To celebrate Open Access Week 2015, SPARC is promoting a week-long Wikipedia edit-a-thon. The purpose of the edit-a-thon is to “improve existing open access related pages, create new content where it needs to be added, and translate open access related pages into new languages”. More information about the Wikipedia edit-a-thon can… read more
Academia.edu and open access
I just read an interesting blog post about Academia.edu by Gary Hall: http://www.garyhall.info/journal/2015/10/18/does-academiaedu-mean-open-access-is-becoming-irrelevant.html Academia.edu (and ResearchGate) come up quite frequently when I talk with faculty, postdocs, and grad students. I’ve always advised that it may be a good tool to use if you are trying to network with your colleagues, but… read more
What's the deal with Open Access?
Knowledge unfortunately isn’t free. Much of the research being conducted at universities, colleges, and institutes around the world is written up by professors, graduate students, and research associates and published in toll-access (subscription) journals. Anyone lacking a subscription to that journal will not be able to access the articles published there. This… read more
Repository competition for OA Week 2015
UT Libraries is having a competition to celebrate Open Access Week and to get library staff involved in using the repository. A permanent library staff member may participate by uploading content to Texas ScholarWorks (either on behalf of someone else or uploading their own content) or by talking to someone else… read more
Happy Birthday to You!
A district judge ruled yesterday that Warner-Chappell does not own the copyright to Happy Birthday. Warner-Chappell had been collecting licensing fees on the song that reportedly totaled 2 million dollars a year. For more information about the ruling: http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2015/09/happy-birthday-to-everyone-candles.html http://www.plainsite.org/dockets/u2yv5yz8/california-central-district-court/rupa-marya-v-warner-chappell-music-inc/
Discrete Analysis – a diamond open access journal
I just came across a blog post about a “diamond” open access journal called, Discrete Analysis. It’s being described as diamond open access because neither the readers nor the authors pay. The journal sits on top of the arXiv infrastructure but maintains the traditional peer review process. The journal will… read more
How has open scholarship helped you?
The Advancing Research Communication & Scholarship (ARCS) conference happened for the first time this past spring. One of the conversations from that conference was about the negative information some people hear about sharing their scholarship more openly. You know, the “if you share your data you’ll get scooped” warning. The… read more
Travel Scholarship Available
Are you interested in creating better access to research and educational materials? Do you want to help make that a reality on the UT Austin campus? If so, please consider applying for a travel scholarship to attend OpenCon 2015. OpenCon is an academic conference for students and early career researchers… read more
UTDR will be renamed…
Texas ScholarWorks! The contest to rename the UT Digital Repository has ended. The winning suggestion, Texas ScholarWorks, was submitted by a UT Libraries’ staff member, and that person won a $50 Visa gift card. We did a drawing from participants for two additional prizes – a $25 HEB gift card… read more
Help rename our repository!
We are upgrading the UT Digital Repository (UTDR) and as part of the upgrade we want to rename it. We’re looking for a name that will be easy to remember and reflect the amazing work being done by faculty, students, and staff all over campus. We want your help in deciding… read more
