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A library-focused effort aims to take monographs off the analogue shelf
Rather than lock up knowledge in costly journals, increasingly universities and governments are recognising that publicly funded research should be open to all. This past year has seen new open access…
The furious controversies of last year following the announcement of the new Research Councils UK policies on open access may have quietened down, but there remain many practical problems. These pract
Simon Chaplin: The humanities matter. Books matter. Through open access, they can reach a wider audience than ever before
The following post is by Lori Byrd Phillips, who served as the 2012 US Cultural Partnerships Coordinator for the Wikimedia Foundation and is now Digital Content Coordinator at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis. Her research on Open Authority was recently published in Curator: The Museum Journal. You can learn more in this video from Ignite […]
Earlier this week I had the delicate task of replying to a researcher who had applied for funding for open access publication fees and telling her that our COPE fund could not be used to support her article. The reason was that it was to be published in a journal that did not meet two … Continue reading Lions and tiger and bears, OA, or, scaring the children, part 1 →
Once again, we are seeing entrenched interests try to fight the future with scare tactics and misinformation. This time, it's major journal publishers, and their target is open access to
Open-access scientific publishing is gaining ground
Of CUNY, By CUNY, For CUNY: How Open Access Can Benefit Everyone at CUNY (and Beyond) Jill Cirasella Graduate Center jcirasella@gc.cuny.edu Slides at: http://t…
OA journal re-enclosed.
Fabulous overview.
With the introduction at the federal level of both the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act (FASTR) and the White House public access directive, several states have begun to think about supporting public access to publicly funded research. Like the proposed federal legislation and White House policy, the state-level bills aim to support … Read More "U.S. States considering public access policies"
CHAMPAIGN — A state senator who has proposed making the results of publicly funded research more widely available is amending his legislation after receiving pushback from some in academia.
Open Access, Open Educational Resources, Open Everything!