PubMed in progress: latest changes in MeSH and MyNCBI

PubMed interface re-engineering has moved further steps with the latest changes in the MeSH – Medical Subject Headings database and in the MyNCBI homepage. Aim of thi socntributon is to present the most relevant added feature in order to improve your query efficienc

Open Access 2012: achievements, further steps, and obstacles. An interview with Stevan Harnad

On the occasion of Open Access Week (22-28 October) I had a talk with Stevan Harnad, a pioneer and one of the world’s best-known Open Access advocates, author of the Subversive proposal (1994-1995) which triggered the whole movement. Professor Harnad highlights achievements, further steps, and obstacles ten years after the Open Access manifesto of the Budapest Open Access Initiative

PubMed in progress: latest changes in MeSH and MyNCBI

PubMed interface re-engineering has moved further steps with the latest changes in the MeSH – Medical Subject Headings database and in the MyNCBI homepage. Aim of thi socntributon is to present the most relevant added feature in order to improve your query efficienc

Biblioteche ed editoria periodica elettronica ad accesso aperto: servizi a valore aggiunto

L’articolo illustra i servizi di editoria periodica elettronica Open Access delle Università di Bologna e di Torino. Le tecnologie digitali e delle reti hanno modificato il modo in cui gli studiosi accedono alle informazioni e le condividono. L’editoria scientifica tradizionale non sempre riesce a soddisfare in modo efficace i nuovi bisogni e le aspettative dei ricercatori. Iniziative come AlmaDL Journals e SIRIO@Unito basate sulle conoscenze professionali dei bibliotecari cercano di fornire dei modelli alternativi mediante la realizzazione di piattaforme editoriali di qualità e l’erogazione di servizi a valore aggiunto utili a tutte le funzioni fondamentali della comunicazione scientifica e in particolare alla disseminazione dei contenuti e alla valutazione della ricerca.The article illustrates the Open Access e-publishing services supporting scientific peer reviewed journals set up at the Universities of Bologna and Turin. Digital technologies and the Internet have deeply changed the way researchers and scholars access and share information. Traditional scientific publishers do not always succeed in meeting researchers’ needs and expectations. Initiatives such as AlmaDL Journals and SIRIO@Unito seek to provide alternative models based on high quality publishing platforms and added-value services, ensuring the traditional functions of scholarly communication and in particular dissemination and research quality certification

Piu' citazioni in Open Access? Dati e tendenze (con uno studio sull'Impact Factor delle riviste Open Access)

Review of the current status of the literature about OA citation advantage, with original data from a study on the Impact Factor of OA journals

Piu' citazioni in Open Access? Dati e tendenze (con uno studio sull'Impact Factor delle riviste Open Access)

Review of the current status of the literature about OA citation advantage, with original data from a study on the Impact Factor of OA journals