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Video available from Open Access Symposium at UNT

The University of North Texas has mad available videos of presentations from its Open Access Symposium, held May 18, 2010.

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June 2010 issue of TDL Update newsletter is available

Check out the latest issue of TDL Update, the newsletter of the Texas Digital Library, to discover the latest news and learn how TDL is working with its members to advance scholarly communication.

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Digital repositories in the Chronicle of Higher Ed

The Chronicle of Higher Education provides an update on the state of institutional repositories in US higher education in the article “Digital Repositories Foment a Quiet Revolution in Scholarship.”

The article chronicles some of the disappointments of IRs, but also highlights some successes —

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Journal pricing standoff at UC system

The University of California system has taken the bold step of threatening to boycott the Nature Publishing Group, after the publisher hiked journal subscription prices by 400%.

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Get ready for OA Week with SPARC webcast June 2

SPARC will host an online planning meeting to discuss Open Access Week 2010, which will take place October 18-24.

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Defining “open”

open bookThe library and academic worlds are teeming with various species of openness: open access, open source, open educational resources, and the list goes on. Understanding all these concepts — both how they’re distinct and how they’re related — can be a daunting task.

At her Book of Tragool blog,

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Open Journal Systems and Academic Freedom

The Chronicle of Higher Education offers an article about John Willinsky, education professor at Stanford and leader of the Public Knowledge Project, the outfit behind Open Journal Systems (OJS) software. The Texas Digital Library hosts Open Journal Systems for members wishing to create and publish online, open-access scholarly journals.

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New resource available for online journal management

Co-Action Publishing and Lund University Library have published an Online Guide to Open Access Journals Publishing, a Web-based document intended to assist in the process of planning, implementing and managing Open Access Journals.

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CSHE Report on the Future of Scholarly Communications

The Center for Studies in Higher Education (CSHE) has released Assessing the Future Landscape of Scholarly Communication, a report on faculty needs and practices in regards to scholarly communications.

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