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ANALYSIS AND NEWS


Open Access Button project seeks funds for Version 2.0


The Open Access Button, which enables people to log when they hit paywalls to scholarly content and to find alternative routes to that content, is seeking £20,000 of funding for Version 2.0 of the tool, which is planned for launch in this October’s Open Access Week.


The Open Access Button was founded by Joseph McArthur and David Carroll and an early version, built by a team of volunteer developers, was launched in October 2013. The founders aim to finish building Button 2.0 in time for a release during Open Access


Week. With the new release of the button, they say that they have ‘focused on creating ways to connect people with the research they need and use research in completely different ways. We’ve worked with the most innovative people and organisations, like Wikipedia and others from around the world.’


McArthur, one of the co- founders of and co-lead on the Open Access Button project, told Research Information: ‘All the money from the campaign will go directly to building the full version of the Open


Access Button which will really help push for open access and improve the scholarly publishing system.’


He went on to explain: ‘We’d like to use the data generally to make a change and are working on campaigns to do that. This involves trying to use the data in interesting ways, for example making leader boards, different types of maps, grouping the data by congressional region and more. Really the sky is the limit on that area. Everything, as far as is reasonable, will also be openly licensed as well so others can do things we haven’t thought of.’


Figshare and IOP Publishing work on data sharing pilot


IOP Publishing and Figshare are working together on a pilot project to help authors share figures and data from IOP’s journals more easily. Two of IOP’s journals, Environmental Research Letters and Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and


EBSCO releases open policy for data sharing


EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has released its new policy on metadata sharing and technology collaboration. EBSCO will make all metadata (and full text when contractually allowed) available for more than 120 full-text databases and over 500,000 e-books, as well as over 50 historical digital archives, to third party discovery services. The policy is said to outline EBSCO’s commitment to exchanging metadata and integrating technologies with partner vendors to enable an enhanced discovery experience for mutual customers.


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Optical Physics, will take part in the initial trial.


Figures and data from both publications will automatically be added onto the Figshare repository during the trial. The partners say that this will enable researchers to link


published information with unpublished supporting material in a citable way, thereby creating a holistic view of their research. It also helps researchers to add/view metrics that will help them understand the true influence and reach of their work.


Kudos is awarded UK government funding


Kudos, which helps authors and institutions maximise the impact and visibility of their publications, has been awarded a grant of £164,000 by the UK Government’s Technology Strategy Board. The grant will help Kudos to further develop and test its service, and explore additional routes to market. The funding is part of the Smart scheme, which supports ‘small and early-stage companies with innovative ideas and high growth ambition and potential’. The team who assesses the project for the grant


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described Kudos as ‘fresh thinking’ with ‘potential to broaden acessibility of research, in the context of the UK government’s policies around research impact and open access’.


They also described Kudos thus: ‘A very strong team with publishing experience and contacts and a range of commercial and technical skills. The detailed and specific answers throughout lend weight to the competence of the applicants individually and collectively.’


News in Brief


Transfer Code of Practice gets update The UKSG Transfer Working Group has released the Transfer Code of Practice Version 3.0. The new version promises a number of key updates dealing with new content types, clarification of subscriber types, journal URLs and redirects, nomenclature, and the timing and content of communications. The Transfer Code of Practice is a set of voluntary guidelines for publishers involved in any journal transfer. It covers issues such as ongoing provision of access to online content, exchange of subscriber lists, and DOI and URL transfer.


OLH gains Andrew W. Mellon Foundation funding The Open Library of Humanities (OLH) has received funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The foundation has provided an initial planning grant to the UK’s University of Lincoln to build the technological platform, business model and prepare for launching the OLH’s megajournal and monograph pilot scheme. The OLH says that it will use the new funds to spend the next 12 months: building the business model to ensure the sustainability of the OLH; soliciting articles and processing them through its peer reviewed system; and constructing the technological infrastructure (in partnership with Ubiquity Press).


Innovative buys Polaris Library Systems


Innovative has acquired Polaris Library Systems, which provides technology to public libraries in the USA. The combined companies will be led by Innovative CEO Kim Massana. ‘This is the combination of two companies with complementary strengths that will allow us to better serve the technology needs of public libraries,’ said Massana.


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