Before seeing Prof. Hawking’s very hot these ‘Properties of expanding universes’ made open access on your website, I thought our OA journal "Universe" (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/universe) is the largest. It should have been put many times bigger as "Universes" following the name style of our first journals Molecules (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/molecules), Sensors (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors), Algorithms (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms), ...
On 23/10/2017 10:30, Danny Kingsley wrote: > <Apologies for cross posting> > > > Dear All, > > Welcome to Open Access Week 2017! At the Office of Scholarly > Communication at Cambridge University we are celebrating with a series > of blog posts, events and announcements. We will send out a daily notice > and information will be added to our OA Week webpage > https://osc.cam.ac.uk/open-access/open-access-week-2017 throughout the week. > > *Blogs* > > Each day we will be publishing a blog post written by a different member > of the Office of Scholarly Communication team. Continuing on from the > tradition of last year, Cambridge is sharing an analysis of how our work > is available above and beyond in the University repository, Apollo. You > can compare and contrast (if you desire) with last year’s figures > https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=1080 Read the new blog > *How open is Cambridge? 2017 edition* here: http://ow.ly/HL4Y30g12tY > > *Announcement 1 - Properties of expanding Open Access* > > We are delighted to announce that Professor Stephen Hawking has granted > the University of Cambridge permission to make his thesis freely > available and Open Access in Apollo. Our most hotly requested University > of Cambridge doctoral thesis by far has long been Prof. Hawking’s > ‘Properties of expanding universes’, published in 1966, and we are > thrilled that this seminal work is now available freely and openly to > anyone in the world. Download Prof. Hawking’s thesis here: > https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.11283 > > *Announcement 2 - Digital theses revolution at the University of Cambridge* > > We are also excited to announce that the University of Cambridge is now > enabling wider dissemination of the unique doctoral research carried out > across the University. In order to prevent the need to retroactively > digitise PhD theses, from October 2017 all PhD students graduating from > the University of Cambridge will be required to deposit an electronic > copy of their work for future preservation. The Board of Graduate > Studies is opening the digital borders to researchers from across the > globe, and allowing unprecedented access to Cambridge’s treasure trove > of doctoral research. Find out more here https://osc.cam.ac.uk/theses > > ** > > *Events - Monday* > > Today the talk ‘Improving Openness and Reproducibility of Scientific > Research’ will be taking place, featuring Dr Timothy Errington and > hosted by the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute. Come along at 4pm > and find out about the cultural changes needed to improve scientific > communication. But if you cannot make it have no fear! We will be > filming this event and sharing this recording later in the week: > https://crukcambridgecentre.org.uk/events/mon-23-oct-1600-improving-openness-and-reproducibility-scientific-research > > Also on Monday 23 October, from 5.00-6.30pm as part of the Festival of > Ideas, OSC team members Katie Hughes and Lucy Welch will be presenting > alongside the Moore Library’s Georgina Cronin on the topic of Fake News > at the event ‘Popping the Filter Bubble: How Facts Can Help You’. This > event is sold out currently, but you are welcome to show up and see if > there is space on the night for this interactive event. Find out more > here: > https://www.festivalofideas.cam.ac.uk/events/limited-tickets-may-be-available-door-popping-filter-bubble-how-facts-can-help-you > > *Events during the week* > > On *Tuesday* we will be offering a webinar, ‘How to Spot a Predatory > Publisher’ https://www.training.cam.ac.uk/osc/event/2246800 A recording > of this webinar will be made available to those registered after the event. > > On *Wednesday* we will be hosting one of our popular ‘Helping > Researchers Publish’ events, for the first time ever tailored for > researchers and research support staff in the Humanities, Arts and > Social Sciences: https://www.training.cam.ac.uk/osc/event/2246836 > > This event will bring together publishers and funders to discuss topics > ranging from searching for a suitable publishing platform to book > processing charges: > > ·Chris Harrison (Cambridge University Press) > > ·James Purdon (Technographies, Open Humanities Press) > > ·Gemma Ware (The Conversation) > > ·Philip Cohen (SocArXiv) > > ·Rupert Gatti (Open Book Publishers) > > ·Dr Dora Alexopoulou and Dr Lisa-Maria Mueller (Faculty of Modern & > Medieval Languages, University of Cambridge) > > ·Lara Speicher (UCL Press) > > Finally, on *Friday* we will be holding another ‘Helping Researchers > Publish’ morning, this time for researchers and research support staff > in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics: > https://www.training.cam.ac.uk/osc/event/2246398 > > As with our event on Wednesday, this event brings together publishers > and funders to talk about various aspects of publishing. Here, speakers > will cover topics from DIY OA journals to data publishing: > > ·Miriam Frankel (The Conversation) > > ·Nicola Stead (PLOS) > > ·Chris Harrison (Cambridge University Press) > > ·Brian Cody (Scholastica) > > ·Dr Sabina Alam (F1000) > > ·Andrew L. Hufton (Scientific Data) > > In addition to the live audience, we will invite engagement via Twitter > throughout the discussion and recordings of both Helping Researchers > Publish events will be made available via the Cambridge University > Library YouTube channel. > > > Dr Danny Kingsley > > Deputy Director - Scholarly Communication & Research Services > > Cambridge University Library > > West Road, CB3 9DR > > e: da...@cam.ac.uk <mailto:da...@cam.ac.uk> > > p: 01223 747 437 > > m: 07711 500 564 > > t: @dannykay68 > > w: www.osc.cam.ac.uk <http://www.osc.cam.ac.uk/> > > b: https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk > > o: orcid.org/0000-0002-3636-5939 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > GOAL mailing list > GOAL@eprints.org > http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal > _______________________________________________ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
