Scholarly Communication in Engineering

NewsBreaks/weekly news section of Infotoday posted an informative outlook on Institutional Repositories at Instititutional Repositories on Target. Excerpts: “The 123 members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) represent the largest academic research libraries in the United States and Canada. The 38-question survey in early 2006 received responses from 87 member libraries (a 71 percent […]

I am thinking of adding links to open access engineering journal titles below. This will be an evolving list of titles with their access points. You all are welcome to add titles as you find them as well. Any Journal not in the Directory of Open Access Journals - Technology and Engineering is the best […]

According to Knowledgespeak website, “Knowledgespeak is the world’s first online news service to report all the relevant developments within the STM publishing industry, on a daily basis. This is a free service that also offers additional resources including a blog area, calendar of events, articles, white papers and a directory of STM publishers.” Articles section provides several […]

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Another journal declaration of independence is in progress. Yesterday the entire editorial board of Topology resigned to protest Elsevier’s refusal to lower the subscription price. The editors’ letter was posted to PAMnet this morning. (Thanks to George Porter.)Excerpt from the letter:
Dear Mr [Robert] Ross [of Elsevier Science],We […]

According to a recent article published in E-Composites.com, MSU/DOE Fatigue Database for Composite Materials is one of the world’s largest open-access libraries on wind turbine materials and the largest in the United States. It is used by researchers around the globe. This data is available from the Sandia National Laboratories web site. Read the full […]

Although DASER had already taken place in December 2005, all the presentations are available from its web site. Discussion, collaboration and importantly, action - on all these relevant issues relevant to scholarly communication in science and engineering must continue.
Excerpt: “Science and technology libraries are undergoing intense change. Patrons are demanding more e-content with better tools. […]