Self-archiving and the Copyright Transfer Agreements of ISI-ranked library and information science journals

A study of Thomson-Scientific ISI ranked Library and Information Science (LIS) journals (n = 52) is reported. The study examined the stances of publishers as expressed in the Copyright Transfer Agreements (CTAs) of the journals toward self-archiving, the practice of depositing digital copies of one\u27s works in an Open Archives Initiative (OAI)-compliant open access repository. Sixty-two percent (32) do not make their CTAs available on the open Web; 38% (20) do. Of the 38% that do make CTAs available, two are open access journals. Of the 62% that do not have a publicly available CTA, 40% are silent about self-archiving. Even among the 20 journal CTAs publicly available there is a high level of ambiguity. Closer examination augmented by publisher policy documents on copyright, self-archiving, and instructions to authors reveals that only five, 10% of the ISI-ranked LIS journals in the study, actually prohibit self-archiving by publisher rule. Copyright is a moving target, but publishers appear to be acknowledging that copyright and open access can co-exist in scholarly journal publishing. The ambivalence of LIS journal publishers provides unique opportunities to members of the community. Authors can self-archive in open access archives. A society-led, global scholarly communication consortium can engage in the strategic building of the LIS information commons. Aggregating OAI-compliant archives and developing disciplinary-specific library services for an LIS commons has the potential to increase the field\u27s research impact and visibility. It may also ameliorate its own scholarly communication and publishing systems and serve as a model for others

INTRODUCTION

Abstract--Representatives of facilities that routinely deliver protons for radiation effect testing are collaborating to establish a set of standard best practices for proton dosimetry. These best practices will be submitted to the ASTM International for adoption

Postural Stability and Sickness Symptoms after HMD Use

Abstract--A head-mounted display use may induce various effects and symptoms. In our experiment we measured the time course of postural sway and sickness symptoms for 60 minutes after a head-mounted display (HMD) use. The results indicate that game playing with stereoscopic graphics and fast movement stimuli produced slightly increased postural sway and sickness symptoms for 20-30 minutes after the HMD use. However, there was no correlation between disorientation symptoms and sway. We also found out that watching a movie with the HMD was so relaxing that it made the participants feel better after the immersion

A Full Field Transmission X-ray Microscope as a tool for High-Resolution Magnetic Imaging

Abstract-The XM-1 soft x-ray microscope is a user-dedicated facility located at the Advanced Light Source at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and has recently been established as a tool for high-resolution imaging of magnetic domains. It is a conventional full field transmission microscope which is able to achieve a resolution of 25 nm by using high-presicion zone plates. It uses off-axis bend magnet radiation to illuminate samples with elliptically polarized light. When the illumination energy is tuned to absorption edges of specific elements, it can be used as an element-specific probe of magnetism on the 25 nm scale with contrast provided by magnetic circular dichroism. The illumination energy can be adjusted between 250-850 eV. This allows magnetic imaging of elements including chromium, iron and cobalt. The spectral resolution has been shown to be E/∆ ∆ ∆ ∆E = 500 -700. This spectral resolution allows a high sensitivity so that magnetization has been imaged within layers as thin as 3 nm. Since this is a photon based magnetic microscopy, fields can be applied to the sample even during imaging without affecting the spatial resolution. The current system can apply in-plane or outof-plane fields of a few kOe. Index Terms-high-resolution, magnetic imaging, x-ray microscopy

The straits times directory of Singapore 1982

This book discusses about index.190 p.: ill.; 28 c

Times business directory of Singapore 1986

This book discusses about business index.180 p.: ill.; 28 c