Key Takeaways

• Libraries increasingly offer the technological capacity and staff expertise to support student publishing, but this activity tends to happen in isolation from other library activities.
• Harnessing publishing as a pedagogical tool improves student learning outcomes through high-impact learning practices: extensive writing, teamwork, service learning, undergraduate research, and experiential learning.
• Partnering with students to achieve their publishing ambitions clarifies the requirements that the next generation of digital scholars may have for library technology infrastructure designed for preservation and access.
• The University of Michigan Library connects scholarly communication and instruction by focusing on publishing as pedagogy, as illustrated in three case studies.

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This report, prepared for SPARC Europe, sketches the landscape of university-based not‐for-profit publishing in Europe with a primary focus on open access publishing of journals. It provides a view of the different types of initiatives in terms of their size, operational and business models, technologies used, stakeholder involvement, concentration of scientific fields, growth, as well as regional characteristics and recommendations for SPARC Europe and DOAJ.

Go to source: http://sparceurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/SE_UPublishing_Report_0315.pdf

Many researchers support the idea of increasing access to research, but worry about the implications for their career of sharing their work. This site has been built primarily for researchers, to educate them about all the different ways they can be open and how sharing can be beneficial for their careers. The aim is to provide information and resources for those working in open advocacy.

Go to source: http://whyopenresearch.org/

The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has published a set of

https://www.niso.org/publications/privacy-principles, set forth a core set of guidelines by which libraries, systems providers and publishers can foster respect for patron privacy throughout their operations. The Principles outline at a high level basic concepts and areas which need to be addressed to support a greater understanding for and respect of privacy-related concerns in systems development, deployment, and user interactions. The twelve principles covered in the document address the following topics: Shared Privacy Responsibilities; Transparency and Facilitating Privacy Awareness; Security; Data Collection and Use; Anonymization; Options and Informed Consent; Sharing Data with Others; Notification of Privacy Policies and Practices; Supporting Anonymous Use; Access to One's Own User Data; Continuous Improvement and Accountability.

Go to source: http://www.niso.org/news/pr/view?...