MKE (Hungarian Library Association) We should aim for open refereeing of academic articles in the information age James Hartley argues that new technology used for submitting papers to academic journals increases the possibilities for gathering data, analysing it and improving the refereeing process. My recent article (Hartley, 2012) on ‘Refereeing articles in the information age’ appears to have attracted some attention. I began by summarising some of the research on peer reviewing carried out before the advent of new technology (such as Scholar One) in this respect. I also noted that much more information is now available to editors (and researchers) about the performances of authors, referees and editors. With new technology private comments between referees and editors can be made available for study. I very much enjoyed reading this paper, and do not have any significant comments. It is always a joy to review manuscripts such as this. Through the mild: It is sad to see so much enthusiasm and effort go into analysing a dataset that is just not big enough. to the hostile: Papers Referees 1. 2. 3.
FESABID | Federación Española de Sociedades de Archivística, Biblioteconomía, Documentación y Museística Visual Resources Association | The International Association Of Image Media Professionals CAIS-ACSI Opinion: Academic Publishing Is Broken Academic publishers are currently up in arms about the Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA)—a bill that has the perfectly reasonable goal of making publicly funded research available to the public that funded it. Tom Allen, president of the American Association of Publishers, described it rather hysterically as “intellectual eminent domain, but without fair compensation.” Why are he and his colleagues so desperate to retain the current business model? By any objective standard, academic publishing is a very strange business indeed. Let's take a look at the flow of money in the production of research. At this point, researchers have worked together to produce a publication-ready, peer-reviewed manuscript. It's pretty outrageous. Since these publishers are effectively government subcontractors, you might think they would be subject to government regulation. In the face of the ludicrous status quo, it's no wonder that researchers are starting to turn to “Gold Open Access” publishing.
Fundación Bertelsmann | Bibliotecas Públicas Programa de Análisis de Bibliotecas (PAB) El Programa de Análisis de Bibliotecas es un proyecto realizado por la Fundación Bertelsmann entre 1994 y 2000 con dos grupos de trabajo: Grupo PAB-España y Grupo PAB-Diputación, con la intención de ofrecer soporte al trabajo realizado por los equipos de gestión de las bibliotecas públicas a través de procesos de autoevaluación y análisis de indicadores, facilitando procedimientos de gestión estratégica y proponiendo acciones concretas sobre la base de modelos ya establecidos. seguir Biblioteca y Gestión Ante la sociedad de la información en la que nos encontramos y la sociedad del conocimiento que deseamos, las bibliotecas públicas tienen un papel relevante en lo que a la democratización de la información se refiere. seguir Mapa de lectura pública El mapa de lectura pública define las necesidades de lectura pública y establece el tipo de servicio que corresponde a cada municipio seguir
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