This paper by Paul Peters, the Senior Publishing Developer of Hindawi Publishing Corporation, has been written for publication in the conference proceedings of Online Information 2006. Peters presents different open access publishing models and explains why so-called Big Deal journal subscription packages create a barrier to entry into the publishing market.
He explains that these packages are a barrier because only large publishing firms can offer a package with many different journal titles. In contrast, Peters favours the Author-Pays- Model which provides, in his opinion, a sustainable open access publishing model.
Am 24. November 2009 hat das OLG Frankfurt seine Entscheidung im Berufungsverfahren im Streit zwischen der ULB Darmstadt und dem Ulmer-Verlag verkündet.
Stellungnahme des Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverbandes zum Fragebogen des Bundesministeriums der Justiz vom 13. Februar 2009 Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband
In einer Stellungnahme zum "Dritten Korb" des Urheberrechts fordert der Deutsche Bibliotheksverband (dbv) eine Lockerung des geltenden Urheberrechts. So sollen unter anderem die Wiedergabe von Dokumenten an elektronischen Leseplätzen und das Recht auf Privatkopie ausgeweitet werden. Welche Folgen dies für Verlage haben könnte, fragte boersenblatt.net in einem Gespräch mit Gabriele Beger, Vorsitzende des dbv und Direktorin der Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg.
An international consortium of about 700 academic institutions and research organizations, ICPSR provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for the social science research community.
ICPSR maintains a data archive of more than 500,000 files of research in the social sciences. It hosts 16 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields.
ICPSR's educational activities include the Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research external link, a comprehensive curriculum of intensive courses in research design, statistics, data analysis, and social methodology. ICPSR also leads several initiatives that encourage use of data in teaching, particularly for undergraduate instruction.
ICPSR-sponsored research focuses on the emerging challenges of digital curation and data science. ICPSR researchers also examine substantive issues related to our collections, with an emphasis on historical demography and the environment.
ICPSR receives grants from a number of government agencies and private foundations.
ICPSR is a unit within the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan and maintains its office in Ann Arbor.
The German-North American Resources Partnership (GNARP) is one of the working projects of the Global Resources Network. Originally known as the German Demonstration Project, it was renamed German Resources Project in 1998 to reflect its establishment as a long-term project focusing on improving the effective acquisition, sharing, and use of German-language materials among North American libraries and also the fostering of closer collaboration with German research libraries. In 2002 it adopted its current name to emphasize the goal of transatlantic collaboration. Currently there are 46 member libraries in North America and 5 in Germany.
G. Abel, B. Dreßler, U. Herb, and M. Müller. Bibliotheksdienst, 40 (6):
726 - 733(2006)Hilfreicher Artikel, der die Verknüpfung von Hochschulbibliographie und Hochschulschriftenserver am Beispiel der Universität des Saarlandes beschreibt..
R. Ball. Information zwischen Kultur und Marktwirtschaft, Proceedings des 9. Internationalen Symposiums für Informationswissenschaft, volume 42 of Schriften zur Informationswissenschaft, page 413-432. Hochschulverband für Informationswissenschaft, (2004)