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Libraries of Higher Education Institutions in the Prevalence of Open Science Practices

The aim of the article is to determine the state and directions for improving the implementation effectiveness of the open science concept in libraries of higher education institutions of Ukraine.
 Research methods. To achieve the set goal and solve the tasks, content analysis, systematic approach, methods of analysis and synthesis, generalization and systematization are used.
 Scientific novelty. On the basis of the formed sample of 12 libraries of Ukrainian higher education institutions (HEIs), the thematic range of electronic resources and services of institutional repositories is identified, as well as the methodical and regulatory support for their functioning is characterized. The article highlights peculiarities of implementing the basic principles of open science by libraries of Ukrainian HEIs, additionally, reveals the reserves for developing an open information space for scientists and education seekers.
 Main conclusions. Based on the analysis of Ukrainian and foreign researchers’ scientific works, the contribution of scholars to the formation of conceptual foundations of open science as a communication phenomenon, which is of key importance for the development of the digital society and knowledge society in total, is established. A number of priority tasks that need to be solved are formulated: improving the means of technological support for institutional repositories; providing libraries of HEIs with open access to subscribed resources and abstract bibliographic databases, as well as collections of digitized publications included in the State Register of National Cultural Heritage of Ukraine; providing educational materials in open access (disciplines programs, lectures notes, meetings protocols, didactic materials, etc.); elaborating and implementing a number of information, library and educational methodologies of scientific interaction with different categories of users. The significance of the resource potential of modern practices in HEIs libraries in prevalencing the achievements of open science is substantiated and summarized; the current state of implementing the open science concept in Ukrainian HEIs is determined. Prospects for further research include testing different aspects of the open access implementation; development of open science tools and services by HEIs libraries.

Open Open Access sebagai Media Jaringan Kerjasama Perpustakaan Perguruan Tinggi

In the current era of openness, the information and data presented are needed to provide the widest possible access to information to the public. The diversity of information needed and the limited information resources and changes in the behavior of information users make no single information institution able to meet the needs of all users. So that in meeting all the needs and optimal services to its users, cooperation is needed. Information institutions that need this collaboration are between libraries. The dissemination and exchange of information was carried out by various institutions. In this paper, we will discuss about open access which is a media for library collaboration. Currently, there are still a few libraries that have not implemented good open access, so there are still many libraries that do not dare to open information in full text. This research method is a qualitative method by collecting data to be used sourced from literature studies. The results of this study are to examine the implementation of open access which is used as a collaboration media, library.

HAMBATAN IMPLEMENTASI KOMUNIKASI ILMIAH AKSES TERBUKA: TINJAUAN SISTEMATIS

Barriers to the implementation of open access globally need to be studied further using a systematic review. The purpose of this study is to look at the barriers from various countries in implementing open access. This study uses a systematic review method with a qualitative approach. The data collection method is in the form of planning, implementation, and synthesis of search results. This study uses Google Scholar to capture all research on implementing scientific communication with open access in the global realm. The search results on Google Scholar using Boolean logic found 273 articles. After the elimination process based on research objectives became 16 articles. This study shows that the biggest obstacle in implementing open access is the perception of the researchers (33.3%) which indicates that the quality of open access journals is less guaranteed, that is, many of them fall into the category of predatory journals. In addition, another obstacle identified was policy (25.6%). The government or stakeholders must make policies that regulate the standards for the quality of open access journals, the editorial board, and the time intervals for publishing journals. Other obstacles include financial factors where many researchers have minimal research funds but open access publications require large funds (23.1%), followed by copyright (10.3%) and language (7.7%) because not all researchers are fluent in English. The results of this study can be used as a reference for further research in assessing the obstacles that have also been happened in Indonesia.

Institutional repositories in Africa: Regaining direction

Institutional repositories are powerful tools to facilitate global access to intellectual output by members of the institution, particularly in assisting them to preserve and maximize access to their research output globally. This exploratory study of the status of institutional repositories implementation in African countries using the global Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR) and Transparent Ranking: All Repositories by Google Scholar, reports on the operational status and the performance of repositories. Factor analysis and cluster analysis are used to analyze the operational level of institutional repositories in African countries. The analysis showed that the typical performance of institutional repositories remains below average. The possibility of global open access to research results through institutional repositories in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Algeria, Sudan, and Egypt appeared to be relatively more feasible than other African countries. This study concludes that many organizations, institutions, and societies spend great efforts in support of open access implementation in Africa, however, the widespread implementation of institutional repositories is still very slow paced, and the performance of the implemented repositories was below expectation. Suggestions for regaining the intended direction of African institutional repositories are given based on the current status.

Deep Transfer Learning Approach for Automatic Recognition of Drug Toxicity and Inhibition of SARS-CoV-2.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes COVID-19 and is responsible for the ongoing pandemic. Screening of potential antiviral drugs against SARS-CoV-2 depend on in vitro experiments, which are based on the quantification of the virus titer. Here, we used virus-induced cytopathic effects (CPE) in brightfield microscopy of SARS-CoV-2-infected monolayers to quantify the virus titer. Images were classified using deep transfer learning (DTL) that fine-tune the last layers of a pre-trained Resnet18 (ImageNet). To exclude toxic concentrations of potential drugs, the network was expanded to include a toxic score (TOX) that detected cell death (CPETOXnet). With this analytic tool, the inhibitory effects of chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, remdesivir, and emetine were validated. Taken together we developed a simple method and provided open access implementation to quantify SARS-CoV-2 titers and drug toxicity in experimental settings, which may be adaptable to assays with other viruses. The quantification of virus titers from brightfield images could accelerate the experimental approach for antiviral testing.

Pemanfaatan open access Jurnal Borneo Administrator melalui pengukuran kepuasan pembaca di Lembaga Administrasi Negara

Open Access Journal (OAJ) is a journal publication that contains articles in full text and user’s can be accessed and used free of charge. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which open access was used in the Borneo Administrator Journal (JBA) by measuring reader satisfaction. The research method used was a descriptive quantitative approach. The data collection used a survey method and a data analysis technique used a simple descriptive statistical method. This research has eight research questions, namely the level of user’s satisfaction with access and download facilities, Kemenristek/Dikti accreditation, language, benefit for the profession and career advancement, number of articles and columns, overall format and content, issued quarterly (3x a year), and services provided by JBA managers. The research data analysis has the three highest indicators were published every quarter (3x a year), the format and content as a whole, and were beneficial for professional and career advancement. The lowest score indicators but still in the satisfied category were download facilities, language, and the number of articles and columns. In conclusion, the overall level of reader satisfaction is in the satisfied category. The implementation of open access in the Borneo Administrator Journal is basically to support the development and dissemination of knowledge.

Green Open Access in Lithuania

Favorable conditions for the development of open access have been created in Lithuania: in the absence of scholarly commercial publishing, some scholarly journals in 1999 were already freely available on the Internet. eLABa, in 2011 launched as a national repository, laid the foundation for the development of “green” open access in Lithuania. Currently 13 repositories in Lithuania are maintained and various legal acts related to the implementation of open access in the country have been adopted. The aim of this article is to analyze how “green” open access is being developed in Lithuania in terms of infrastructure, regulation, and implementation. International, national, and institutional documents regulating the implementation of open access were analyzed using the document analysis method. The analysis showed that a legal environ­ment which complies with the provisions of international documents regulating open access has been formed. In the analyzed documents, the authors of Lithuanian scholarly publications are required to submit their peer-reviewed publications to eLABa or another specified reposi­tory within a specific period. This requirement, as shown by the analysis of statistical indicators of the national repository eLABa, is fulfilled to a very small extent. Only 3.4% of all scholarly publications for which metadata had been submitted to eLABa were uploaded as full text documents at the end of 2019. It means that scholars provide biblio­graphic data on publications to eLABa, but upload only a small part of the full-text documents to it. One of the reasons for the low level of activity in promoting scholarly publications to eLABa could be that most Lithuanian scholarly journals are open access in nature and are already publicly available. Also, uploading a full-text scholarly publication to a repository, not just registering it, does not have a direct impact on the at­testation of the researchers at most universities in Lithuania. However, the low use of institutional repositories as a channel for publishing scholarly publications is a common problem not only in Lithuania, but also in other countries. There is a global trend of subject repositories being used for the dissemination of full-text scholarly publications, while institu­tional repositories – for providing bibliographic information on research output and uploading student works. This situation, where only a very small proportion of all registered scholarly publications are uploaded to institutional repositories, does not allow scientific institutions to ensure the long-term preservation of scholarly works. In general, it can be seen that the debate on open access and, at the same time, the way to imple­ment “green” open access, is becoming more and more concrete, focusing on specific, practical issues. Instead of considering whether open access is needed, discussion is moved on to the question of what measures should be taken to address the lower-than-expected scholars’ involvement in the implementation of open access publishing. Therefore, the research of scholars’ open access publishing behaviour is important in order to better understand the needs of authors for the dissemination of open ac­cess scholarly publications. In the case of the implementation of “green” open access in Lithuania, it is important to find out what determines the choice of the scholars to provide or not publications to eLABa and / or international repositories as well as to investigate if there is a need to create Lithuanian subject-based repositories.

Open Access Publishing in the European Union: The Example of Scientific Works

Access to information resources and publicly-funded research outcomes have been considered in Europe during the last decade. Open access practice became part of the European institutions’ agenda since 2006 within the final report of the European Research Advisory Board. The Lisbon Treaty (2007) explicitly confirmed the European Union’s commitment to free circulation of scientific knowledge (Article 179 TFEU) and the dissemination of research results (Article 183 TFEU). In this regard, the Horizon 2020 program illustrates the importance of open access policy towards further dissemination of scientific information. The European Commission also introduced in July 2012 a scientific information package to empower the advantages of public investments in research (European Recommendation 2012/417/EU) which has been recently revisited (May 2018). This paper argues that open access practice has a potential to enhance copyright governance and related policies. The first part of the paper is aimed at a thorough conceptualization of open access practice. The second part discusses the emergence of open access at International and European level and responses from institutions, respectively. The third part argues about the lack of open access implementation in Europe with some examples from Member States. The paper concludes with recommendations as to how integration of open access in the European copyright law policy contributes to furthering access opportunities to scientific works.

Open research data, an archival challenge?

The Swedish government has decided that all research results in the form of research data and scientific publications financed with public funds should be openly accessible as far as possible. The question is whether the responsible actors and if the universities are ready to implement the change. The significance of open access has amplified in Sweden. Earlier research has brought to light that the collection and preservation of research data are often surrounded by ambiguous rules and lack a comprehensive structure. For example, archiving is not given enough consideration in connection to research projects and researchers often tend to save their material on platforms that are not persistent over time. This article is based upon a qualitative research approach where 15 semi-structured interviews have been used as primarily data sources to investigate the implementation of open access of research data and scientific publications. The article investigated how Swedish universities and public authorities were working with archiving and implementation of open research data and their opinions on open access. The results displayed a lack of coordination, resources and infrastructure but also that common agreed nomenclature were missing. The management of research data was not part of an overall recordkeeping strategy. One explanation could be differences in the information culture among researchers and archivists. Social sciences theory has been combined with archival theory in order to explain the reasons to this. These have been put in relation to the principles of the open data directive.

Ponto de vista de editoras universitárias diante da prática do acesso aberto a monografias

The reduction of costs in university publications caused an obstacle to the dissemination of the knowledge produced to society, leading to the need to adhere to new editorial publishing practices, namely monographs in Open Access. The present study aims to analyze the strategies of university presses in the implementation of Open Access to monographs. It is an exploratory research, with a qualitative approach, based on scientific production analyzed using the terms “Open Access” and “university press”, available on the Web of Science platform. A content analysis of the articles is presented, with the actions developed by university publishers, the main positions and actions related to monographs. The study results reveal the existence of some pioneering initiatives, but the topic is little debated among university presses, mainly due to the challenge that the implementation of the monographic editorial practice in Open Access imposes.

From Meow to ROAR: Expanding Open Access Repository Services at the University of Houston Libraries

INTRODUCTION The rapidly changing scholarly communication ecosystem is placing a growing premium on research data and scholarship that is openly available. It also places a growing pressure on universities and research organizations to expand their publishing infrastructures and related services. DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM To embrace the change and meet local demands, University of Houston (UH) Libraries formed a cross-departmental open access implementation team in 2017 to expand our open access repository services to accommodate a broad range of research products beyond electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). The result of this effort was the Cougar Research Open Access Repositories (Cougar ROAR), a rebranded and expanded portal to the UH Institutional Repository, and the UH Dataverse, which disseminates the full range of scholarly outputs generated at the University of Houston. This article describes the team’s phased activities, including internal preparation, a campus pilot, rebranding, and a robust outreach program. It also details the team’s specific tasks, such as building the Cougar ROAR portal, developing ROAR policies and guidelines, enhancing institutional repository functionality, conducting campus promotional activities, and piloting and scaling a campus-wide open access program. NEXT STEPS Based on the pilot project findings and the resulting recommendations, the team outlined key next steps for sustainability of the UH Libraries’ open access services: continuation of the campus CV service, establishment of campus-wide OA policy, further promotion of Cougar ROAR and assessment of OA programs and services, and investment in long-term storage and preservation of scholarly output in Cougar ROAR.

Rapid spatial risk modelling for management of early weed invasions: Balancing ecological complexity and operational needs

Abstract When an invasive alien ‘weed’ emerges in a previously uninhabited landscape, land managers must respond quickly to facilitate effective eradication or containment, and minimize long‐term negative impacts. However, on‐ground management decisions are often made under time, knowledge and capacity constraints. Spatially explicit tools for assessing invasion risk rapidly and under uncertainty would help land managers to better target interventions. We developed a generic methodology that integrates (a) interactions between ecological risk factors and invasion processes affecting both the potential suitability for population growth and the actual susceptibility to propagule introduction from source populations with (b) spatially explicit data in (c) a probabilistic Bayesian network modelling framework. Our methods focused on the operational needs of land mangers responding to weed incursions, streamlining data and knowledge collection, simplifying model calibration, and facilitating adoption via a collection of user‐friendly web apps called riskmapr. We tested the generality of our methodology on two contrasting weeds (the rainforest tree Cecropia spp. and the cactus Cylindropuntia rosea) that are targeted for containment and local eradication in Queensland, Australia. Case study models were calibrated from published knowledge about abiotic and biotic factors affecting suitability for, and susceptibility to, weed invasion. Validation of annual risk maps against weed detections in subsequent years showed that models accurately predicted the field‐observed progression of each invasion to date. We developed a rapid spatial risk modelling methodology that is theoretically comprehensive and practically simple. Our streamlined methods and open access implementation using riskmapr facilitate adoption by land managers. Models and risk maps can be used to target interventions or improve spatially explicit understanding of the risk factors and processes driving early weed invasions.

Librarians and Implementation of Open Access in Universities

Over the years, university libraries have experienced several developments, one of the most emblematic of which was the introduction of information and communication technologies within these institutions. These technologies have brought significant improvements both in the management of collections by librarians and in the offer of the different services and products offered by the library. The advent of Open Access in university libraries is part of this dynamic and iterative process of innovation that the librarianship profession continues to experience. The qualitative research method permitted this paper to base on abundant literature and observations on the implementation of Open Access in Universities libraries in Cameroon, the professional and research experience of the authors. This paper supports the hypothesis that the implementation of open access in universities does not fundamentally change the librarianship profession. Instead, it provides these information professionals with other cognitive artifacts that help them to reduce the task of organizing and planning the work of a librarian. This paper therefore concludes that, despite the open access revolution, the librarian remains the main mediator of access to information and a major component in the putting in place of policies related to the creation, development and animation of open access systems in university libraries.

A data mining system for predicting solar global spectral irradiance. Performance assessment in the spectral response ranges of thin-film photovoltaic modules

Abstract Knowing the spectral distribution of solar radiation is required to estimate the performance of photovoltaic modules, especially for thin-film modules. This is not a trivial problem due to the large number of environmental factors that affect this distribution as solar radiation passes through the atmosphere. The use of techniques of artificial intelligence and data mining can help in the development of models to address this problem. A system based on these techniques is proposed to predict the solar global spectral irradiance requiring only a few meteorological variables as inputs. The evaluation of the proposed system has been carried out for different wavelengths taking into account the spectral response of different technologies of thin-film photovoltaic modules. The errors in predicting solar global spectral irradiance for wavelengths that range between 350 and 900 nm and air mass lower than 2.1 are smaller than 7% on clear-sky days and than 16% for cloudy days, which is a significant improvement on other proposed models. Moreover, an open access implementation of the developed system is available at the URI: http://fvred1.ctima.uma.es . It could be useful for engineers and companies in the fields of the environment and renewable energies.

Importancia de la información de financiación

Open access implementation seems to have reached a plateau in many countries, and as a result the push for open science frequently places more emphasis on research data management. There are, however, whole areas around the open communication of research outputs which can still benefit from significant improvement. One of the most obvious is a better codification of the funding information in the bibliographic records for publications in repositories. While the emphasis has traditionally been to collect as many full-text records as possible about institutional and subject-based repositories, the typical way the funding information for publications is being coded into metadata records remains very poor, or is absent altogether. This paper argues that this is a key area for research impact assessment and improvement. It’s also argued that such an improvement needs solid housekeeping on the research funders’ side, possibly based on new and evolving standards. A few different approaches to capture and display the funding information in metadata records in an optimal fashion are discussed.

Participatory action research into implementing open access in musculoskeletal X-ray: Management and staff perspectives

IntroductionNeighbouring Trusts have implemented open access (walk-in) services to shorten waiting times in x-ray. Despite this, staff perceptions of their effectiveness have not yet been studied. This study forms the initial baseline evaluation phase of wider participatory action research investigating the implementation of an open access service for general practitioner musculoskeletal x-ray referrals. Staff perceptions regarding effectiveness of the current service were gathered, including their opinions regarding the effectiveness of open access services. MethodsQualitative data were obtained via three semi-structured interviews with radiology management and two (cross-site) staff focus groups over a 2 month period. Template analysis was used to interpret the data with the aid of NVIVO 11 to facilitate analysis. ResultsTemplate analysis uncovered several drivers for changing the current service including waiting times, external pressures, patient choice and administrative delays. ‘Flexibility’ was the key theme to arise during discussion regarding the effectiveness of the current service. Potential for improved access was highlighted as a major benefit to the implementation of open access, however ‘workload’, ‘staffing’ and ‘communication’ were all identified as potential barriers to its implementation. ConclusionAlthough several staff members were satisfied with current service several drivers for change were identified that need to be addressed in order to truly deliver a service that fulfils the patients' needs. Results will inform the wider participatory action research that will investigate the barriers to implementing an open access service and identify whether this is indeed a suitable method of addressing the drivers for change.

Contribuições da Rede Brasileira de Informação em Ciências da Saúde para a construção de um repositório temático latino-americano: práticas e lições aprendidas

Os repositórios temáticos são utilizados como uma das principais ferramentas para a implementação do Acesso Livre no mundo e como mecanismo de preservação da memória e gestão da informação. Este trabalho busca sistematizar as estratégias utilizadas pela Rede Brasileira de Informação em Ciências da Saúde sobre os processos de cooperação e descentralização da informação técnico-científica, na perspectiva dos atores chaves envolvidos, buscando compreender os desafios, limites e possibilidades de prover acesso equitativo ao conhecimento e evidências científicas atualizadas. Aprender com os erros e acertos é fundamental para a vida de qualquer ser humano e nas instituições de ensino e pesquisa não é diferente uma vez que elas têm uma tendência a esquecer do passado. A metodologia deste estudo terá base na abordagem qualitativa, à luz de estudos de caso, por meio de aplicação de questionários semiestruturados, que tem como objetivo a coleta de informações acerca da percepção dos participantes pesquisados e de análise de conteúdo e documental. As implicações dessas lições são fundamentais para elaboração de estratégias de trabalho em rede para a construção de um repositório temático latino-americano, com a ideia de informação científica como conceito de cidadania e de comunicação pública da ciência como valor fundamental.

Promoting the Open Science culture in university libraries of developing countries: case studies of the French-speaking universities of Belgium cooperation programs in the Global South

Watch the VIDEO here. Presenter - Frédéric Brodkom.The ARES-CCD (formerly CUD) is the French-speaking universities and high-school of Belgium Commission for the Cooperation to Development. With an annual budget of 31 M€ fully dedicated to the academic development of actually 19 universities of North and Central Africa, South-East Asia, Western South America and Greater Antilles, this commission brings together volunteers of the academic, scientific and administrative staffs of our universities. Since 2000, librarians are strongly involved in this project with the aim to develop the partner’s libraries, to improve their infrastructures and operations, to facilitate their access to documentary resources and to strengthen their librarians' skills.Given the important documentary needs of students and researchers in the South and the lack of financial resources, the promotion of Open Science is more than an obvious. We will show that, in addition to our activities of purchasing books or materials, basic training or library renovation, we develop, in close partnership with our colleagues, the Open Science culture in six fields:(1) The installation and support of open-source ILS (mainly KOHA and PMB), including the learning of IT teams(2) The harvesting and promotion of OA resources via our Web Portal, including subscription to official resources of international organization(3) The development of policies to develop local institutional repositories for new and archived (printed) publications and thesis (DSpace support, purchase of scanner, etc)(4) The support to the development of university presses to reduce/abolish the excessive cost of printed course materials for students(5) Training and awareness-raising of library trainers for academic social networks, data exchange platforms, community-based researchers' sites, OA use, etc.(6) Promote the obligation to deposit in our university repositories the scientific papers financed by the ARES-CCD cooperation and co-signed by Belgian researchers and partners of developing countries (academic and doctorate students).Concrete case studies of our 17 years of experience in the South from Haiti to Vietnam will illustrate these actions. Perspectives on future projects will also be discussed, such as a week, jointly with all our partners, of exchange and work in Belgium in 2018 (as already done in 2016) on the topic of the practical implementation of Open Access in their universities.

A “Gold‐centric” implementation of open access: Hybrid journals, the “Total cost of publication,” and policy development in the UK and beyond

This paper reports analysis of data from higher education institutions in the UK on their experience of the open‐access (OA) publishing market working within a policy environment favoring “Gold” OA (OA publishing in journals). It models the “total cost of publication”—comprising costs of journal subscriptions, OA article‐processing charges (APCs), and new administrative costs—for a sample of 24 institutions. APCs are shown to constitute 12% of the “total cost of publication,” APC administration, 1%, and subscriptions, 87% (for a sample of seven publishers). APC expenditure in institutions rose between 2012 and 2014 at the same time as rising subscription costs. There was disproportionately high take up of Gold options for Health and Life Sciences articles. APC prices paid varied widely, with a mean APC of £1,586 in 2014. “Hybrid” options (subscription journals also offering OA for individual articles on payment of an APC) were considerably more expensive than fully OA titles, but the data indicate a correlation between APC price and journal quality (as reflected in the citation rates of journals). The policy implications of these developments are explored, particularly in relation to hybrid OA and potential of offsetting subscription and APC costs.

Institutional repository and publication of university research results : a case of a Swedish regional university

The article presents a study that is based on the statistical analysis of the data from the university institutional repository, on the analysis of the university documents regulating the publishing of research results, interviews with the policy makers in the university and with active researchers, as well as the analysis of the survey data collected from the research staff. The problem that the study holds in focus was introduction and perception of open access pu­blishing among researchers. This problem was related to the general publishing policy in Swedish universities and the policies of research funding on the national and institutional levels. The actual study was carried out as a case study of a medium regional university in Sweden. The uni­versity holds research rights in several research areas and supports open access through institutional publishing policy. The study included several methods that helped providing answers to the following questions: What are the provisions of the University management that lead to the formulation of the policy requirements for publishing research results? What is the impact of publishing policies on the actual publication of research results? How do the researchers perceive the publishing policy of the University, the require­ments and open access? What do the researchers know about the functions of the institutional repository at the University and the repository data quality problems? The results of the study show that the publishing policy of the university seeks to in­crease the visibility of the university in scholarly communication, create open access to the research results of the university and improve the quality of published documents. It also emphasizes the responsibility of researchers for the quality of publications and the data that represents them. The knowledge of the university researchers about the publication processes and the potential of open access, about the consequences of the transfer of copyright to publishers or other processes related to modern scholarly communication is rather limited. Though their attitu­des towards open access are positive, the responsibility of a researcher for implementation of open access and the quality of the data or documents accessible through it is not recognized. Successful implementation of the publishing policies in the university require continued information literacy education for researchers and increased consultations about publishing changes. This could become a natural extension of library functions related to both its work with institutional repository and information literacy.