Elsevier withdraws support of the RWA

Elsevier withdrew their support of the Research Works Act!

Next up, consider supporting the Federal Research Public Access Act.

Social media for social scientists

Through the ABCT Couples SIG listserv, I recently learned about the LSE’s Impact of Social Sciences Project. The purpose of the project is to measure and evaluate the impact of social science research on the public. An essential part of the project is helping social scientists disseminate their work through the use of social media — check out their resource guide, which covers topics like how to leverage Twitter and podcasts for your research. Their Handbook on maximizing the impact of research on the public is also available online.

Addendum

The University of Oregon’s library system has a great scholarly communications and information support group. An especially helpful page is the addendum engine. The program constructs four types of addendums specific to your manuscript: Access-Reuse, Immediate Access, Delayed Access, or MIT Amendment.

What is an author’s addendum? It is an agreement form that authors can use to retain rights to scholarship, including posting it online or in a Scholars’ Bank.