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Publishers And Universities Respond To The Ostp Mandate, Denise Troll Covey
Publishers And Universities Respond To The Ostp Mandate, Denise Troll Covey
Denise Troll Covey
Brief summary and comparison of the ClearingHouse for the Open Research of the United States (CHORUS) announced by the Association of American Publishers and the SHared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE) announced by the American Association of Universities, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, and Association of Research Libraries.
Comparison Of Fastr And Ostp Directive, Denise Troll Covey
Comparison Of Fastr And Ostp Directive, Denise Troll Covey
Denise Troll Covey
No abstract provided.
Opening The Dissertation: Overcoming Cultural Calcification And Agoraphobia, Denise Troll Covey
Opening The Dissertation: Overcoming Cultural Calcification And Agoraphobia, Denise Troll Covey
Denise Troll Covey
This article places the struggle to open access to the dissertation in the context of the crisis in doctoral education and the transition from print to digital literacy. It explores the underlying cultural calcification and agoraphobia that deter engagement with openness. Solving the problems will require overhauling the curriculum and conventions of doctoral education. Opening access to dissertations is an important first step, but insufficient to end the crisis. Only opening other dimensions of the dissertation -- the structure, media, notion of authorship, and methods of assessment -- can foster the digital literacy needed to save PhD programs from extinction. …
Letter To Congress Opposing The Research Works Act, Denise Troll Covey, Gloriana St. Clair
Letter To Congress Opposing The Research Works Act, Denise Troll Covey, Gloriana St. Clair
Denise Troll Covey
No abstract provided.
Author Rights And Publishing Today: What You Should Know. Why You Should Care., Denise Troll Covey
Author Rights And Publishing Today: What You Should Know. Why You Should Care., Denise Troll Covey
Denise Troll Covey
No abstract provided.
Recruiting Content For The Institutional Repository: The Barriers Exceed The Benefits, Denise Troll Covey
Recruiting Content For The Institutional Repository: The Barriers Exceed The Benefits, Denise Troll Covey
Denise Troll Covey
Focus groups conducted at Carnegie Mellon reveal that what motivates many faculty to self-archive on a website or disciplinary repository will not motivate them to deposit their work in the institutional repository. Recruiting a critical mass of content for the institutional repository is contingent on increasing awareness, aligning deposit with existing workflows, and providing value-added services that meet needs not currently being met by other tools. Faculty share concerns about quality and the payoff for time invested in publishing and disseminating their work, but disagree about metrics for assessing quality, the merit of disseminating work prior to peer review, and …
Issues In Digital Preservation, Denise Troll Covey
Issues In Digital Preservation, Denise Troll Covey
Denise Troll Covey
No abstract provided.
Open Access & Copyright, Denise Troll Covey
The Ethics Of Open Access To Research: A Call For Civil Disobedience And Moral Courage, Denise Troll Covey
The Ethics Of Open Access To Research: A Call For Civil Disobedience And Moral Courage, Denise Troll Covey
Denise Troll Covey
This article explores the ideological context, official rhetoric, and rank-and-file behavior of authors and publishers in the movement to provide free online (open) access to scholarly journal articles. Analysis reveals transparency among authors and obfuscation among publishers. The core values and ethical principles of librarianship require librarians to stand with authors and to exercise and foster civil disobedience and moral courage in support of open access.
Rights And Permissions In The Supply Chain: Untying The Knots For Institutional Repositories, Denise Troll Covey
Rights And Permissions In The Supply Chain: Untying The Knots For Institutional Repositories, Denise Troll Covey
Denise Troll Covey
No abstract provided.
Pastures Of Persuasion: Herding Faculty For An Institutional Repository, Denise Troll Covey
Pastures Of Persuasion: Herding Faculty For An Institutional Repository, Denise Troll Covey
Denise Troll Covey
No abstract provided.