Au menu du dernier n° de la revue Library Technology Reports (vol. 45, n° 3, avr. 09 / sur abonnement): Open Source Public Workstations in Libraries

"In a time where an economic downturn and concerns about climate change are influencing decisions, many libraries are looking for ways to save money and to reduce their impact on the environment. This report provides detailed information about the operating systems, software, and approaches used by three libraries and one academic institution that have implemented open source public workstations. It explains how open source operating systems and applications, when installed on appropriate hardware, can decrease power utilization while providing a reliable and satisfying customer experience. It will help library decision makers who want to find out about alternatives to Microsoft Windows–based PCs running Microsoft Office, not only as a means of cutting costs or reducing a carbon footprint, but also as a means of providing a better experience for library customers."

(source: ALA TechSource)

- Open orienteering
(source: eFoundations, 06/02/09)

- Timeline of the open access movement
(source: Peter Suber, 10/02/09)

- University Council Approves Open Access Plan
(source: université de Boston, 11/02/09)

- Durham Statement on Open Access to Legal Scholarship
(source: Disruptive Library Technology Jester, 23/02/09)

- La crise n’a rien de poétique
(source: B. Rentier, 24/02/09)

- Un projet de loi espagnol rendrait obligatoire l’Open Access sous 6 mois à tout article rendant compte de recherches financées sur fonds publics
(source: Revues.org, 25/02/09)

- The Evans & Reimer OA Impact Study: A Welter of Misunderstandings
(source: Open Access Archivangelism, 24/02/09)

- Towards an Open Source Legal Operating System
(source: Katie Fortney, déposé sur SSRN / via DigitalKoans, 25/02/09)
"An informed democratic society needs open access to the law, but states' attempts to protect copyright interests in their laws are a major roadblock. This article urges broader access, analyzes the implications and legal arguments for and against copyright in the law, and considers strategies for access advocacy."

- Licensing for Open Access materials: the current workflow of academic libraries and future prospects
(source: Peck, Roxanne (2008) / déposé sur dLIST, 17/02/09)
"The evolution of libraries into the digital age has brought about a multitude of issues regarding rights and usage of electronic library materials. In the past, the traditional library model simply involved dealing with the physical book or journal. The rights regarding this material traditionally fell within the realm of the fair use copyright clause. The proliferation of purchased and free electronic resources available for immediate use by library patrons has dramatically changed the traditional academic library landscape through the use of licensing of resources by creators of Open Access (OA) content and publishers. The licensing workflows in the library can present opportunities for the academic libraries to play an important role."

- SURF: 2009 is Open Access year
Voir aussi

- The SPARC Open Access Newsletter, n° 131
(source: P. Suber, 02/03/09)

- Economic implications of alternative scholarly publishing models: Exploring the costs and benefits
(source: JISC / via OAN, 27/01/09)
"A knowledge economy has been defined as: “…one in which the generation and exploitation of knowledge has come to play the predominant part in the creation of wealth. It is not simply about pushing back the frontiers of knowledge; it is also about the more effective use and exploitation of all types of knowledge in all manner of economic activities” (DTI 1998). In a knowledge economy, innovation and the capacity of the system to create and disseminate the latest scientific and technical information are important determinants of prosperity (David and Foray 1995; OECD 1997). Scholarly publishing plays a key role, as it is central to the efficiency of research and to the dissemination of research findings and diffusion of scientific and technical knowledge. However, advances in information and communication technologies are disrupting traditional models of scholarly publishing, radically changing our capacity to reproduce, distribute, control, and publish information. One key question is whether there are new opportunities and new models for scholarly publishing that would better serve researchers and better communicate and disseminate research findings (OECD 2005, p14).
Debate on the economics of scholarly publishing and alternative publishing models focuses almost entirely on costs, but from an economic perspective the aim is to have the most cost-effective system, not (necessarily) the cheapest. And however much one studies costs, one cannot know which is the most cost-effective system until one examines both the costs and the benefits. Hence, the aim of this project was to examine costs and benefits, and in so doing to inform policy discussion and help stakeholders understand the institutional, budgetary and wider economic implications of three of the major emerging models for scholarly publishing (i.e. subscription publishing, open access publishing and self-archiving). It seeks to build on and extend recent work on the costs and benefits associated with alternative scholarly communication models (Houghton et al. 2006) and respond to some of the gaps and challenges identified in the UK Scholarly Journals Baseline Report (EPS et al. 2006). [...]"

- Two bits : the cultural significance of free software
(source: Kelty, Christopher M., Duke University Press, 2008 / via CultureLibre.ca, 26/01/09)

- Beyond Open Source
(source: A. Sale, 22/01/09)
"The Open Source movement, of which Linux is a shining example, is a showcase of how accessibility makes for excellence. A parallel thrust is currently being conducted in the research institutions and the publishing industries of the world to create Open Access to the world’s publicly funded research. Arthur Sale will trace the origin of the movement, its economics and the forces holding it back, and where we are now, particularly in Australia. Open Access, or OA, has very many more active participants than Open Source, and many more nay-sayers, cautious Scrooges, and ignorant people. The struggle is titanic – the benefits equally large!"

- Checking Under the Hood: Why open source mightbe right for your library
(source: Stranack, Kevin, Ontario Library Association Super Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, January 2009 / déposé sur E-LIS, 01/02/09)

- Open Access Initiative: Bioline International
(source: liste Liber, 30/01/09)

- SPARC Open Access Newsletter, issue #130
(source: P. Suber, 02/02/09)

- Open Data Openness and Licensing
(source: Open Knowledge Foundation Blog / via DigitalKoans, 02/02/09)
"Why bother about openness and licensing for data? After all they don’t matter in themselves: what we really care about are things like the progress of human knowledge or the freedom to understand and share.
However, open data is crucial to progress on these more fundamental items. It’s crucial because open data is so much easier to break-up and recombine, to use and reuse. We therefore want people to have incentives to make their data open and for open data to be easily usable and reusable — i.e. for open data to form a ‘commons’."

- OA, IRs and IP: Open Access, Digital Copyright and Marketplace Competition: article | présentation
(source: ALA Midwinter, janv. 09 / via liste LibLicence, 02/02/09)

- Open access publishing - Becoming The Norm?
(source: Labtimes, n° 6, 2008 / via OAN)

Série de billets sur les logiciels (source: Stanblog):
- Le logiciel et moi (1/4) : le logiciel propriétaire
- Le logiciel et moi (2/4) : de l'importance du logiciel et de sa liberté
- Le logiciel et moi (3/4) : le logiciel Libre, nouveau mode d'organisation
- Le logiciel et moi (4/4) : conclusion

- ASIS&T Scholarly Communication Survey: Open Access Authors
(source: ASIS&T Bulletin, oct.-nov. 08 /via OAN)

- From Open Source to Open Libraries
(source: ASIS&T Bulletin, déc-08-janv. 09 /via OAN)
"This contribution takes a broader look. It outlines a number of direct correlations between the functions of libraries and the characteristics of OSS, and by extension, how the principles of OSS can be applied to the distribution of “open libraries” as a future direction for librarianship. Software is nothing but information. The OSS communities create and maintain a bundle of highly structured information for free. What are the implications for the library community? Can they learn something for the open source communities? In other words, I want to look at what can be learned from the OSS software to understand the changing nature of libraries. Libraries are changing dramatically at this time because we are moving from print storage to digital storage and from slow physical transport to fast transport via computer networks."

- Dramatic Growth of Open Access: 2008 Early Annual Edition
(source: The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics, déc. 08)

- Financing of the Norwegian Open Access Journals
"In June 2008, I completed a Bachelor’s thesis on the financing of Norwegian open access journals (OA journals) in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Bachelor’s degree in Library and Information Sciences at the Oslo University College. This article will present the main results of my findings."
- Open Learning - Experiences and Paradox
- The One Stop Shop to Open Access Journals - DOAJ
"The initiative to start the project Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) was taken in 2002 at the first Nordic Conference on Scholarly Communication (NCSC). The idea was to develop a one stop shop service which made it easier for libraries and aggregators to integrate OA-journals data in their services, for OA-publishers to get their journals visible and for readers to find OA-material. Initially Open Society Institute and SPARC funded the project which was launched in 2003 containing around 300 journals."
(source: ScieCom info - Nordic-Baltic Forum for Scientific Communication, vol. 4, n° 4, déc. 08)

- LUNA Commons
(source: OAN, 27/12/08)
150000 exemplaires en libre accès

Au sommaire du dernier n° de Library Technology Reports (vol. 44, n° 8, nov.-déc. 08 / sur abonnement):

- Open Source Library Automation
- Major Open Source ILS Products
- The Commercial Angle
- Conclusions and Observations

"Thesocialopac.net is the official website of the Social OPAC application suite--an open source social discovery platform for bibliographic data. The purpose of this site is to build a cohesive community of users and developers around the SOPAC project suite."

Getting Started guide
Documentation page

Etude comparative des principaux SIGB libres
(source: Tristan Müller, Premier congrès mondial de l’Association Internationale Francophone des Bibliothécaires Documentalistes (AIFBD) et colloque satellite IFLA 2008 en collaboration avec le Programme ALP, « Francophonies et bibliothèques : innovations, changements et réseautage », août 2008)

"Cette étude comparative des principaux SIGB libres identifie d’abord les SIGB libres qui sont véritablement des logiciels libres dont leur communauté est vivante et présente des éléments de viabilité et de pérennité. Les SIGB libres identifiés sont ensuite évalués selon le nombre de fonctionnalités disponibles et la qualité d’implantation de celles-ci dans une grille de 797 spécifications regroupées en catégories et en modules. Cette méthodologie scientifique éprouvée permet de faire ressortir les forces et les faiblesses de chaque SIGB libre. Koha est le SIGB libre qui démontre le plus de potentiel, de vitalité et pérennité. Il est aussi le plus achevé, suivi de près par Evergreen qui démontre également un grand potentiel de vitalité et de pérennité et par la qualité de l’implantation de ses fonctionnalités, puis par PMB qui ne démontre pas autant de vitalité que souhaité et par ses fonctionnalités orientées Web 2.0 et services Web."

Via Klog

- Free for All: Open Source Software
(source: School Library Journal, 01/08/08 / par Karen Schneider)
Open source software has become a catchword in libraryland. Yet many remain unclear about open source’s benefits—or even what it is.

- SPARC Open Access Newsletter (n° 124, août 08)

- Open.Michigan
(source: OAN, 03/08/08)
Le portail des projets sur le libre accès de l'université du Michigan (E.-U.).
Voir aussi: [blog] [wiki]

- Open Web Foundation
(source: O'Reilley Radar, 24/07/08)
"An organization that will help the creation and acceptance of Open Web. As the web grows there is an increasing need for interoperability between sites"

- Are Online and Free Online Access Broadening or Narrowing Research?
(source: Open Access Archivangelism, 03/08/08)
Réflexion de S. Harnard à propos de l'article suivant: Evans, James A. (2008) Electronic Publication and the Narrowing of Science and Scholarship Science 321(5887): 395-399 DOI:10.1126/science.1150473

- Open Access Publishing in Science: Why It Is Highly Appreciated But Rarely Used
(source: OAN / à paraître dans Communications of the ACM)

- O’Reilly OSCON Open Source Convention (présentations)
(source: iLibrarian, 07/08/08)

- Open access: ressources
(source: W. Crawford sur Palinet Leadership Network / via iLibrarian, 11/08/08)

- Modèles économiques des revues en libre accès
(source: Open Access Directory)

- Politique de libre accès de l'Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), France
En sciences sociales et humaines

- The Open Software Service Definition (v1.0)
(source: The Open Knowledge Definition / via OAN, 14/07/08)
An open software service is one:
1. Whose data is open as defined by the open knowledge definition with the exception that where the data is personal in nature the data need only be made available to the user (i.e. the owner of that account).
2. Whose source code is: 2.1. Free/Open Source Software (that is available under a license in the OSI or FSF approved list -- see note 3); 2.2. Made publicly available

- Open Source: The Dark Horse of Software?
(source: Computing Reviews, 15/07/08)
Frequently we have the need to explain open source software (OSS) to people who may not have a high level of familiarity with, and perhaps actually skepticism of, the concept. Unfortunately, all too frequently articles or other informational pieces that could be useful take on a decidedly "rah-rah" tone in support of OSS, which casts serious doubts on the validity and objectivity of the piece. Thankfully, this is not the case with this article. In a well laid out and neutral fashion based on evidence culled from research into open source projects, the author describes the major issues one faces related to evaluation and implementation of open source software and gives some practical tips related to both topics. Written from the perspective of a researcher, this article could be useful as an "intro piece" for your library's administrative team if you are in the midst of evaluating open source software.

- Public Domain, Copyright Licenses and the Freedom to Integrate Science
(source: Journal of Science Communication, vol. 7, n° 2, 2008)
In this article, John Wilbanks, Vice President of the Science Commons, makes a passionate plea for putting scientific databases in the public domain.

- NIH Public Access Policy Webcast
(source: ARL, 10/03/08)
The webcast explored options for institutional responses to the new Public Access Policy adopted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and focused particularly on the need for institutions to develop strategies for ensuring the retention of deposit rights by investigators.

- LiveContent 2.0
(source: Creative Commons via PSLB, 10/03/08)
LiveContent 2.0 is a LiveDVD full of free and open source software and Creative Commons' licensed open content - audio, video, image, text and educational resources. LiveContent is a project for anyone to explore to learn more about about open content that can be freely used, copied, and built upon

- Open Source Hardware (présentation/pdf)
(source: JISC Cetis, 17/03/08)

- Acceptance of the JISC/SURF Licence to Publish & accompanying Principles by traditional publishers of journals (pdf)
(source: Surf Foundation, rapport final, déc. 07 via Libre accès à l'IST, 10/03/08)

- Publisher Proxy Deposit Is A Potential Trojan Horse
(source: Open Access Archivangelism, 18/03/08)

- Springer courtise les informaticiens: A Free Library of Computer Science Knowledge

- IGLOO
Built by the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), the IGLOO Library is an Open Access online repository comprised of thousands of electronic resources gathered from hundreds of partnering organizations from around the world. All documents are available for free full-text download from anywhere at anytime.