The CRISP database which provided a searchable database of biomedical research projects funded by NIH was retired on October 31, 2009. For many years, CRISP was one of the most common ways for the public, faculty, and researchers to find information on NIH research programs. The CRISP system has been replaced by the RePORT Expenditures and Results (RePORTER) tool.
<submitted by Tania Bardyn>
SHERPA (Securing a Hybrid Environment for Research Preservation and Access) was founded in 2002 at the Centre for Research Communications in an effort to support the establishment of open access repositories in UK universities. Since then, it has expanded to facilitate the rapid and efficient worldwide dissemination of research.
Their RoMEO service is a definitive color-coded listing of over 600 publisher’s copyright agreements and retained author rights. The major upgrade gives:
an extra category for the self-archiving of the publisher’s version/pdf
expanded journal coverage
extra search options for journal abbreviations and electronic ISSNs
new tabular browse view for publishers
selective display of publishers’ compliance with funding agencies’ mandates
<submitted by Cathy Brown>
Open-Access Week focuses attention on the growing global movement toward open public online access to scholarly research results. This year, organizers expect that more than 120 academic and public libraries in more than thirty countries will host events for their constituencies.
All of UCLA’s events are free, and no reservations are required. For further information on open-access publishing options and activities at UCLA, go to http://guides.library.ucla.edu/openaccess.
CDL’s eScholarship for Librarians
Monday, October 19; 10-11 a.m.
Charles E. Young Research Library West Electronic Classroom
Elise Proulx, outreach and marketing coordinator for the eScholarship publishing program, will unveil the new eScholarship interface and services available to scholars and departments. Bonnie Tijerina, UCLA’s eScholarship liaison, will present several recent campus eScholarship projects.
In celebration of Open Access Week, October 19-24, 2009, the Electronic Green Journal, which recently published its 28th issue, will debut a new interface on the California Digital Library’s eScholarship.
The new interface helps readers discover related content on the eScholarship platform and includes Web 2.0 functionality like creating RSS feeds for articles or journals. Readers will be able to fully take advantage of this new interface when the next issue of the Electronic Green Journal (EGJ) is published in December 2009.
The EGJ is academically sponsored and published semiannually by the UCLA Library and is one of the first peer-reviewed international journals promoting an open access publishing model as presented in Peter Suber’s Open-Access Timeline. Since its inception in July of 1994, the main goal of the Electronic Green Journal has been to assist in international scholarly environmental communication by providing a quality, unbiased, and freely accessible forum for the exchange of environmental information as an alternative to costly, commercially produced scientific journals.
For more information contact:
Maria Anna Jankowska, General Editor, UCLA, Charles E. Young Research Library, Los Angeles, CA, majankowska@library.ucla.edu
Amy J. Chatfield, Book Review Editor, UCLA, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, Los Angeles, California, achatfie@library.ucla.edu
<originally posted to the blog, Open Access Week by Amy Chatfield>
“Who pays for Open Access?” is a key question faced by libraries and authors as interest to scholarly research increases. The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Coalition (SPARC) examines the issue of sustainability for current and prospective open-access publishers in a new guide. “Income models for Open Access: An overview of current practice,” invites community discussion on models described as well as contributions related to new and other models. For information on Open Access attend programs sponsored by the UCLA Library during Open Access Week - October 19-23, 2009. Stay tuned for information about the Open Access Week events and program on the Biomedical Library blog.
<submitted by Tania Bardyn>
UC’s California Digital Library has completed successful negotiations with Springer to launch a pilot open access arrangement as part of its 2008 Springer journals license. This will allow all articles by UC-affiliated authors to be issued under Springer’s “Open Choice” model without additional author fees. The articles will be accessible via SpringerLink and will be published under the terms of a Creative Commons attribution, non-commercial license. Planning is also underway for automatic deposit of these articles into the UC eScholarship Repository.
Faculty members are encouraged to continue to negotiate the terms of all author agreements to enable them to retain educational use rights so that they can use their own scholarship on course Web sites, in course reserves, and in course packs.
<originally posted to the Managing Your Intellectual Property blog>
Tuesday, April 7; 4 - 6 p.m.
Charles E. Young Research Library
Presentation Room, Room 11348
This workshop will explain permissions and copyright issues related to filing theses and dissertations. It will cover how to use work that you have already published, when to obtain permissions for using works published by others, and whether using visuals requires permissions. The workshop will also offer practical advice on how to request permissions and copyright your own thesis. Bring your questions!
Admission is free, and no reservations are required; seating is on a first-come basis.
The UCLA Library, Academic Senate, Academic Senate Committee on Library and Scholarly Communication, and the Office of Intellectual Property Administration have created a series of lunchtime sessions to educate faculty about special topics in intellectual property.
Faculty Lunch Series: “Don’t I Own My Own Work?”: Negotiating to Keep Your Copyright
Thursday, March 5; noon - 1:30 p.m.
Charles E. Young Research Library
As a UCLA faculty member, you must be productive in a “publish or perish” environment. But in your rush to publish, are you signing an agreement with your publisher without reading it fully or understanding its implications? You might unknowingly surrender your copyright and, along with it, the rights to use and reuse your work as you wish. Find out how to read author agreements and how to negotiate to keep your rights. Learn from colleagues who have efficiently negotiated agreements without risk to their academic advancement.
Attendance is limited to UCLA faculty. Admission is free, and lunch will be provided. Advance reservations are required. Register here.
For additional information about the workshops, contact Carol Nishijima. For questions specifically about the NIH policy, email us.
The UCLA Library, Academic Senate, Academic Senate Committee on Library and Scholarly Communication, and the Office of Intellectual Property Administration have created a series of lunchtime sessions to educate faculty about special topics in intellectual property.
Update on the New NIH Public Access Policy
Wednesday, February 25; noon - 1:30 p.m.
Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library Classroom
What does the new National Institutes of Health (NIH) public access policy mean for NIH-funded researchers at UCLA, and how can UCLA librarians help them comply? Find out more at this session led by members of the Library’s Scholarly Communication Steering Committee.
Attendance is limited to UCLA faculty, researchers, and administrators. Admission is free, and lunch will be provided. Advance reservations are required. Register here.
For additional information about the workshop, contact Carol Nishijima at 310.794.4019. For questions specifically about the NIH policy, email us.
Beginning in February 2009, California Digital Library Collections, eScholarship, and the University of California Scholarly Communications Officers are piloting a ground-breaking open access publishing arrangement with Springer.
During this pilot project, articles by UCLA affiliated authors accepted for publication in a Springer journal will be published using Springer Open Choice with full and immediate access. This means that UC authors will pay no additional publication fees in order for their articles to be immediately accessible full-text to the public. Under this agreement, articles will be published under a license in which authors retain the right to distribute and re-use their articles freely.
In addition to access via the Springer platform, final published articles will also be deposited in the California Digital Library’s eScholarship Repository.
Authors must take some action to ensure that their article is published as an Open Choice article. After a manuscript has been submitted, reviewed, and accepted for publication into a Springer journal, the corresponding author is notified and asked to complete a Web-based acceptance form. This form provides an option to identify author’s institutions. Select “University of California, Los Angeles” from the drop-down list of institutions (see first thumbnail image below).
At the end of the acceptance process, review the notification that your article will be published via Springer Open Choice (see second thumbnail image above).
Articles with multiple authors are eligible for this publishing arrangement as long as one author is a UCLA faculty member. If you publish with faculty from other institutions, and they serve as the corresponding author, let them know about this new Open Access pilot and the steps they must take to ensure that your article is published with full open access rights.
If you have questions about the UC/Springer Open Choice pilot program, or need help exercising this option while accepting your article, contact Janet Carter, Collection Coordinator, UCLA Biomedical Library.
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