Open Access – the Internet enabled business model for scientific publishing
Professor Bo-Christer Bjork of the Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration has discussed the importance, growth and barriers of open access publishing in the current electronic delivery model. Read More
Open Access – Trends and Challenges
Mary Waltham, Publishing Consultant, www.MaryWaltham.com, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, in her presentation at PA and ALPSP Publishers’ Forum on January 25, 2005, put forth some of the issues of open access and challenges faced by publishers because of the emerging model. Read More
The Blame Game: Open Access Overview and Library Perspectives
Colin Steele’s presentation, The Blame Game: Open Access Overview and Library Perspectives, made for the Australian National University, discusses the open access framework, author priorities, and various issues related to the movement. Read More
Scientific papers, their publications and presentations
Jaroslav Mackerle of the Linkoping Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, has presented the basic steps in developing a manuscript into a published paper for a scientific journal. Read More
Open access to federally funded STI publications
Three presentations made at the annual conference of the Defence Technical Information Centre (DTIC) in April 2005 have been provided. Open access to scientific and technical information is discussed by the Association of Research Libraries, the National Institutes of Health, and the US Air Force. Read More
Role of RSS in science publishing
Timo Hannay, Head of New Technology, Nature Publishing Group, has explained the uses, benefits and risks of RSS, a machine-readable web page, to STM publishers. Read More
On Open Access
The presentation ‘Open Access’ defines open access, its benefits and impacts, and lists out various types of open access. The presentation discusses the NIH Public Access Policy, and also lists important open access websites. Read More
DPubS: An Open Source Electronic Publishing System
Sarah E. Thomas, Cornell University Library, in her presentation ‘DPubS: An Open Source Electronic Publishing System’, briefs on the DPubS publication system. DPubS, an electronic publishing application funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, enables publishers to manage, organise, deliver and present, both open access and subscription controlled scholarly communications;… Read More
Integrating MathML into a Publishing Workflow
Bob Mathews, Design Science, Inc., in his presentation ‘Integrating MathML Into a Publishing Workflow’, explains the chief characteristics of Math in STM publications. Read More
On Open Access
The presentation ‘Open Access’ defines open access, its benefits and impacts, and lists out various types of open access. The presentation discusses the NIH Public Access Policy, and also lists important open access websites. Read More
