[GOAL] Open access update May 2014 is now live

[Danny Kingsley]

<Apologies for cross posting>

The AOASG Open access update May 2014 is now live and available at http://aoasg.org.au/2014/05/29/open-access-update-may-2014/

It contains:

Open Access News<http://aoasg.org.au/2014/05/29/open-access-update-may-2014/#News>

§  AOASG a signatory on COAR Statement about embargoes - 29 May 2014

§  Open Access Week 2014 theme is Generation Open

§  Predator-watch 1 - 'Hijacked' journals list - 18 May 2014

§  American Society Of Civil Engineers Issues take down notices - 16 May 2014

§  Librarians should be across OA & APC payment options - May 2014

§  Elsevier expenditure - 24 April 2014

§  Predator-watch 2 - another 'sting' - 21 April 2014

§  Declaration on open access for LIS authors - March 2014

§  Complying with mandates - March 2014

§  Predator-watch 3 - Beware VDM publishing - 23 March 2014

New open access policies - international<http://aoasg.org.au/2014/05/29/open-access-update-may-2014/#Policies>

§  Chinese Academy of Sciences Open Access Policy - 16 May 2014

§  Mexico national legislation on open access and repositories - 8 April 2014

Reports & Research<http://aoasg.org.au/2014/05/29/open-access-update-may-2014/#Reports>

§  Open-Access Repositories Worldwide, 2005-2012 - 2 May 2014

§  British Academy study on OA journals in HASS - April 2014

§  UKSG special issue on OA monographs - April 2014

§  Aligning repositories - March 2014

§  Analysis of deposit rules of 100 largest journals

Alternative ways to value journals<http://aoasg.org.au/2014/05/29/open-access-update-may-2014/#Alternative>

§  Journal Openness Index

§  JournalGuide

§  Quality Open Access Market

§  Open Review

Events<http://aoasg.org.au/2014/05/29/open-access-update-may-2014/#Events>

§  Stop blaming open access: what's wrong with scholarly communication and why it's not the fault of open access<http://www.canberraskeptics.org.au/event/stop-blaming-open-access-whats-wrong-with-scholarly-communication/>

§  Recent Developments in Open Access and Scholarly Communication: The case of History in Britain.<http://anulib.anu.edu.au/events/>


Dr Danny Kingsley
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Executive Officer
Australian Open Access Support Group (AOASG)
Menzies Library, Building 2
The Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200 Australia

E: danny.kingsley at anu.edu.au<mailto:danny.kingsley at anu.edu.au>
P: +612 6125 6839
W: http://aoasg.org.au
T: @openaccess_oz

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NOTE: I work three days a week: Mondays (on campus), Tuesdays and Thursdays. I think about open access 24/7.



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