The population research journal, Demography, switched to an open access format published by Duke University Press late last year. They’ve recently released their first OA issue. Demography and Duke University Press have chosen a community supported business model that doesn’t depend on readers or authors to supply funding to maintain… read more
Archives for March 2021
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest March 1-15, 2021
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Mar 12 Congress Allocates Billions of Dollars to Libraries in COVID Relief Package- bookriot.com/covid-relief-f… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Mar 12 Report on Diamond Open Access Journals sites.utexas.edu/openaccess/202… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Mar 12 Restricted Access To COVID-19 Variants Database Draws Criticism From Scientists science.thewire.in/the-sciences/r… via @TheWireScience Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Mar 12 The Evolution of Water Resources Research… read more
UC Makes a Deal with Elsevier
The University of California and Elsevier have come to an agreement on a transformative big deal: https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/uc-news-uc-secures-landmark-open-access-deal-world-s-largest-scientific-publisher Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe has a nice summary on Scholarly Kitchen: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2021/03/16/the-biggest-big-deal/ Short story – UC now has a deal with Elsevier that provides access to Elsevier’s journals for all UC schools, plus it… read more
New Knowledge Production/Exchange Podcast
SPARC and the Knowledge Equity Lab have teamed up to create a podcast about the politics of knowledge production, exchange, and circulation as well as the structural, global power dynamics that shape it. The podcast is called Unsettling Knowledge Inequities and will have five episodes this first season. You can… read more
Report on Diamond Open Access Journals
A study about diamond open access (OA) journals commissioned by cOAlition S has concluded and published their report. The report found that there are thousands of small diamond OA journals that are largely supported by volunteers, universities, and governments. These journals represent a diverse range of disciplines – 60% HSS,… read more
TSW Highlights: International Women’s Day
Today is International Women’s Day, “a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Significant activity is witnessed worldwide as groups come together to celebrate women’s achievements or rally for women’s equality.” Learn more… read more
OER Faculty Author Spotlight: Dr. Christian Hilchey
In celebration of Open Education Week, UT Libraries is proud to spotlight a few of our talented faculty members who are on the forefront of the open education movement as open educational resource (OER) authors! Today we’re featuring Dr. Christian Hilchey, Lecturer in the Department of Slavic & Eurasian Studies.… read more
Open Educational Resource (OER) Spotlights
Happy Open Education Week! We’re back today to share a few open educational resources (OER) chosen by members of the OER Outreach Working Group. Each of the resources below are great examples of OER in use at UT (and authored by our faculty and staff in several cases!). OER… read more
OER Faculty Author Spotlight: Dr. Jocelly G. Meiners
In celebration of Open Education Week, UT Libraries is proud to spotlight a few of our talented faculty members who are on the forefront of the open education movement as open educational resource (OER) authors! Today we’re featuring Dr. Jocelly G. Meiners, Lecturer in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.… read more
OER Faculty Author Spotlight: Dr. Amanda Hager
In celebration of Open Education Week, UT Libraries is proud to spotlight a few of our talented faculty members who are on the forefront of the open education movement as open educational resource (OER) authors! We’re kicking off this series with Dr. Amanda Hager, who teaches several courses in the… read more
