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
Publishing
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
ORCID Single Sign on Live
I’m pleased to report that we now have single sign on activated for ORCID, https://orcid.org/. That means anyone at UT will be able to use their EID and password to login, rather than having to set up a yet another username and password. Instructions are below. Go to ORCID, https://orcid.org/,… read more
Norwegian institutions don’t renew Elsevier contract
A consortium of Norwegian institutions has decided not to renew their Elsevier contract for 2019. They were trying to negotiate an agreement that would move from paying for subscriptions to paying for publishing articles open access (as required by 2024 by the Norwegian government). While there is no agreement for… read more
Retractions Brown Bag Discussion
Our next scholarly communication brown bag discussion will be about retractions. We hope to talk about how retractions get issued, how researchers find out about retracted articles, what happens to people who are involved in a retraction, and what impact this has on the research lifecycle. In advance of that… read more
A new way to evaluate research
The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in Canada has developed a tool they hope will better measure the quality and impact of research coming out of the global south. They want to ensure that researchers who are working on projects that positively impact their region are evaluated on criteria that make… read more
