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Friday, December 3, 2021
3rd December 2021: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2021: This year, the theme for IDPD is “Leadership and participation of persons with disabilities toward an inclusive, accessible and sustainable post-COVID-19 world.”
International Day of Persons with Disabilities is a global observance celebrated every year on December 3 with a motive to promote the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities in all spheres of society. Nearly one billion people out of the total population i.e, 7 billion or approximately 15 per cent of the world’s population, live with some form of disability. 80 per cent of the total disabled population live in developing countries.
More than 100 million disabled persons are kids. People with Disabilities (PwDs) have been affected “disproportionately” by the health, social and economic consequences of the global issues. Hence, the day is observed to raise the participation of disabled people in the sustainable development of the world. Know about the date theme history and significance of this day.
The event is observed every year on December 3.
THEME
This year, the theme for IDPD is “Leadership and participation of persons with disabilities toward an inclusive, accessible and sustainable post-COVID-19 world.”
HISTORY
The annual observance of this day was proclaimed in 1992 by United Nations General Assembly resolution 47/3 with an aim to increase awareness of the issues faced by persons with disabilities in every aspect of political, social, economic and cultural life.
After working in the field of disability or decades, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), adopted in 2006. The CRDP advanced the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and other international development frameworks. The main purpose was to increase the participation of disabled people in society, end discrimination towards them, and create equal opportunities for them.
World Disability Day 2021: Brooking No Challenge, The Extraordinary Tale Of Avani Lekhara
Sportspersons like Avani Lekhara are a rare breed. The 20-year-old shooter created history at Tokyo 2020 when she won two Paralympic medals. A car accident made her a paraplegic at the age of 11.
Tokyo Paralympics: Meet the 19 Indian medal winners
International Day of Persons with Disabilities is a global observance celebrated every year on December 3 with a motive to promote the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities in all spheres of society. Nearly one billion people out of the total population i.e, 7 billion or approximately 15 per cent of the world’s population, live with some form of disability. 80 per cent of the total disabled population live in developing countries.
More than 100 million disabled persons are kids. People with Disabilities (PwDs) have been affected “disproportionately” by the health, social and economic consequences of the global issues. Hence, the day is observed to raise the participation of disabled people in the sustainable development of the world. Know about the date theme history and significance of this day.
The event is observed every year on December 3.
THEME
This year, the theme for IDPD is “Leadership and participation of persons with disabilities toward an inclusive, accessible and sustainable post-COVID-19 world.”
HISTORY
The annual observance of this day was proclaimed in 1992 by United Nations General Assembly resolution 47/3 with an aim to increase awareness of the issues faced by persons with disabilities in every aspect of political, social, economic and cultural life.
After working in the field of disability or decades, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), adopted in 2006. The CRDP advanced the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and other international development frameworks. The main purpose was to increase the participation of disabled people in society, end discrimination towards them, and create equal opportunities for them.
SIGNIFICANCE
Disabled people suffer from poor health, lack of equal opportunities in education and sometimes in work too. This also in turn affects their lifestyle as well as physical well-being. Hence, the day is observed to aware the world about their issues and to make it a better place for them.
Disabled people suffer from poor health, lack of equal opportunities in education and sometimes in work too. This also in turn affects their lifestyle as well as physical well-being. Hence, the day is observed to aware the world about their issues and to make it a better place for them.
Worth Reading
World Disability Day 2021: Brooking No Challenge, The Extraordinary Tale Of Avani Lekhara
Sportspersons like Avani Lekhara are a rare breed. The 20-year-old shooter created history at Tokyo 2020 when she won two Paralympic medals. A car accident made her a paraplegic at the age of 11.
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Gita Gopinath to take on new role at IMF as First Deputy Managing Director
Gita Gopinath, who was scheduled to return to her academic position at Harvard University in January 2022, has served as the IMF's chief economist for three years.
Thursday, December 2, 2021
Library Support for Researchers: Series 5: Publishing in Open Access
Open Access models
There are three main Open Access models, some of which attract fees:
Green OA: Authors can self-archive accepted manuscripts at the time of submission of the publication, via an institutional or subject repository. This is the model supported by UOW's Open Access Policy.
Gold OA: Authors publish in an Open Access journal where free online access is available to all readers. Some OA journals require the author to pay a publication fee (Article Processing Charge – APC). Gold OA may be supported and funded at the Faculty level where strategically or otherwise appropriate (UOW's Open Access Policy).
Hybrid OA: Authors pay a fee for their article to be made Open Access even though it is in a subscription journal.
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Alternative Name(s) & Keywords: ANU Press Textbooks, ANU eView
ANU Press is a globally recognised leader in open access academic publishing, produce fully peer-reviewed monographs and journals across a wide range of subject areas, with a special focus on Australian and international policy, Indigenous studies and the Asia-Pacific region.
Open access to 1,318,865 e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance, Statistics, Electrical Engineering and Systems Science, and Economics.
Free access to the National Construction Code (NCC) which is comprised of the Building Code of Australia (BCA), Volume One and Two; and the Plumbing Code of Australia (PCA), Volume Three.
Australian Bureau of Statistics provides statistical information including reports and census data.
Register at the TableBuilder website, entering University of Wollongong in the ‘Organisation’ field.
Register at the TableBuilder website, entering University of Wollongong in the ‘Organisation’ field.
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Open access scholarly journals in most subject areas. Full-text. Dates vary
An ebook discovery service provided by OAPEN. Find an ebook and link through to full-text on the publisher site. All books in DOAB have a full Open Access License which makes them 'free to share'.
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Provides access to digitised public domain and in copyright content, including books, journals and special subject collections from U.S based partner institutions - 60 research institutions, including MIT, Havard and Yale. A first-of-its-kind shared digital repository. Hathi (pronounced 'hah-tee') is Hindi for elephant, highly regarded for its memory, wisdom, and strength - a name chosen to convey key benefits of this resource. Partial full-text. Dates vary
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JSTOR Open Content provides open access to thousands of academic ebooks and journal articles.
Searching JSTOR tutorial
Searching JSTOR tutorial
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Access to engaging, high quality and open access etextbooks that are written by La Trobe University academics, and published by the La Trobe eBureau.
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A collection of searchable Open Access ebooks. The OAPEN Library contains books that are 'free to read' and books that are 'free to share'. Includes titles from the Knowledge Unlatched collection.
A collaboration between EBSCO and BiblioLabs, Open Dissertations connects you to open-access Doctoral EDTs (Electronic Theses and Dissertations) accepted by American Universities, 1955+, selected full-text
Open Textbook Library provides hundreds of textbooks that have been funded, peer reviewed, published, and licensed to be freely used, adapted, and distributed.
All textbooks are either used at multiple higher education institutions; or affiliated with an institution, scholarly society, or professional organisation.
All textbooks are either used at multiple higher education institutions; or affiliated with an institution, scholarly society, or professional organisation.
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Peer-reviewed, open access journals and ebooks, covering all areas of science, technology, medicine, the humanities and social sciences.
Recommended
IntechOpen is the world's leading publisher of Open Access books built by scientists, for scientists. Read, share and download more than 4,100 peer-reviewed Open Access books in Physical Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Life Sciences, Health Sciences and Social Sciences and Humanities.
Source: https://uow.libguides.
https://uow.libguides.com/az.
Thursday, November 25, 2021
Library Support for Researchers: Series 4: Alternative Metrics
Alternative metrics show how many times a research output has been shared, mentioned or downloaded from online sources such as social media sites, blogs, mainstream media and reference managers. This data accumulates at a faster rate compared to traditional measures.
- Altmetric bookmarklet for researchersAccess to data for any publication with a DOI.
- ImpactstoryFree site where researchers join with their Twitter account and explore and see the online reach of their research.
- Plum analyticsPlum metrics are available in Research Online and for articles indexed in Scopus.
- Social SearcherMonitors and provides analytics of public mentions of work in social networks and on the web.
Feedback about the Library Support for Researchers Series: https://forms.gle/
Saturday, November 20, 2021
Library Support for Researchers: Series 3: UGC CARE List of Journals
The Scope of the UGC-CARE List
- UGC-CARE has taken the responsibility of preparing the “UGC-CARE Reference List of Quality Journals” (UGC-CARE List).
- A list of Indian journals, especially from disciplines of Arts, Humanities, Languages, Culture and Indian Knowledge Systems is being prepared and updated quarterly (UGC-CARE Group I).
- The UGC-CARE List includes journals from all disciplines indexed in globally accepted databases, such as indexed in Scopus (Source list) or Web of Science (Arts and Humanities Citation Index Source Publication, Science Citation Index Expanded Source Publication, Social Science Citation Index Source Publication). These journals are to be considered for all academic purposes. Journals indexed in Scopus and / or Web of Science are part of UGC-CARE List Group II.
To access the UGC CARE list of journals:
For important FAQs on UGC CARE List of Journals, please visit:
Friday, November 12, 2021
Library Support for Researchers: Series 2: Understanding journal metrics before you submit
When deciding where to submit your manuscript, it’s important to understand common journal metrics to help you decide which journal is right for your research.
Below, we’ve listed some of the most common journal metrics. The “JCR Year” refers to the Journal Citation Report year, which is the individual year for which a metric is provided.
Metric Name | Metric Source | Metric Description |
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Impact Factor | The Impact Factor is the average number of times articles from the journal published in the past two years have been cited in the JCR year. The Impact Factor is calculated by dividing the number of citations in the JCR year by the total number of articles published in the two previous years. | |
5-Year Impact Factor | The 5-year Impact Factor is the average number of times articles from the journal published in the past five years have been cited in the JCR year. It is calculated by dividing the number of citations in the JCR year by the total number of articles published in the five previous years. | |
Altmetrics | (Any source) | Altmetrics go beyond more traditional citation metrics to measure social visibility around scientific articles. These metrics are based on a broad spectrum of indicators, such as tweets, blog mentions, news media, social bookmarking, article views, and downloads. |
Eigenfactor | The Eigenfactor is based on weighted citations in the JCR year to papers published within the previous 5 years. Citations are weighted according to the prestige of the citing journal, with citations from highly ranked journals making a larger contribution to the Eigenfactor than those from poorly ranked journals. | |
Google Scholar Metrics | The main Google Scholar journal metric is the H5 index and is based on articles published in the last 5 complete calendar years. This is similar to the h-Index but also includes the top cited h articles (h-core) and the median of the citation counts (h-median). | |
h-index | The h-index attempts to measure the productivity and citation impact of the published body of work of an author. The h-index indicates the number of papers, h, that have been cited at least htimes (e.g. an h-index of 15 means that 15 papers have been cited at least 15 times each.) Note: Due to variations in citation coverage between databases, each source may determine a different value of the h-index for each author. | |
Immediacy Index | The Immediacy Index is the average number of times an article is cited in the year it is published. The Immediacy Index is calculated by dividing the number of citations to articles published in a given year by the number of articles published in that year. | |
SJR | The SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) Indicator is based on weighted citations in Year X to papers published in the previous 3 years. Citations are weighted by the prestige of the citing journal, so that a citation from a top journal will have more impact than a citation from a low-ranked journal. | |
SNIP | The Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) measures average citations in Year X to papers published in the previous 3 years. Citations are weighted by the citation potential of the journal’s subject category, thereby making the metric more comparable across different disciplines. |
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