Looking to develop your data management skills and realize the full potential of your research data? Consider attending the UT Libraries’ Data & Donuts workshops this semester! The UT Libraries Research Data Services team is excited to announce the schedule for its Fall 2023 Data & Donuts workshop series which… read more
Open data
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest July 16 – July 31, 2023
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jul 28 HISD to eliminate librarians and convert libraries into disciplinary centers at NES schools abc13.com/hisd-libraries… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jul 26 The beauty of (open) data will save public global health – goo.gl/alerts/DcbrKR Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jul 26 Secondary publishing rights can improve public access to academic research – The Conversation – goo.gl/alerts/ST3Amk… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest February 16 – February 28, 2023
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Feb 23 UK university groups back rejection of Springer Nature offer – Research Professional News – goo.gl/alerts/7CAs9o Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Feb 20 New partnership to promote open data awareness and participation in Africa – EurekAlert! – goo.gl/alerts/4bPDnF Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Feb 16 Open science – Accelerator for Sustainable Development Goals universityworldnews.com/post.php?story… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Feb… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest December 16, 2022 – January 15, 2023
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jan 15 The open access movement, to make academic papers accessible for all – The Hindu – goo.gl/alerts/jAF7W5 Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jan 15 How was the transition to open access advanced in 2022? | Research Information – goo.gl/alerts/cLw6NK Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Dec 23 2022 PLOS accomplishments – The Official PLOS Blog theplosblog.plos.org/2022/12/2022-p… Texas… read more
OA at UT
I am excited to announce that the Sustainable Open Scholarship (SOS) Working Group report is now officially public on the Provost’s website. The SOS Working Group met through the 2020/2021 academic year and submitted their report in late fall 2021. The group’s efforts focused on four main areas: open access,… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest March 16-31, 2022
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo 21h A Mexican American superhero travels to Ukraine’s aid in new comic book nbcnews.com/news/latino/me… via @nbcnews Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Mar 31 Cambridge University Press OA for UT Authors sites.utexas.edu/openaccess/202… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Mar 30 PLOS launches new feature to promote data sharing and access – goo.gl/alerts/8idVo Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Mar 21 World academies call for… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest December 1-15, 2021
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Dec 12 School librarians speak out against recent upsurge in attempts to ban books pbs.org/newshour/show/… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Dec 8 AIP Publishing to Launch Two Fully Open Access Journals in 2022 – PR Newswire – goo.gl/alerts/Qnwwt Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Dec 7 Study finds COVID-19 research freely accessible, but research data sharing and preprinting… read more
Open Research Toolkit
Christopher Eaker from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has created a resource called the Open Research Toolkit (ORT). It’s designed with librarians in mind and aims to teach open research concepts and skills. The ORT is published on the Open Science Framework (OSF) and is licensed with CC-BY license. The… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest July 1-15, 2021
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jul 15 Google Dataset Search: Using open access tools during the research process news.illinoisstate.edu/2021/07/google… via @IllinoisStateU Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jul 12 The “Sci-Hub effect” can almost double the citations of research articles, study suggests via @psypost psypost.org/2021/07/the-sc… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jul 9 Research ‘should benefit society, not shareholders’ | Research Information researchinformation.info/analysis-opini… via… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest June 16-30, 2021
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jun 29 CUP launches ‘revolutionary’ Open Access monograph pilot thebookseller.com/news/cup-launc… via @thebookseller Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jun 29 A Maryland attic hid a priceless trove of Black history. Historians and activists saved it from auction. washingtonpost.com/history/2021/0… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jun 28 Author Rights & the SPARC Author Addendum sparcopen.org/our-work/autho… via @sparc_na Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jun 22… read more