open access journals: some international resources

Open Access Resources: International Aspects

Open Access Journals: Some International ResourcesStephen Pomes, LibrarianU.S. Dept. of the InteriorBureau of Ocean Energy Management Regulation and Enforcement Louisiana Library Association March 2011LLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the Interior1Tangent as Introduction: Was There a Time Without Information Overload? LLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the InteriorNovember 2010Worry about information overload has become one of the drumbeats of our time. The worlds books are being digitized, online magazines and newspapers and academic papers are steadily augmented by an endless stream of blog posts and Twitter feeds; and the gadgets to keep us participating in the digital deluge are more numerous and sophisticated. The total amount of information created on the worlds electronic devices is expected to surpass the zettabyte mark this year (a barely conceivable 1 with 21 zeroes after it). Ann Blair. Information Overload, the Early Years. Boston Globe. 27 November 2010. Web. 10 March 2011.

LLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the Interior1975The periodicals strictly concerned with physics were around 800 in number in 1968 (there were 200 in 1920). The rate of growth of the number of titles has been roughly linear, on the average of 12 per annum. (Currently Physics Abstracts obtains its input by scanning some 1600 periodicals.) On the other hand, the number of abstracts in PA has grown exponentially, doubling approximately every 8 years.A selection of the absolute figures for abstracts in PA follows: 1921 2,010 1951 9,200 1960 21,405 1972 85,185- H. Coblans. The Literature of Physics: Its Structure and Control. Use of Physics Literature. Ed. H. Coblans. London: Butterworths, 1975. (p. 16-17)LLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the Interior1971The literature of economics is currently growing at a compound rate of about five and a half per cent a year. New journals devoted to specific aspects of economics are born each year, and due to the consistently large supply of journal articles the mortality rate of economics journals is abnormally lowDoctoral dissertations completed in American universities and listed in American Economic Review annually have increased sevenfold from 1928 to 1969With the established academic principle of publish or perish this gives rise to an even greater supply of publishable material: a vicious spiral of new publications.- John Fletcher. Introduction. The Use of Economics Literature. Ed. John Fletcher. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1971. (p. 1)LLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the Interior1970Today, for example, the number of scientific journals and articles is doubling, like industrial production in the advanced countries, about every fifteen years, and according to biochemist Philip Siekevitz, what has been learned in the last three decades about the nature of living beings dwarfs in extent of knowledge any comparable period of scientific discovery in the history of mankind. Today the United States government alone generates 100,000 reports each year, plus 450,000 articles, books, and papers. On a worldwide basis, scientific and technical literature mounts at a rate of some 60,000,000 pages a year.- Alvin Toffler. Future Shock. New York: Random House, 1970. (p. 31)

LLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the InteriorOctober 1952The root of most difficulties in libraries of science and technology lies in the extraordinary increase in the volume of scientific literature.The massive volume of publications, the crucial relation of scientific literature to progress in scientific research, and the need for effective chains of inquiry in our system of scientific communication, will all continue to be vital factors in library service even after the crisis is past. A great deal is at stake: the alternatives of experiments and observations, recorded in the literature, leading on to new experiments and observations in ever widening circles-the normal process of scientific research-or intellectual strangulation. The possibilities of the latter seem quite remote, but the former, too, is far from being realized to its full potentialities. The costliness of the horse-and-buggy techniques being used for the collection, organization and utilization of scientific literature is now realized, however, and this fact alone is a harbinger of better days ahead.Herman H. Henkle. Crisis in Libraries of Science and Technology. Library Trends 1.2 (1952): 210-218 (pg. 210 and pg. 217)LLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the Interior1795Of making many books there is no end. How fit is this to be a motto for the present state of literature, when the press groans with voluminous labours, and booksellers are adding warehouse to warehouse to add them. - M. N. Of Making Many Books There is No End: A Rhapsody. The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure. Vol. 97 (July 1795). (p. 15)

LLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the Interior1500Is there anywhere on earth exempt from these swarms of new books?Erasme and William W. Barker. The Adages of Erasmus. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001. (p. 145)

LLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the InteriorFirst Century Common EraAnd in reading of many books is distraction. Accordingly, since you cannot read all the books which you may possess, it is enough to possess only as many books as you can read. Lucius A. Seneca and Richard M. Gummere. Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales. Vol. 1. London: W. Heinemann, 1917. (p. 6)

LLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the InteriorBefore Common EraOf Making Many Books There Is No End, And Much Study Wearies the Body.Ecclesiastes 12:12 LLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the InteriorSome Open Access PublishersLLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the InteriorCopernicus PublicationsCopernicus Publications publishes a variety of peer-reviewed open access journals.Published open access journals since 2001.Publishes journals primarily in the physical sciences and geosciences.http://publications.copernicus.org/home.html

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Hindawi publishes over 200 peer-reviewed open access journals, covering a wide variety of disciplines.The Publisher has offices in Nasr City, Cairo and in New York City.Founded in 1997.Since 2007 has had a partnership with Sage Publications.http://www.hindawi.com/

LLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the InteriorHindawi Publishing Corp.LLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the Interior

Ivyspring International Publisherhttp://ivyspring.com/ Ivyspring International Publisher publishes peer-reviewed open access journals in the biological and medical sciences.Smaller publisher has only five journals.Based in Wyoming, New South Wales, Australia.LLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the InteriorLLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the Interior

Libertas AcademicaThe publisher Libertas Academica specializes in peer-reviewed open access journals dealing with scientific, technical, biological, and medical fields.Founded in 2005.Based in Auckland, New Zealand.http://www.la-press.com/index.php LLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the Interior

LLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the InteriorMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)MDPI publishes peer-reviewed open access journals in a variety of disciplines including biological sciences, social sciences, medical sciences, engineering disciplines, and other fields.Formerly known as Molecular Diversity Preservation International .Started in 1996.Based in Basel, Switzerland.http://www.mdpi.com/


Medknow PublicationsPublishes peer-reviewed open access journals in science, technology, and medicine.Founded in about 1999 publishers website speaks of having a learning curve of over 12 years in scientific journal publications and management of more than 135 print+online journals.Based in Mumbai, Indiahttp://www.medknow.com/aboutus.aspLLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the InteriorLLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the Interior

How Does One Find Open Access Journals?LLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the InteriorFinding Open Access JournalsSearch EnginesGoogleGoogle ScholarLLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the InteriorLLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the Interior

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Beyond Search Engines: Sites Dedicated to Electronic Journals and Open Access JournalsLLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the InteriorDirectory of Open Access JournalsDirectory of Open Access Journals - http://www.doaj.org Product of Lund University LibrariesAs of March 2011: Has entries and links for over 6,200 journalsOver 2,700 journals that are searchable at the article levelOver 530,000 articles are included in the DOAJ service


African Journals Online (AJOL)African Journals OnLine (AJOL) is an online service to provide access to African-published research, and increase worldwide knowledge of indigenous scholarship. AJOL is a Non Profit Organisation based in South Africa.AJOL has links to over 400 journal titles.Some but not all journals have full-text available.Availability to many of the journals is limited to developing countries.http://www.ajol.info/


Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek (EZB) Electronic Journals Library This service has been developed at the Universittsbibliothek Regensburg (University Library of Regensburg) in cooperation with the Universittsbibliothek der Technischen Universitt Mnchen (University Library of the Technical University of Munich). Provides links and access to over 50,000 journal titles .Of the over 50,000 journals, over 27,000 are open access.Started in 1997.http://rzblx1.uni-regensburg.de/ezeit/index.phtml?bibid=AAAAA&colors=7&lang=en











Hong Kong Journals OnlineMaintained by the University of Hong Kong Libraries.Issues included in this database vary from journal to journal with the earliest going back to 1872. At its first release, more than 170,000 images from over 40 titles will be accessible on the database. In some respects, this site resembles JSTOR, as the coverage ends after a certain date.




Another TangentSometimes open access journals are available on several sites.Depending upon the site, coverage may vary.LLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the InteriorLLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the Interior



Hrak Portal of Scientific Journals of CroatiaThis portal is supported by the Ministry of Science Education and Sports, developed and maintained by the University Computing Centre and was initiated by the Croatian Information and Documentation Society.Over 240 journals.http://hrcak.srce.hr/





Jan Szczepanskis Lists of Open Access JournalsMaintained at the University of Skvde (Sweden).Last updated in July 2006.http://www.his.se/english/library/journals/szczepanski/LLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the InteriorLLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the Interior




LivRe!Brazilian site maintained by Comisso Nacional de Energia Nuclear.Various search optionsNew to me, so I cannot speak about its functionalityLLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the InteriorLLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the Interior


Open J-GateBased on Bangalore, India.Open J-Gate is an electronic gateway to global journal literature in open access domain. Launched in 2006, Open J-Gate is the contribution of Informatics (India) Ltd to promote OAI. Open J-Gate provides seamless access to millions of journal articles available online. Open J-Gate is also a database of journal literature, indexed from 8407 open access journals, with links to full text at Publisher sites.Useful for locating Japanese scholarly journals.



OCLCWorldcat.org provides links and access to open access journals and other open access publictionsProvides cataloging and metadata information.LLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the InteriorLLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the Interior

Institutional RepositoriesLLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the InteriorPandoraPANDORA, Australia's Web Archive, is a growing collection of Australian online publications, established initially by the National Library of Australia in 1996, and now built in collaboration with nine other Australian libraries and cultural collecting organizations.Includes magazines, journals, and other publications.Interfaces with the Trove project.http://pandora.nla.gov.au/about.html







VLIZ (Flanders Marine Institute)Major research institute in Belgium.Focused on marine sciences and coastal issues.Open Marine Archive provides full-text of publications from staff members of the Institute.http://www.vliz.beLLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the InteriorLLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the Interior




Cataloging and Metadata for Open AccessMy library uses MARC, so my examples relate to MARCLLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the InteriorOCLCSee my earlier slide!LLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the InteriorOther Sites for Cataloging and MetadataCSIRO Library Simultaneous Searchhttp://voyager.its.csiro.au/KaRo - Distributed Catalogue of Polish Librarieshttp://karo.umk.pl/Karo/karo.php?al=x&lang=en University of Karlsruhe Library Karlsruhe Virtual Cataloghttp://www.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/kvk_en.html All of the above systems search multiple OPACs simultaneously.LLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the InteriorCSIROThe Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is Australias national government body for scientific research. The CSIRO has a network of libraries with a union catalog.LLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the InteriorLLA -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the Interior






Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog (Karlsruhe Virtual CatalogThe Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog KVK is a meta search interface which allows you to access library and book trade catalogs online via Internet. KVK starts a simultaneous search in the catalogs and gives you a standardized hit list. As the Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog does not have a own database it depends on the availability of the target systems.




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KaRo Distributed Catalogue of Polish LibrariesKaRo is a distributed catalogue of Polish libraries based on the Z39.50 protocol. It is a complementary tool to the Polish Union catalogue NUKAT. The system is installed in the Information & Communication Technology Centre of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun.



Questions?For more information, please contact Stephen PomesE-mail: [email protected] -- March 2011Stephen Pomes -- U.S. Dept. of the Interior

open access journals: some international resources

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literature of physics

physics literature

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information overload

use of economics literature

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