Septentrio Academic Publishing
Not a member yet
6415 research outputs found
Sort by
Charlotta Wolff, Johan Fredrik Aminoff: kustaviaani kahdessa valtakunnassa [Gustavian i två riken] (Helsinki: Otava, 2022). xx + 352 s.
No full textCollecting, Analysing and Learning From Open Access Policies for Academic Books
No full textThe PALOMERA (Policy Alignment of Open Access Monographs in the European Research Area; Grant agreement ID: 1010942701) project, funded by Horizon Europe, addresses the complexities of Open Access policies relevant to academic books across the European Research Area. Over its two-year duration (2023–2025) PALOMERA aims to enhance accessibility to pertinent documentation through a specialized Knowledge Base. This poster synthesizes the project\u27s data collection phase, highlighting the workflow and methodology applied by the international team of researchers.
The poster aims to showcase the PALOMERA project\u27s systematic approach to researching and documenting Open Access policies for academic books within the European Research Area. By illustrating the structured methodologies and robust project management practices employed, the poster highlights the project\u27s success in aggregating extensive bibliometric data and preparing it for comprehensive analysis. It underscores the significance of meticulous data collection and management, offering a blueprint for future landscape analyses and collaborative efforts in the European scholarly community. Thanks to the openly available extensive project documentation, the method and the approach can be replicated in other contexts.
Throughout the first year, PALOMERA focused on aggregating a diverse range of data, encompassing both qualitative and quantitative material. The process began with resource identification across 39 countries and 29 languages, subsequently translated and curated using Zotero and MaxQDA. This comprehensive approach involved gathering: legal documents, grey literature, research articles, reports, statistical data, and outputs from related projects. In addition to that, during summer 2023 the survey deployed via LimeSurvey garnered 454 responses from different stakeholders, providing additional quantitative data essential for mapping OA policy adoption and implementation trends. A significant component of the data collection effort also included conducting 42 interviews (both individual and group ones), providing extensive insights into policy landscapes and stakeholder perspectives. These interviews were transcribed, and contributing to a Knowledge Base of over 600 documents (OA policies).
The project\u27s success in data aggregation owes much to its structured methodology and robust project management practices. By employing design thinking methodologies, PALOMERA insured activities were aligned with project objectives, facilitating clear progress tracking and efficient workflow management. This approach not only facilitated the collection of extensive bibliometric data but also prepared the dataset for future comprehensive analysis
English
No full textTraditionally, those of us who provide support, training, and outreach in Open Science have focused the greater part of their energy and attention on one particular group of researchers: viz. PIs who have or are trying to get funding. This makes sense because funders are the ones who mandate Open and FAIR practices: they provide the requirement; we provide the tools to meet it. At the University of Edinburgh, however, Research Data Management and other Open Science policies apply to all research projects undertaken across the university. Given this, it is incumbent upon us to look beyond this primary group. Insofar as resources allow, every effort is made to engage with the wider population of researchers, many of whom do not have external funding.
Developments in the world of Open Science are now pointing us towards a wider horizon: those many members of the University who play important, often essential, roles in research, but who are not classed as researchers and therefore are not targeted for training in data management and other Open Science practices.
Among those developments, one of the most significant is the move to provide visibility, recognition, and career development for technicians and professional service staff, particularly as embodied in the Technician Commitment – to which the University of Edinburgh is a signatory – and the development of the CRediT or Contributor Role Taxonomy. Furthermore, a recent study conducted by members of Edinburgh’s Open Research team indicates growing interest in having more bespoke Open Science training for PhD students.
We are also seeing an increasing demand for support and training aimed at postgraduate taught students, especially in the social and health sciences. These students undertake projects which, while usually small in scale, often involve complex issues around the collection and storage of sensitive data.
And it’s not just staff and students at the University who need and want support. There is, besides, a whole new world of Participatory Research and Citizen Science, the population of which is likely to be in search of training and support specifically tailored to their non-professional status.
Although Edinburgh’s Open Research team has already begun working with some of these groups –PhD and PGT students, in particular – we still have some way to go. Looking to the future, we must develop more tailored services that meet the needs of specific audiences. Further, those services must be marketed more effectively, targeting those who may not be aware of or think they have access to our support and training activities. Beyond this, many important questions remain, not least around how to measure the success of our training, particularly when working with non-traditional and non-professional members of our research community
Supporting OA Books in the Netherlands and Beyond: Presenting a new PubPub community facilitating knowledge exchange on supporting OA Books for librarians
No full textOpen Access (OA) publishing has gained significant momentum, becoming a priority for numerous funding agencies, governments and institutions worldwide. In the Dutch research landscape, the Dutch Research Council (NWO) is among the funders mandating OA for books. While OA has seen rapid growth in journal articles, thanks to its deep-rooted history in fields where journal articles are the norm, OA for monographs presents unique challenges. These challenges include issues related to publication formats, publishing models, funding, copyright, and licensing, among others. Despite these, OA monograph publishing is on the rise, with new financial models emerging that bring both challenges and opportunities in a diverse and rather unbalanced scholarly communication landscape.
Libraries play a crucial role in promoting OA and facilitating access to scholarly literature. As advocates for OA, libraries emphasize equity and sustainability in scholarly communication, aiming to foster and support open access equally in all different research cultures. Libraries support OA monograph publishing by addressing researchers\u27 questions, highlighting available publishing options and strategies, and developing inclusive collection and publishing policies to allocate funds to foster a more equitable and sustainable scholarly publishing ecosystem. The Working Group Open Access from the University Libraries and the Royal Library of the Netherlands (UKB) has identified OA Books in the national landscape as a key focus in their 2024 annual plan. One of the primary outputs of this initiative is to develop a PubPub community that addresses Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) from researchers and librarians about OA monograph publishing targeted at libraries. This community aims to serve the library community within the Dutch research landscape by mapping available resources on the topic and addressing questions concerning exploring various financing models and funding options for OA books, redirecting collection development budgets towards open initiatives, and providing advice on establishing an OA fund.
The goal is to create a comprehensive platform through the PubPub community, facilitating knowledge exchange by listing existing resources and tools while also covering less-discussed topics relevant to Dutch libraries and the broader research library community. We envision the PubPub community as a dynamic hub where libraries can share experiences, best practices, innovative ideas, and solutions. This community will also feature interviews and case studies that showcase good practices and address challenges in the field. Although it is first envisioned to provide a structured and supportive environment for Dutch libraries to navigate the complexities of OA monograph publishing, it is also expected for the community to be open to everyone interested in these topics, ultimately contributing to the discussion towards a more open and accessible scholarly landscape
"Det var krefter i det der lille vesenet": Om tale, taushet og fortielse i Laila Stiens novelle "Markblomster"
Get PDFIn Laila Stien’s short story «Markblomster», the narrator recounts the story of her brother and his relationship to Alice, a city girl who ends up taking her own life by driving their car into the ocean. This article analyses the short story with particular focus on how the narrator uses strategies to take control over the suicide narrative, and actively suppresses the perspective of the deceased. This control method is examined within the broader tendency to frame suicide narratives in metaphors of silence. Furthermore, this is interpreted as an expression of what Peter Wessel Zapffe, in On the Tragic (1941), calls suppression, i.e. maintaining decorum to preserve what he terms the autotelic hope. Via Zapffe’s theory of tragedy, I argue that the tragic potential of the short story cannot be limited to the individual suicide but also, through the narrator’s narrative strategies, reveals a human need to suppress the tragic aspects of existence as such.I Laila Stiens novelle «Markblomster» beretter novellens forteller historien om sin bror og hans kjærlighetsforhold til Alice, ei byjente som ender med å ta sitt eget liv ved å kjøre bilen deres på havet. Artikkelen analyserer novellen med spesielt blikk for hvordan novellens forteller anvender strategier for å ta kontroll over selvmordsnarrativet og aktivt undertrykker den dødes perspektiv. Dette settes inn i den bredere tendensen til å ikle selvmordsfortellinger i stillhetsmetaforer. Videre leses dette som et utslag av det Peter Wessel Zapffe i Om det tragiske (1941) kaller fortielse, altså opprettholdelsen av den gode tone for å ivareta det han kaller det autoteliske håp. Via Zapffes tragedieteori argumenterer jeg at novellens tragiske potensiale ikke lar seg begrense til det individuelle selvmordet, men også, gjennom fortellerens narrative strategier, at den avdekker et menneskelig behov for å fortie eksistensens tragiske sider som sådan.
Introduksjon: Selvmord og suicidal overlevelse
Get PDF«Suicide and suicidal survival», this special issue of Nordlit, examines the presentation of the extremities of the human existence, primarily in literature, but also in popular music, a TV-series, and a graphic novel. Why do some people commit suicide while the vast majority continue their life? What is suicide? And suicidality? Why do literature and art present unique possibilities to reflect upon and to interpret suicide and survival, and an alternative to sociological, philosophical, and psychological approaches to this grave topic? How do we define suicide literature? This introduction and the twelve articles meditate upon such questions, and how these existential inquiries can be apprehended through imaginative sensibility and aesthetic awareness."Selvmord og suicidal overlevelse", dette spesialnummeret av Nordlit, undersøker fremstillinger av den menneskelige eksistensens ytterpunkter, hovedsakelig i litteratur, men også i popmusikk, en TV-serie og en grafisk roman. Hvorfor tar enkelte mennesker livet sitt mens de fleste fortsetter å leve? Hva er selvmord og suicidalitet? Hvorfor presenterer litteratur og kunst en særegen mulighet til refleksjon og tolkning over selvmords- og overlevelsesproblematikk, og et alternativ til sosiologiske, filosofiske og psykologiske tilnærminger? Hva er en selvmordsroman? Denne introduksjonen og de tolv artiklene mediterer over slike spørsmål, og hvordan de kan formidles med kreativ utfoldelse og estetisk bevissthet
El discurso especializado de la oncología en español y en italiano.: Diseño del corpus y del glosario terminológico bilingüe para la divulgación al público lego
No full textEl presente trabajo aborda las fases de desarrollo del corpus y del sucesivo glosario terminológico ONCO_ESP_IT que toma como punto de partida el género de la guía para pacientes dentro del ámbito de la comunicación médica oncológica. En primer lugar, se ha llevado a cabo un análisis de su macroestructura y en segundo lugar, se ha analizado, desde un punto de vista comparativo, su terminología. Dicho análisis ha dado como resultado la creación de un corpus y de un glosario terminológico bilingüe ESP-IT. El glosario, en particular, pretende ser una herramienta para el público lego, además de una herramienta profesional para aquellos que necesitan conocer y saber aplicar la terminología de la oncología.El presente trabajo aborda las fases de desarrollo del corpus y del sucesivo glosario terminológico ONCO_ESP_IT que toma como punto de partida el género de la guía para pacientes dentro del ámbito de la comunicación médica oncológica. En primer lugar, se ha llevado a cabo un análisis de su macroestructura y en segundo lugar, se ha analizado, desde un punto de vista comparativo, su terminología. Dicho análisis ha dado como resultado la creación de un corpus y de un glosario terminológico bilingüe ESP-IT. El glosario, en particular, pretende ser una herramienta para el público lego, además de una herramienta profesional para aquellos que necesitan conocer y saber aplicar la terminología de la oncología
All passive participles are adjectival
No full textThis paper argues that the passive participles in eventive passives (what is commonly referred to as \u27verbal passives\u27) are adjectival in Spanish. Thus, there is no categorial difference between eventive and stative passives (the latter commonly known as `adjectival passives\u27. I show that the differences between eventive and stative passive participles, and the argument structure configurations that each type allows, can be accounted for without the need to posit a different morphological category for each type. Rather, the grammatical context in which the participle is inserted will allow for a simpler (stative) or more complex (eventive) structure for the base verb. I thus also argue against a stativization operation in stative passives: what we have is a base verb that only spells out the result state of the event, not a verb that spells out a telic structure and then is stativized by a purported higher operator
Engelsk
No full textThis workshop presents the resources produced in the 1-year project Data Management Plans: Support package for Norwegian higher education libraries (October 2023-2024). Academic support structures including libraries face a growing demand for supporting researchers with research data management (RDM) and, alongside increasing funder requirements, writing of data management plans (DMP). We will focus on how the project results and insights can be applied in institutional RDM support services.
The presented support package consists of resources for research support staff in the form of a knowledge base, and for researchers in the form of a DMP template and an accompanying supporting information. All generated text resources are sustained through an open contribution and maintenance process and are available under an open license.
The knowledge base for support personnel is based on the DMP guidance by Science Europe, which is recommended across research funders. It has been annotated in the Norwegian context and includes mappings with funder templates, machine-actionable DMP (maDMP) coverage, and stakeholder interests. We will further share reflections on project and user needs and dimensions that define complexity of a DMP. Based on these conceptual insights, we invite colleagues to discuss which project needs, DMP requirements, and stakeholders are central to their organization and users.
For use by researchers, the project furthermore developed short texts for use in digital DMP tools that were implemented as discipline-agnostic knowledge model and connected questionnaires/templates in the DMP-tool Data Stewardship Wizard. To cater to different project needs and not expose users to irrelevant questions, we make use of conditional follow-up questions and project phases. In addition, a filtering function lays basis for providing a set of five distinct questionnaires adjusted to different user groups, without the need to maintain parallel template versions. The DMP questionnaire is accompanied by a website with general and question-specific supporting information. There will be the opportunity for practical testing of different variants of the questionnaire in group work. In addition, we will briefly demonstrate how the questionnaire could be adapted to institutional or disciplinary needs.
We are looking forward to sharing the project results developed in a collaboration of the Universities in Bergen, Oslo, Trondheim, Tromsø, ELIXIR Norway, and PhD-on-Track and supported by the National Library of Norway. With this workshop, we wish to motivate colleagues in research support roles to adopt the DMP support package.
Importantly, we will also include brief demonstrations of how everyone can participate in keeping the common resources updated and how they can be adapted to individual needs. We invite the Norwegian research data community to contribute to maintenance and further development of these open resources
Inclusive Approaches to Open Access: The AEUP Network of European University Presses
No full textThe Association of European University Presses (AEUP) serves as a support network for over 50 university presses spanning 18 European countries. These presses are remarkably diverse, particularly in their approaches to open access (OA) publishing. While some are fully committed to OA, others are at the beginning stages, reflecting the wide spectrum of practices and challenges within the organization. This diversity is a testament to AEUP\u27s inclusive ethos, which embraces and supports its members regardless of their position on the OA journey.This poster will highlight the varied levels of OA adoption among AEUP members, revealing that nearly 30% of these presses currently publish between zero and 25% of their content as open access, while over half have embraced OA more fully, with 75 to 100% of their publications available in open formats. This variation not only underscores the inclusive nature of AEUP but also illustrates the organization\u27s capacity to support publishers at different stages of their transition to OA.Transitioning to OA, however, is not without its challenges. AEUP members face several critical obstacles, including the financial sustainability of their operations, the complexities of copyright and licensing in an OA environment, and the cultural shift required within the broader academic community. The traditional revenue models—rooted in print book sales and journal subscriptions—are increasingly disrupted by OA practices, necessitating the exploration of alternative funding strategies. Furthermore, the shift to OA requires presses to navigate intricate copyright agreements and adopt licensing models such as Creative Commons, all while ensuring that authors retain appropriate rights and that their work is widely disseminated.AEUP addresses these challenges by fostering dialogue and collaboration among its members through meetings, conferences, and knowledge-sharing initiatives. This presentation will also feature a few case studies from member presses, showcasing a range of approaches to OA and emphasizing the importance of community-driven models like Diamond Open Access, where scholarly communities maintain control over the content.In an era marked by rapid changes in academic publishing, AEUP\u27s commitment to innovation, inclusivity, and collaboration positions it as a partner for university presses navigating the challenges of adaptation and growth