There is now a new opportunity to apply for parking by the BB building or “on the roof”, as it is also called. You send the application to Lars Mossefinn. Anyone have parking there now must also reapply. Deadline 23 January.
Publishing in scientific journals has for long used to be pretty straightforward. The researcher submitted manuscripts with their latest work, which was evaluated by experts in the field, type-set, printed and sold to libraries, universities and interested individuals – and this was quite profitable for some publishers.
This is not the case any longer. The ways scientific data and information is shared has changed dramatically in the digital age. Increasingly, publishers are competing by offering additional services that help the authors and readers through media organizations and science blogs. However, journals charge exorbitant fees to subscribe or download papers, restricting this to those who can afford them.
To partly solve this, free electronic scientific publishing also called “Open Access Publishing” has emerged. This grants full access to anyone, for any purpose, but transfers the publication costs to the authors or their organization. Nothing is free! However, currently UiB offers support to cover “Open Access Article Processing Charges”
A side-effect of the open access model is a malignant proliferation in junk publishers with the sole objective of making money without any regards for scientific quality. In year 2011 there were 18 identified predatory publishers, which increased to 693 in 2015. The list is updated through the year on the blog Scholarly Open Access, http://scholarlyoa.com. Take a look at this list when your mailbox is swamped by the numerous offers for publishing!
Happy New Year!
Roland Jonsson
PS. Do not forget to verify that all your works from 2014 have been added to Cristin. Check this via https://www.cristin.no/as/WebObjects/cristin.woa/8/wa/registrering?la=no. Log in by choosing institution “University of Bergen”, and then use your regular user name and password.
UoB is holding a new Introduction course for new employees January 16. The Introduction course is an offer for all new employees, independent of the position size or group. The personel and organisation department arranges introduction courses for new employees twice per year.
The course will be held in Norwegian.The University have many foreign employees, and therefore there will be an equivalent course in English. More information about this will be given at a later date.
Time: January 16, at 08:30-15:10
Place: Student Center, seminar room E
Foundation Louis Jeantet is searching for nominations for the 2016 Louise-Jeantet Prize. For Application form and more information – read here.
Deadline: February 15, 2016
This entry is only available in Norwegian 
Svein Joar Auglænd Johnsen will have her public defence on Friday January 9, 2015
Trial lecture: Friday January 9, 2015, 09:15
Topic: ” Environmetal and host-dependent risk factors of lymphomagenesis in human”
Place: Aula 2. et., Sydbygg, Stavanger Universitetssykehus
Public defence: Friday January 9, 2015, 10.30
Place: Aula 2. et., Sydbygg, Stavanger Universitetssykehus
Title of dissertation: ” Malignant Lymhoma in primary Sjøgren’s syndromes”
1st opponent Ph.d. Førsteamanuensis Klaus Beiske, Universitetet i Oslo
2nd opponent Førsteamanuensis Anne Marie Lynge Pedersen, Universitetet i Cobenhagen, Denmark