communication services.
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Articles and publications of interest
- Foundations for Open Scholarship Strategy Development (An openly crowd-sourced, strategic document that aims to help with the full transition to an open scholarship system).
- Future of scholarly publishing and scholarly communication (Report of the Expert Group to the European Commission).
- Seeking Sustainability and Inclusivity with Transparent Practices for Research Data Management (Heather Soyka, Research Library Issues, 296, 2018: 49-52).
- Repository optimisation & techniques to improve discoverability and web impact : an evaluation (George MacGregor, University of Strathclyde preprint).
- Influencing the changing world of research evaluation (Elizabeth Gadd, Insights 32 (1): 6, 2019).
- What is Open Science and How Can Radical Collaboration Facilitate it? (Megan Potterbusch, Research Library Issues, 296, 2018: 44–48).
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How FAIR is your research data?
FAIR data are those that are Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable. Sounds simple enough, but what do each of these terms mean in a practical sense and how can you tell if your own research data is FAIR?
The Research Data Team at the Office of Scholarly Communication join forces with FOSTER Open Science to offer this practical course to help you get to grips with the key principles and consider how you can start to make your own data FAIRer. Follow the event links to find further information and book via the University Training Booking System.
How FAIR is your research data?: an online course (for University of Cambridge researchers and postgraduate students in all disciplines)
Register for online course by 28 February, course commences 4 March.
How FAIR is your research data?: a workshop (for University of Cambridge researchers and postgraduate students in all disciplines)
28 March, 10am-12 noon, Mill Lane Lecture Room 7
Refreshments provided
A parallel course and workshop will run for all staff involved in research support at the University, including librarians and administrators, in which we will explore guidelines on how to best support researchers in making their data FAIR
How FAIR is that research data?: an online course (for University of Cambridge research support staff including librarians and administrators in all disciplines)
Register for online course by 28 February, course commences 4 March.
How FAIR is that research data?: a workshop (for University of Cambridge research support staff including librarians and administrators in all disciplines)
25 March, 2.30-4.30pm, Cambridge University Library Training Room
Refreshments provided
Researcher Development Programme training (for University of Cambridge researchers and postgraduate students in sciences, mathematics, engineering and technology)
Follow the event links to find further information and book via the University Training Booking System.
STEM Research Development Programme
Designed for STEM researchers, although open to all.
How to Give Great Presentations, When You Hate Giving Presentations
Thursday 28 February, 2pm
Using Collaborative Tools for Research
Thursday 7 March, 10am
Publishing Your Research Effectively
Monday 11 March, 11am
Moore Methods lunchtime sessions
Designed for STEM researchers and postgraduates, although open to all.
Managing Your Research Data
Tuesday 26 February, 1pm
'Yes You Do Need to Reference That': a Crash Course in Being an Ethical Researcher
Tuesday 5 March, 1pm
Using Twitter for Research
Tuesday 12 March, 1pm
Help! I Need To Find Stuff For My Project Now!
Thursday 14 March, 1pm
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Science webinar - Fighting fake science: barriers and solutions
Tuesday, 26 February, 5pm
This webinar attacks the issue of fake science head-on, examining what can be done to combat bad science and how good science can be encouraged and promoted. The expert panel will discuss solutions to counteract fake science and explore how the scientific community can better communicate truth over falsehood. Produced by the Science/AAAS Custom Publishing Office and sponsored by Fondation IPSEN.
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Call for papers and contributions: The International Journal of Open Educational Resources (IJOER) Spring Issue 2019
Papers due 28 February
IJOER invites scholars conducting research on open educational resources and related topics, professionals and experts representing the OER sector, industry, and government to share their experiences, knowledge and best practices within OER.
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Capturing practice research: improving visibility and searchability
15 March, 10.15am-4pm, Hilton London Euston
Are you trying to ensure practice research outputs are easy to find and available for the long term? Is it hard for you to capture and represent your outputs appropriately as processes and systems are designed for text-based outputs? This Jisc workshop will bring together researchers, repository and research managers and infrastructure providers to address these issues, share experiences and to shape future work.
Book here
Call for speakers: discussion days to explore requirements for research notebooks
18th March 2019, Glasgow
5th April 2019, Sheffield
Jisc and the University of Glasgow are arranging two discussion days to explore requirements for research notebooks. The intention is to explore case studies of tools that researchers use to store research notebook information and discuss the challenges and solutions found.
Are you - or do you know - a researcher who uses a specific software package for notebook management and is willing to come and give a short story and demo of their journey? This could be propriety lab notebook software, open source software, generic software or paper notebooks.
Contact valerie.mccutcheon@glasgow.ac.uk should you be willing to present at one or both of these workshops.
Call for applications: Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication (JLSC) seeks new Editor-in-Chief
Call closes 18 March
Individuals or multi-member teams are now invited to apply for the position of JLSC Editor-in-Chief.
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Call for sessions: CODATA 2019
18-19 September, Beijing, China
Call closes 15 April
The theme of the CODATA 2019 conference is: 'Towards next-generation data-driven science: policies, practices and platforms.' The conference will follow a high-level workshop, 16-17 September 2019, on 'Implementing Open Research Data Policy and Practice'.
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Call for papers: Scholarly Communication Conference
2–3 May, University of Kent
Call closes 01 March
This conference will bring together day-to-day practitioners of Scholarly Communications – those supporting Scholarly Communication from library and/or research services, including those whose roles have a component of Scholarly Communications, i.e. repository manager, open data, responsible metrics, REF, copyright or advocacy but who don’t consider themselves experts in the field of scholarly communications. The conference will provide an opportunity to hear about the practical approaches being taken to Scholarly Communications, to share ideas and resources, and develop new networks.
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