« This study provides an overview of open access (OA) journals in Africa that do not charge fees for either authors or readers (often referred to as Diamond OA journals). It is based on survey responses from 199 journals, 21 institutional, national and continental platforms that host Diamond OA journals, and…
« The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has transitioned to open-access information model.
The OECD began granting greater access to its data with the launch of its data portal and platform integration in 2014, notably making publications freely available to read online. The introduction of the Creative Commons…
« Over the course of two years, law librarians from across Canada worked together to create the COAL-RJAL Guide. The English version of the Guide is now freely available and hosted on CanLII (2024 CanLIIDocs 830), and the French version is in progress. The Guide is intended to…
« Stephen Pinfield, RoRI Senior Research Fellow, has published a new book on the need for scientific, epistemic and participatory openness
Achieving Global Open Access explores some of the key conditions that are necessary to deliver global Open Access (OA) that is effective and equitable. (…) »
« Research Consulting and the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) were commissioned to determine to what extent the vision, mission and objectives set out in the TRP proposal serve the needs of the global research community. Through a consultative approach, we sought to…
« As part of its mandate to coordinate, monitor, and promote collaboration in the work for open access to scholarly publications, the National Library of Sweden (Kungliga biblioteket, KB) today publishes a report highlighting the development of open access in Sweden.. (…) »
« La stratégie nationale suisse sur l’Open Access actualisée vise à rendre librement accessible toute publication scientifique financée par des fonds publics. Cette stratégie actualisée se concentre sur le fait de rendre les publications immédiatement accessibles dans un format lisible par machine, sans frais, sans embargo et avec une licence ouverte.…
« The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) prepared this report to the
Appropriations Committees of the Senate and the House in fulfillment of the requirement in the Joint Explanatory Statement (JES) accompanying Division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (P.L. 118-42). The JES required OSTP…
« The richness of Diamond Open Access (OA) publishing is characterised by its diversity: from the wide-ranging disciplines it serves in multiple languages to the types of organisations and networks involved in developing, running or maintaining it. Local, regional and national interests driving it are underpinned by the context of the…
« (…) The new policy has one stated goal: « All theses approved from 2025 onwards will be openly accessible. » This applies to theses at all levels, from bachelor’s theses at universities and universities of applied sciences to doctoral theses. (…) »
