Monthly Archives: October 2010

Rotating Global Map of Institutional Repositories from Eprints

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Katarina Lovrečić

As one of the highlights of Open Access Week 2010, here is the link to an interesting map from Eprints of newly added Institutional Repositories. It helps in creating a vivid image of the Open Access awareness growing on a truly … Continue reading →

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China – Stop Making Paper and Start Open Access

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Katarina Lovrečić

A book tightly shut is but a block of paper. (Chinese Proverb) Not long ago Chinese librarians have signed a joint open letter and addressed it to international publishers. They explained that “the prices of journals went up annually at … Continue reading →

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Simon Fraser University – From Fur Traps to Science Fiction

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Katarina Lovrečić

What would a fur trader such as Simon Fraser do with Open Access to data? He would probably not have thought of traveling to the mouth of a river which bears his name to this date. However, for the students … Continue reading →

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Trinity College Gives Irish Blessing to Open Access – May the Luck of the Irish Enfold You

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Katarina Lovrečić

Probably the most exciting news during the Open Access Week 2010 is that of Dublin’s Trinity College providing free online access to its research. Trinity College has thus joined the outstanding pioneers of the OA movement on student campuses, MIT, … Continue reading →

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Open Access Initiative – Two Big Thumbs Up

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Katarina Lovrečić

In re-imagining of the society, the library, and the science of the future, there is a growing presence of huge institutions adding up to ideas. Recently, a library, 14-million-books strong, and a nuclear institute, 18-member-states strong, have shown support to … Continue reading →

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InTech Open Access Books – What is the Difference?

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Katarina Lovrečić

InTech Open Access publisher is among the first to publish Open Access books and it is, moreover, the biggest publisher of Open Access scholarly books. So, what is the difference between an Open Access Book and an Open Access Journal? … Continue reading →

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Open Access Peer Review – Which One? Any One?

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Katarina Lovrečić

There’s been much talk lately about peer review techniques in Open Access publishing, and special attention was paid to it at Scholarly Kitchen. Yet another hard question is posed upon Open Access advocates who are to regulate the new and … Continue reading →

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Riding the Wave of E-Infrastructure – High Level Group’s Vision of the Year 2030

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Katarina Lovrečić

I was not fully aware of how close I was to the EU’s vision of the future research investment when I imagined Open Access on newly discovered exoplanet. It is possible that Earth could hold such possibilities, as well. Recently, … Continue reading →

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Creative Commons – Become Their Superhero

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Katarina Lovrečić

Today, Creative Commons team invites you to join their fight for openness and innovation and to become a CC Superhero. “A legion of Creative Commons (CC) Superheroes is already at work, using our amazing tools to save people from failed … Continue reading →

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Open Access on Gliese 581 g

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Katarina Lovrečić

Recently, a habitable exoplanet Gliese 581 g has been found and this notion stimulates a whole new set of ideas for a utopian community of Gliesians. The planet which is three times the mass of Earth is in a habitable … Continue reading →

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