[GOAL] Open Access Week at Cambridge University - Wednesday

[Danny Kingsley]

<Apologies for cross posting>

Hello all,

It is Wednesday and we are halfway through Open Access week, but there is no slowing down. Of us, or the hits on Professor Hawking’s thesis. If you are interested in seeing the level of media coverage this announcement has generated, have a look - https://cambridge.altmetric.com/details/25154696

Meanwhile back in the real world, here are the Office of Scholarly Communication at Cambridge University’s offerings for today.

Blog
When the British Library approached the Office of Scholarly Communication with the offer of low price digitisation of microfilmed theses we were in a bind. With only enough funds to digitise 10% of the 14,000 theses the BL held on microfilm, we needed to make decisions about which theses to choose. This blog ‘Choosing from a cornucopia: a digitisation project’ https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=1718 discusses the decision making we underwent to ensure the project digitised the theses most likely to be used into the future.

Announcement – Boosting the thesis count
The Office of Scholarly Communication is pleased to announce that 1,400 newly digitised theses will be shortly made available in the repository Apollo. These are works that were part of the large collection of University of Cambridge microfilmed theses held in physical form in the British Library. Now, thanks to a digitisation and deposit project due to conclude in November of this year, readers will be able to find and request copies of these works through the Apollo repository https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/249240. Find out more about how the theses were chosen from the full collection of 14,000 works in the British Library, read the blog (see above).

Announcement – Disseminating a new brand
Our second announcement today involves the Office of Scholarly Communication’s brand. We have been closely working with Lihua Zhu of the University Library Digital Services team to develop a new and improved brand encompassing the OSC, the Open Access team, the Research Data Facility and the Theses Management team.

The universal padlock symbol for open access was a no-brainer, and coming up with a logo to represent the Research Data Facility we wanted to symbolise the sharing a reuse of data, with a joined up approach. There was much discussion over the thickness of the arrow lines! When brainstorming for a theme to tie together the whole under the banner of the OSC, we thought in much more abstract terms. A dandelion was chosen, representing the vast free dissemination of knowledge that the Office prides as a cornerstone of our mission. Such humble flowers can reach across great distances, as we hope to do with our message of free and open research for all.

Event today – Helping HASS researchers publish
Join us for a new addition to our series exploring resources to help with the process of publishing our research in HASS disciplines – from recording observations to peer review. This session offers the chance to learn about available resources and options in publishing and reviewing, and ask questions of the experts. If you are already using these resources user support will be available.

Further details and booking information: https://www.training.cam.ac.uk/osc/event/2246836 The OSC will be making recordings and slides of all presentations available as soon as possible.

Event recording – How to Spot a Predatory Publisher
For those of you interested in watching yesterday’s webinar on spotting a predatory publisher, here’s the link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He9GJybTtUw&feature=youtu.be

Best wishes,

Danny

Dr Danny Kingsley
Deputy Director - Scholarly Communication & Research Services
Cambridge University Library
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