05.06.2023
Mot-clé : Open Access
31.05.2023
Roadmap for Open Science approved by the Italian National Research Council
« On April 28, 2023 the Italian National Research Council (CNR) approved the Roadmap for Open Science.26.05.2023
Résultats de l’enquête sur les clauses science ouverte des accords Couperin et les politiques d’établissement sur les APC
« Dans le but de faciliter le travail des négociateurs Couperin, le groupe de travail Négociation Open Access du consortium a…23.05.2023
Open access at a crossroads: library publishing and bibliodiversity
« (…)This article argues that the gold open access model is destructive to the knowledge production ecosystem by addressing the importance…23.05.2023
Equitable Scholarly Publishing Systems Viewed as Key to Solving Development Challenges Identified by UN
« If the United Nations’ development plans are going to succeed, all voices need a chance to contribute to and access…23.05.2023
[SCONUL – RLUK] Libraries call on academic colleagues to help shift to full open academic publishing
« SCONUL and RLUK welcomed today’s announcement of an agreement with Springer Nature1 as the best outcome that could reasonably have…15.05.2023
‘Good, Better, Best’: Practices in Archiving & Preserving Open Access Monographs
« Good, Better, Best: Practices in Archiving & Preserving Open Access Monographs brings together the project’s growing knowledge and understanding around…15.05.2023
The Transformation of the Green Road to Open Access
« (…) Background: The 2002 Budapest Open Access Initiative recommended the self-archiving of scientific articles in open repositories, which has been…11.05.2023
Supporting diamond open access journals. Interest and feasibility of direct funding mechanisms
« More and more academics and governements consider that the open access model based on Article Processing Charges (APC) is problematic,…09.05.2023
Supporting diamond open access journals. Interest and feasibility of direct funding mechanisms
« More and more academics and governements consider that the open access model based on Article Processing Charges (APC) is problematic,…04.05.2023
SPARC Europe joins Open Book Futures (OBF) project to increase access to OA books
« We are pleased to announce our participation in the recently launched Open Book Futures (OBF) project, funded by…03.05.2023
What Can I Do with This? Indicators of Usage Rights in the User Interface
« (…) Creative Commons (CC) licenses are the predominant mechanism for communicating usage rights; however, finding the CC license information —…26.04.2023
OASPA Equity in OA Workshop 2 Report
« The second OASPA workshop in the Equity in Open Access series took place on 28 March 2023, with publishers, librarians,…18.04.2023
Is the Library Responsible for Open Access Compliance?
« Academic libraries have advocated and lobbied for many years to achieve greater levels of open access. Having achieved a major…17.04.2023
Do Open Access Mandates Work? A Systematized Review of the Literature on Open Access Publishing Rates
« To encourage the sharing of research, various entities—including public and private funders, universities, and academic journals—have enacted open access (OA)…11.04.2023
COPIM Releases Final WP4 Report: Governing Scholar-Led OA Book Publishers
« We are pleased to announce the release of the final report from COPIM’s Governance Work Package (WP4), titled…20.03.2023
La consolidation du marché et la communication savante
« Au cours de la dernière décennie ou plus, une tendance vers la consolidation du marché a été observée dans l’écosystème…16.03.2023
EMBO Press to be fully Open Access
« From 2024 on, all papers published in The EMBO Journal and EMBO Reports and the source data in all EMBO…16.03.2023
Irish research libraries National Open Access Monitor Project
« Documentation relating to the National Open Access Monitor project, managed by IReL and funded by Ireland’s…10.03.2023
#DOAJ: New filter: author retains all rights
« (…) Open access journals that don’t charge fees and where the author retains all rights. These are the kinds of…09.03.2023
Open Access Publish with power: rights protected by QUT’s revised open access policy [Queensland University of Technology]
« QUT’s revised Open Access policy protects your right to make your research publications open access. (…)…09.03.2023
Open access publication of public health research in African journals
« There are many claims to the benefits of open access publishing in general and for Africa in particular. This study…03.03.2023
Scholarship for the Public Good: Paths to Open Access (vidéo)
(…) The first event in the Graduate Center’s “Scholarship for the Public Good” series explored various paths to open access.02.03.2023
Deux outils Open Access pour accompagner les chercheurs : Appui-Evaluation de l’Hcéres et Click & Read du CNRS
« (…) Afin d’aider les laboratoires qui utilisent HAL pour gérer leurs publications, le Hcéres met à disposition…01.03.2023
Ethical publishing: how do we get there?
« The scientific journal publishing model is deeply unethical: today, a few major for-profit conglomerates control more than 50% of all…28.02.2023
Overview of Aalto’s open access publications 2022
« In 2022, Aalto’s researchers published more publications open access than ever before. What are the changes we see in 2023?…27.02.2023
TIB publishes results of six surveys on the state of implementation of Open Access
« During the first funding phase of open-access.network, the Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) conducted six qualitative surveys on how open access is…27.02.2023
How open access diamond journals comply with industry standards exemplified by Plan S technical requirements (.pdf)
« This study investigated how well current open access (OA) diamond journals in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and…24.02.2023
European scholarly journals from small- and mid-size publishers: mapping journals and public funding mechanisms
« This study investigates the relationship between scholarly journal publishing and public funding, specifically concerning the context of small- and mid-sized…22.02.2023
Plan d’Action pour un Modèle Diamant de l’Accès Ouvert [traduction de l’anglais « Action Plan for Diamond Open Access »]
« Ce plan d’action établit un ensemble d’actions prioritaires visant à poursuivre le développement et la promotion d’un écosystème de communication…21.02.2023
Scholarly Publishing as a Global Endeavor: Leveraging Open Source Software for Bibliodiversity
« Each year, the Public Knowledge Project* (PKP) posts a very large, and rather dry, dataset at the…21.02.2023
Global Summit on Diamond Open Access, 23-27 October 2023 Toluca, Mexico
« The purpose of the Global Summit on Diamond Open Access is to bring together the Diamond OA community of journal…21.02.2023
Characteristics of European Universities that Participate in Library Crowdfunding Initiatives for Open Access Monographs
« The aim of the study was to identify the traits of 100 European universities across 26 countries that did or…21.02.2023
The Transformation of the Green Road to Open Access
« Background: The 2002 Budapest Open Access Initiative recommended on self-archiving of scientific articles in open repositories as the “green road”…17.02.2023
Diamond future of open access
« Diamond OA journals face similar challenges around the world. Funding and support are needed to make the transition to high-quality…17.02.2023
Project JASPER: a progress report
« The initiative was launched by DOAJ, CLOCKSS, Internet Archive, ISSN International Centre (Keepers Registry) and Public Knowledge Project to address…15.02.2023
Knowledge Exchange: Call for entries to explore Alternative Publishing Platforms
« Knowledge Exchange (KE) invites any platforms working in open access, publishing and communication who wishes…14.02.2023
OASPA and DOAJ Announce the Launch of an Open Access Journals Toolkit
« The Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA) and the Directory of Open Access Journals (…10.02.2023
The APC-Barrier and its effect on stratification in open access publishing
« Current implementations of Open Access (OA) publishing frequently involve Article Publishing Charges (APCs). Increasing evidence emerges that APCs impede researchers…01.02.2023
The ‘OA market’ – what is healthy?
« (…) Back in 2021, OASPA brought together people from different stakeholder groups across scholarly communications to consider how best to…30.01.2023
Mapping the Swiss Landscape of Diamond Open Access Journals. The PLATO Study on Scholar-Led Publishing. Report
« From March to September 2022, the «Platinum Open Access Funding» Project (PLATO), in collaboration with the Institute…27.01.2023
Start of the EU project CRAFT-OA
« On 1 January 2023, the EU project CRAFT-OA started under the leadership of the University of Göttingen / Göttingen State…27.01.2023
FAIREST: A Framework for Assessing Research Repositories
« The open science movement has gained significant momentum within the last few years. This comes along with the need to…27.01.2023
Droit et Société en libre accès !
« Dans le cadre du nouveau dispositif Science ouverte proposé par Cairn, en coopération avec les bibliothèques universitaires…27.01.2023
Rechercher des publications scientifiques en accès libre / open access
« Gold, green ou black open access… Petit tour des grandes catégories et des principaux outils pouvant favoriser la recherche et l’accès à…24.01.2023
Access is not the same as accessibility: A framework for making research papers truly open
« arXiv has pioneered open access for more than 30 years by removing financial, institutional, and geographic barriers to research. No…24.01.2023
The National Library of Sweden enters new agreement with OA Switchboard
« Within the framework of its task to coordinate, monitor and promote cooperation between stakeholders for open access to scientific publications,…24.01.2023
PALOMERA – Policy Alignment of Open Access Monographs in the European Research Area
The PALOMERA project (Supporting the development of aligned policies for open access books and monographs) is funded…20.01.2023
Jumping over the paywall: Strategies and motivations for scholarly piracy and other alternatives
« Despite the advance of the Open Access (OA) movement, most scholarly production can only be accessed through a paywall. We…11.01.2023
open-access.network: Three more years for the open access transformation
« The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding the Germany-wide collaborative project open-access.network for another three years…03.01.2023
New report provides insights into global OA landscape — and with a focus on China
« Open Access Publishing in China 2022 provides insights into the complex and evolving global Open Access landscape — and with…03.01.2023
#CRAFTOA | European Commission grants substantial funding to improve institutional publishing for science
« The project “Creating a Robust Accessible Federated Technology for Open Access” (CRAFT-OA), carried out by 23 experienced partners from 14…02.01.2023
Les licences Creative Commons ont 20 ans !
« Les licences Creative Commons ont soufflé leur 20e bougie en décembre 2022. Créées en 2002 par la société à but…16.12.2022
Irlande : National Action Plan for Open Research
« Ireland’s National Action Plan for Open Research outlines objectives and actions for the next chapter in Ireland’s transition towards open…13.12.2022
Opening doors to global equity in open access
Recommendations to foster global equity in open access publishing from the first in a series of online workshops. Universal Open…05.12.2022
UKRI Open access policy update: December 2022
« UKRI has published updated information to support funded research organisations and researchers to meet its new open access policy. Peer…28.11.2022
Identifying the needs of African Open Access publishing communities
« This article documents a series of meetings designed to identify the needs of African Open Access…22.11.2022
Directory of open access journals (DOAJ) and its application in academic libraries
« The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is a community-curated online directory that indexes and makes open access, peer-reviewed journals…21.11.2022
The APC-Effect: Stratification in Open Access Publishing
« Current implementations of Open Access (OA) publishing frequently involve Article Publishing Charges (APCs). Increasing…16.11.2022
Investments in Open: Association of Research Libraries US University Member Expenditures on Services, Collections, Staff, and Infrastructure in Support of Open Scholarship
« Open access (OA) and the broad sharing of research outputs has been empirically shown to accelerate scientific progress and benefit…10.11.2022
Open access books through open data sources: Assessing prevalence, providers, and preservation
« Science policy and practice for open access (OA) books is a rapidly evolving area in the scholarly domain. However, there…03.11.2022
Determining the Cost of Open Access: Estimating Annual Article Processing Charges for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine Articles at a Large Midwestern University
« Article Processing Charges (APCs) for articles published in for-fee, gold open access journals are paid in a number of ways…02.11.2022