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
Publishing
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
First OA issue of Demography
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
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
UT Joins Texas Library Coalition
UT Austin and the University of Texas System have joined the Texas Library Coalition for United Action (TLCUA). With the addition of UT System, there are now 41 institutions in Texas that are a part of this coalition. One of the goals of the coalition is to expand open access… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter digest August 16-31, 2020
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Aug 30 TSW hits 70,000 items! sites.utexas.edu/openaccess/202… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Aug 28 Publisher hails open-access deals, but cost concerns remain researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-europe… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Aug 28 “Pods” for the People: Libraries Host Learning Pods to Serve Students in Need | From the Editor slj.com/?detailStory=p… #SchoolLibraryJournal Texas ScholarWorks… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter digest July 1-15, 2020
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jul 14 Study: Only 5% of Conservation Journals Comply With Principles for Fair and Open Access disq.us/t/3qcq49n Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jul 13 Transformative open-access deals spread to the US disq.us/t/3qa7njj Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jul 7 Go read about how Americans who depend on libraries for internet are… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter digest June 16-30, 2020
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jun 30 An Invisible Threat: Compassion Fatigue in Libraries-bookriot.com/compassion-fat… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jun 26 The Endangered Internet Archive Is Full of Treasures gizmodo.com/the-endangered… via @gizmodo Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jun 25 People are microwaving library books and masks to kill COVID-19 — and that’s bad freep.com/story/news/loc… via @freep… read more
Pressbooks webinar on Nov. 21st
If you are a faculty member at a Texas Digital Library-affiliated institution, you are invited to attend a webinar on Pressbooks, an OER textbook platform. The webinar will be geared towards showing faculty how to use Pressbooks to create OER course materials. Sign up for the free webinar Date: Thursday,… read more