"Today, the University of Luxembourg has joined the growing number of Universities and funding institutions around the world in launching a mandate for deposit in their new Open Access digital repository, ORBilu."
Mois : avril 2013
Open Access and the University of Luxembourg’s Digital Repository Mandate
"The mandate requires all University members to deposit: (1) the full-text electronic copies of all their peer-reviewed journal articles as well as papers from published conference proceedings in the University’s digital repository immediately upon acceptance for publication (maximum delay: 1 month)."
Elsevier buys Mendeley: your reaction | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional
The sale of the London-based startup to the publishing giant has prompted strong reactions from the academic community – is the partnership good or bad news for open access research?
Elsevier buys Mendeley: your reaction | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional
The sale of the London-based startup to the publishing giant has prompted strong reactions from the academic community – is the partnership good or bad news for open access research?
Reed Elsevier buys academic social network Mendeley for up to £65m
"Publishing group Reed Elsevier has upped its efforts to build its digital business with the $100m (£65m) acquisition of London-based academic social network Mendeley."
Reed Elsevier buys academic social network Mendeley for up to £65m
"Publishing group Reed Elsevier has upped its efforts to build its digital business with the $100m (£65m) acquisition of London-based academic social network Mendeley."
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Reed Elsevier buys academic social network Mendeley for up to £65m
"Publishing group Reed Elsevier has upped its efforts to build its digital business with the $100m (£65m) acquisition of London-based academic social network Mendeley."
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Reed Elsevier buys academic social network Mendeley for up to £65m
"Publishing group Reed Elsevier has upped its efforts to build its digital business with the $100m (£65m) acquisition of London-based academic social network Mendeley."
Tags: 7radar
Reed Elsevier buys academic social network Mendeley for up to £65m
"Publishing group Reed Elsevier has upped its efforts to build its digital business with the $100m (£65m) acquisition of London-based academic social network Mendeley."
Tags: 7radar
Reed Elsevier buys academic social network Mendeley for up to £65m
"Publishing group Reed Elsevier has upped its efforts to build its digital business with the $100m (£65m) acquisition of London-based academic social network Mendeley."
Tags: 7radar
Open Science for the 21st century : a declaration of ALL European Academies (ALLEA)
"ALLEA and its Member Academies consider the open science approach an essential building block for the construction of the European Research Area and of Global Knowledge Partnerships. The Academies commit themselves to debate and promote practical applications of open science principles within their national arenas of activity, and to jointly advocate their adoption also in the international domain."
L’éditeur scientifique EDP Sciences s’engage sur l’ ” Open Access “
"EDP Sciences, éditeur scientifique, partenaire historique des communautés scientifiques, déploie EDP Open, son nouveau portail " Open Access ", le site est accessible à www.edp-open.org."
Ouverture au public de la BVMM
La Bibliothèque virtuelle des manuscrits médiévaux (BVMM) ouvre sa consultation en ligne au grand public. Plus de 1 000 manuscrits reproduits intégralement en couleur, 600 autres en noir et blanc, ainsi que la reproduction des décors de 4 200 manuscrits et incunables (ouvrages imprimés antérieurs au 31 décembre 1500) : ces richesses des bibliothèques publiques de France sont désormais accessibles à tous. Il suffit pour cela de se connecter à la Bibliothèque virtuelle des manuscrits médiévaux (BVMM) : http://bvmm.irht.cnrs.fr qui vient d’ouvrir sa consultation en ligne au grand public.
Amazon rachète le réseau de lecteurs GoodReads : un coup dur pour la lecture numérique ?
Une surprise : le rachat du réseau de lecteurs GoodReads par Amazon (pour 150 millions de dollars). Surprenant, en effet, quand on se rappelle le dernier conflit qui les a dernièrement opposés et qui avait poussé GoodReads à gagner son autonomie, alors que le réseau utilisait jusque-là les métadonnées d’Amazon (fiches de livres, couvertures, etc.) à partir desquels ses membres produisaient des critiques, des commentaires, des listes, etc. (voir ma série « À la recherche de la lecture asociale« ).
Le droit de ReLIRE
"On ne peut pas à la fois critiquer la loi sur le droit d'auteur dans le fait qu'elle est inadaptée au monde numérique, et en même temps tirer à boulets rouges sur la première initiative visant à essayer de trouver des solutions intermédiaires."