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Till Grallert<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedihum.org/@christof" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>christof</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@ElenLeFoll" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ElenLeFoll</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hcommons.social/@proghist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>proghist</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@creativecommons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>creativecommons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://scholar.social/@dingemansemark" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dingemansemark</span></a></span> </p><p>This is getting worse by the minute. I followed <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedihum.org/@christof" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>christof</span></a></span>|s hint concerning the reproduction of articles from <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/DHQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DHQ</span></a> / <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hcommons.social/@DHQuarterly" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DHQuarterly</span></a></span> looking for one of my own papers (<a href="https://digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/16/2/000593/000593.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/</span><span class="invisible">16/2/000593/000593.html</span></a>). </p><p>In this case <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/ProQuest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProQuest</span></a> blatantly violates the CC BY-ND license (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">creativecommons.org/licenses/b</span><span class="invisible">y-nd/4.0/</span></a>) by</p><p>- not mentioning the license<br>- producing a derivative<br>- not linking to the original</p><p>I am very much in favour of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://adho.org/@adho.org" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>adho.org</span></a></span>, as the publisher of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hcommons.social/@DHQuarterly" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DHQuarterly</span></a></span>, following the path outlined by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://scholar.social/@dingemansemark" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dingemansemark</span></a></span>. I will also log a complaint with <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/ProQuest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProQuest</span></a> through my employer.</p><p><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/AcademicPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicPublishing</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Licensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Licensing</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Piracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Piracy</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/PlatformCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlatformCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/PredatoryPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PredatoryPublishing</span></a></p>
Till Grallert<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedihum.org/@christof" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>christof</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@ElenLeFoll" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ElenLeFoll</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hcommons.social/@proghist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>proghist</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@creativecommons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>creativecommons</span></a></span> </p><p>After reading through the CC BY license I am none the wiser whether one has to clearly indicate that the material in question had been originally published somewhere else. The DOI as provided by <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/ProQuest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProQuest</span></a> reveals this fact but only after manually parsing the string with a resolver. Readers unfamiliar with the Programming Historian are made to believe that ProQuest is the original publisher or the platform officially hosting the original content. </p><p>However, ProQuest clearly violates the attribution requirements by modifying the layout and removing images. The CC BY license explicitly states that “You must […] indicate if You modified the Licensed Material”.</p><p><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/AcademicPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicPublishing</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/PredatoryPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PredatoryPublishing</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/OpenLicenses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenLicenses</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/CreativeCommons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CreativeCommons</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/DigitalHumanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalHumanities</span></a></p>
Christof Schöch<p><a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/ProQuest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProQuest</span></a> + <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/GoogleScholar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoogleScholar</span></a> = scam? Exhibit #123: </p><p>- Researcher publishes article in journal, using <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/CC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CC</span></a> BY. <br>- ProQuest republishes article, with author, title, date, DOI, licence. Also, with terrible layout, but without images. <br>- Their DOI doesn't link anywhere. You need to type "https:/doi.org/", add the DOI, paste URL, to find the actual publication. Grey zone of CC BY requirements? <br>- GS indexes the publication and provides the ProQuest link instead of the proper URL. </p><p>Aaargh.</p>
Gerrit Heim<p>Wow eBookCentral von <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/ProQuest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProQuest</span></a> bietet jetzt bei <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Ebooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ebooks</span></a> KI-generierte "Key takeaways" für einzelne Kapitel. Dann lesen heutige Geschichtsstudierende bald wohl nicht mal mehr für Abstracts....</p>
anotherfami<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@oatp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>oatp</span></a></span> Wenn ich in 1 Bibliothek Entscheidungen über E-Ressourcen und die Anbieter, bei denen ich erwerbe treffen müsste, würde ich genau gar nichts machen.</p><p>Sondern zusehen wie die Abschaffung von Perpetual Access bei der Erwerbung von E-Books auf der Plattform <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/EbookCentral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EbookCentral</span></a> (<a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/ProQuest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProQuest</span></a> bzw. <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Clarivate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Clarivate</span></a>) und das alleinige Angebot von befristeten Lizenzen meine Universität/Hochschule/Forschungseinrichtung dazu verleitet bibliotheksunabhängig ins Streaming-Game einzusteigen.</p><p><a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Subskription" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Subskription</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/ebookSOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ebookSOS</span></a></p>
IGB Library<p>Aus dem Alltag der <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/OnePersonLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnePersonLibrary</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Ebooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ebooks</span></a> sind für wiss. <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Spezialbibliotheken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spezialbibliotheken</span></a> ein wichtiges, häufg auch vernachlässigtes Thema in der <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Erwerbung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Erwerbung</span></a> und beim <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Lizenzmanagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lizenzmanagement</span></a>.</p><p>Kürzlich erreichte die <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/LIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LIS</span></a> Community die Nachricht, dass <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/EbookCentral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EbookCentral</span></a> (<a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/ProQuest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProQuest</span></a>/#Clarivate) kurzfristig auf eine "new subscription-based access strategy for academia" umsteigt.</p><p>Nun heute kurzes Aufatmen &amp; <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Erwerbungsstrategien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Erwerbungsstrategien</span></a> planbarer: Verlängerung bis zum 30.06.2026</p><p><a href="https://about.proquest.com/en/blog/2025/introducing-proquest-ebooks-the-worlds-largest-scholarly-ebook-subscription/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">about.proquest.com/en/blog/202</span><span class="invisible">5/introducing-proquest-ebooks-the-worlds-largest-scholarly-ebook-subscription/</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>"As <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ProQuest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProQuest</span></a> exits the print book market, will we see a new era of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/bigdeals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigdeals</span></a> for <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ebooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ebooks</span></a>?"<br><a href="https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2025/02/21/as-proquest-exits-the-print-book-market-will-we-see-a-new-era-of-big-deals-for-ebooks/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocial</span><span class="invisible">sciences/2025/02/21/as-proquest-exits-the-print-book-market-will-we-see-a-new-era-of-big-deals-for-ebooks/</span></a></p><p>"Commercial publishers prefer institutions to sign up to a leasing <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/subscription" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>subscription</span></a> model, as they offer little in the way of perpetual rights. This means that if a <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Library</span></a> decides to cancel, they have no owned content to show for their expenditure."</p><p>PS: I hope <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> steer clear of this atrocious model. It uses their real need for access against them. If they're desperate enough to buy a subscription, they're letting their desperation lead them into a trap.</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a></p>
Alexander Winkler<p>Ich stehe da immer wieder ratslos davor.</p><p>Man sollte von <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/casalini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>casalini</span></a> wie über <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/proquest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>proquest</span></a> keine <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/ebooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ebooks</span></a> kaufen.</p><p>Bei casalini gibt's ja sonst immer die Möglichkeit, sich aus dem Quelltext der PDF-Vorschau den Dateinamen der unverschlüsselten PDF zu ziehen. In meinem Fall ist aber jetzt sogar die Vorschau irgendwie kaputt ...</p><p>Schade, die Sachen wären durchaus einschlägig ...</p>
Alexander Winkler<p>Ob es schon bibliometrische Studien gibt, die zeigen, dass Titel, die auf <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/proquest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>proquest</span></a> bereitstehen (und die nicht parallel in irgendeiner konsumierbaren Form erworben wurden) signifikant weniger verwendet werden? Ein ewiges Ärgernis.</p>
Alexander Winkler<p>Auch mit Blick auf das <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Datentracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Datentracking</span></a> scheint mir <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/ProQuest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProQuest</span></a> nicht ganz ok. Das ist überhaupt nicht mein Gebiet, aber auf den ersten Blick scheint es so, als hätte man eine individuelle User-ID, auch wenn man kein Proquest-Konto hat und über einen Bibliotheksproxy darauf zugreift. Da kann sich Clarivate dann ein gutes Profil von einem machen.</p><p><a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/ProPest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProPest</span></a></p>
Alexander Winkler<p>bestimmt mehrere Hundert Euro Lizenzierungsgebühren für ein <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/eBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eBook</span></a> auf <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Proquest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Proquest</span></a>, rezeptionsfeindiche Downloadlimitation und dann vollkommen unzulängliche Strukturmetadaten. Die Abschnitte im Screenshot haben nichts mit den Beiträgen des Sammelbands zu tun, sondern sind willkürlich gewählte 35-Seiten-Schnipsel. </p><p><a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/propest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propest</span></a></p>
Pierre-Yves Beaudouin<p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/wikidata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wikidata</span></a> : J'ai terminé l'ajout des doctorats <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/HonorisCausa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HonorisCausa</span></a> des facs françaises dans les années 1940. Source : <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/LeMonde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeMonde</span></a> via <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/ProQuest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProQuest</span></a>. Beaucoup de noms zappés car non identifiés correctement.</p>
JustME<p>Dissertation done and defended and approved! </p><p>Apparently, to submit final version to grad school it must be done thru <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/ProQuest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProQuest</span></a>, which seems like they use in <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Turnitin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turnitin</span></a>. Which I oppose. But there is no way to get rid of that.... <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/TechFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechFail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Infosec</span></a></p>
Pierre-Yves Beaudouin<p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/WikipediaLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WikipediaLibrary</span></a> j'ai fait 2 suggestions :<br>- obtenir l'intégralité du <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Monde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monde</span></a> via <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/ProQuest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProQuest</span></a> (manque actuellement 1944-2000)<br>- <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/ScholarVox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScholarVox</span></a>, un site de livres universitaires en français (les bouquins sont le point faible de la bibliothèque)</p>
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