From Aleph to Alma: Fulfillment, feel it fully

If it is well prepared, migrating from Aleph to Alma brings users a lot of advantages. To reach the go live day with as less worries as possible, ULg Library's preparation consisted in two things: a deep understanding of Alma new concepts and a simplification of our physical fulfillment policy. This presentation, based on our experience, will aim at describing the main differences between Aleph and Alma regarding fulfillment concepts and their significant consequences on implementation and migration jobs. On a fulfillment point of view, what distinguishes Aleph from Alma is that, in Aleph, the circulation policy is based on item status. On the contrary in Alma it is based on the location, and its traffic rules built by a set of terms of uses (TOU). Numerous other idioms complete the Alma toolkit and allow physical item’s fulfillment customizing. But to really enjoy the new possibilities given by Alma, it is important to fully feel the necessary changes… at the very beginning

Assessing the impact of predatory journals on policy and guidance documents: a cross-sectional study protocol.

peer reviewed[en] INTRODUCTION: Many predatory journals fail to follow best publication practices. Studies assessing the impact of predatory journals have focused on how these articles are cited in reputable academic journals. However, it is possible that research from predatory journals is cited beyond the academic literature in policy documents and guidelines. Given that research used to inform public policy or government guidelines has the potential for widespread impact, we will examine whether predatory journals have penetrated public policy. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This is a descriptive study with no hypothesis testing. Policy documents that cite work from the known predatory publisher OMICS will be downloaded from the Overton database. Overton collects policy documents from over 1200 sources worldwide. Policy documents will be evaluated to determine how the predatory journal article is used. We will also extract epidemiological details of the policy documents, including: who funded their development, the discipline the work is relevant to and the name of the organisations producing the policy. The record of scholarly citations of the identified predatory articles will also be examined. Findings will be reported with descriptive statistics using counts and percentages. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: No ethical approval was required for this study since it does not involve human or animal research. Study findings will be discussed at workshops on journalology and predatory publishing and will be disseminated through preprint, peer-reviewed literature and conference presentations

Primo @ ULg : formation à destination du personnel des Bibliothèques de l'Université de Liège

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Comment former à la problématique des revues “prédatrices” ? Retour sur l'outil Compass to Publish

Les initiatives de formation portant sur la problématique des revues “prédatrices” peuvent vite poser des questions de cohérence et de définition de périmètre selon les degrés de connaissances des formateurs, leurs approches, leurs supports et les contextes disciplinaires dans lesquels ils peuvent évoluer – en particulier lorsque des éléments normatifs sont utilisés. Pour dépasser ces difficultés, parmi d’autres, et encourager une approche descriptive et dynamique d’identification des revues prédatrices, la Bibliothèque de l’Université de Liège a développé "Compass to Publish", un outil d’aide aux chercheurs et formateurs pour évaluer l’authenticité de revues Open Access exigeant des frais de publication. Plus spécifiquement, Compass to Publish permet à quiconque de tester une revue en répondant à quelques questions ; en fonction des réponses, le degré de fiabilité de la revue est affiché sur une jauge dynamique qui identifie 7 zones différentes pour catégoriser et nuancer le caractère potentiellement frauduleux des revues testées. Cet atelier entend revenir sur la conception de l’outil, montrer son fonctionnement, et commenter l’utilisation qui en est faite depuis son lancement en novembre 2020