This is the fourth in our series of OA Week 2021 blog posts about open access activities at UT Austin. The theme this year is “It Matters How we Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity”, and that’s why we are so excited to announce a new mathematics journal, Ars Inveniendi Analytica.… read more
Publishing
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest October 1-15, 2021
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Oct 15 Terminology explained | Open access explained | Library | University of Leeds – goo.gl/alerts/uQrNE #GoogleAlerts Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Oct 12 Publishing paper in top journal costs about $1,000, says study timeshighereducation.com/news/publishin… via @timeshighered Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Oct 12 Why schools are failing female students for success in tech careers openaccessgovernment.org/why-schools-ar… Texas… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest September 16-30, 2021
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Sep 29 How can publishers better meet the open research needs of funders and institutions? – goo.gl/alerts/y4HAL #GoogleAlerts Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Sep 22 Almost 5,000 valuable items stolen from FSU library comic collection wctv.tv/2021/09/20/alm… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Sep 22 Elsevier Share Links: The Schrödinger’s cat of Open Access coalition-s.org/blog/elsevier-… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Sep 21 Funders:… 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
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest June 1-15, 2021
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jun 14 TSW Highlights: Pride Month sites.utexas.edu/openaccess/202… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jun 10 Open science’s riches are still largely unexploited universityworldnews.com/post.php?story… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jun 9 The public’s access to scholarly writing dnews.com/life/the-publi… via @mpdailynews Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jun 7 Academic publishing is a broken mess stuff.co.nz/science/300325… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jun 1 Academics must become more engaged in… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest May 16-31, 2021
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo May 28 Over 800 European research institutions and funders urge publishing reform | News | Chemistry World: chemistryworld.com/news/over-800-… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo May 27 Eric Carle, Creator Of ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar,’ Has Died npr.org/2021/05/26/970… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo May 26 Research lobbies lock horns with science publishers over open access sciencebusiness.net/news/research-… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo May 25… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest April 16-30, 2021
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 21 It’s Time for Open Educational Resources insidehighered.com/digital-learni… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 21 Why Open Access Is a Game Changer insidehighered.com/views/2021/04/… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 19 How will the termination of the contract between UVM Libraries and its biggest provider of scientific journals affect you? vtcynic.com/?p=94070 via @VermontCynic
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest April 1-15, 2021
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 9 A guide to Plan S: the open-access initiative shaking up science publishing nature.com/articles/d4158… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 8 $1.4M Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant expands Enslaved.org research msutoday.msu.edu/news/2021/ensl… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 8 TSW Highlights: Arab-American Month sites.utexas.edu/openaccess/202… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 7 Twitter won’t let National Archives revive @realDonaldTrump politi.co/3wyfSye via @politico… read more
Free scholarly publishing event
The landscape of scientific publishing has been shifting for a while but the remote research situations forced by COVID-19 brought many inadequacies of the current system into the limelight. Data management challenges, open access availability, wariness of predatory publishers, and an overwhelming abundance of information avenues make publishing research more… read more
Info on Cambridge UP Deal for UT Austin Authors
Hopefully by now you’ve heard about the UT System deal with Cambridge University Press (CUP). This Read & Publish deal gives the UT community read access to all CUP journals, and also includes unlimited OA publishing for our authors. What does this mean for you as a UT Austin researcher,… read more
