« Open access — the free availability of scholarly publications — intuitively offers many benefits. At the same time, some academics, university administrators, publishers, and political decision-makers express reservations. Many empirical studies on the effects of open access have been published in the last decade. This report provides an…
« Publishing models designed to shift journals to open access are failing to deliver change or reduce costs. A just and open scholarly publishing system should be steered by research communities and institutions, not by publishers or other service providers, an expert told a European University Association (EUA) webinar.
Researchers must…
« A collectively authored response by the Copim community, in which we welcome the principle of open access by default in the REF 2029 open access policy for longform publications, but argue that it could provide clearer mechanisms for supporting Diamond open access publishing. (…) »
« The Wikimedia projects, like Wikipedia and Wikidata, are some of the most visited informational websites on the internet, with around 25 billion page views each month. They help make research widely visible by citing and linking to the original sources. As more research is freely licensed, using Wikimedia platforms can…
« The editors of Library Resources & Technical Services (LRTS) are pleased to announce the publication of a special January / April 2024 double issue on open access. We’re pleased to share with you the first issue of the calendar year, with these peer-reviewed articles:
(…) This…
« The development of policies in favour of open science and the transformation of publication channels for academic literature and research produced with public funding by researchers and authors in higher education, combined with technological and financial developments in open access models for scholarly publication and the interest shown by funders…
« (…) When it comes to scholarly communication, research practices and traditions vary greatly across and within disciplines. This monograph presents a current overview that aims to cover Open Access (OA) and some of the newer open science-related issues that are affecting Psychology. (…) »
« The Knowledge Base is a collection of documents such as reports, policies, statistics, survey results and interview transcripts relevant to OA policies regarding OA books in the European Research Area. The collection was created as part of the data collection during the PALOMERA first project phase in 2023. Hosted on…
« Libraries are vital pillars of the Diamond Open Access (OA) ecosystem, providing infrastructure, services, and expert support to institutional publishers. Many libraries are also publishers in their own right. To engage libraries in advancing Diamond OA in Europe, the DIAMAS project is launching a Conversation Series for libraries. (…) »
« Several organizations and initiatives have recently called for more support of multilingualism in research to promote epistemic plurality and raise awareness of the adverse effects of an anglocentric research ecosystem. But this support for and practice of multilingualism and linguistic diversity cannot happen in a digital or technological vacuum. Open…
