« A number of initiatives exist in European countries to support open scholarly communication in humanities and social sciences. This article looks at the work of Open Access in the European Research Area through Scholarly Communication (OPERAS), a consortium of 36 partners from all over Europe, including many university presses, that…
« The White Papers of the OPERAS Working Groups are now available! Follow the links below to the full text pdf or html versions and learn how to get involved
The paper addresses the importance of Open Science for the SSH, highlighting the role of a distributed research…
« (…) The aim of the interactive video framework is to offer a point of reference for all those seeking information on the topic of the Open Access monographs. In fact, the collections with the hyperlinks of the hypervideo will be constantly updated, so that the hypervideo present a selection of…
« The International Conference on Open Scholarly Communication « Open Scholarly Communication in Europe: Addressing the Coordination Challenge » was organised by the National Documentation Centre (EKT), 31 May-1 June in Athens as part of the European funded project OPERAS. Distinguished speakers from Greece, Europe, North and…
« This report explores the extent to which Open Access (OA) specialist scholarly books can be seen by the communities that might make use of them. It also identifies the key challenges that will need to be tackled in order to ensure that OA books are fully integrated into digital landscapes…
« The OPERAS core group met in the Central Library in Amsterdam on 24 January 2018. The core group has validated the future unified services that OPERAS will offer: a Certification Service (DOAB), a Discovery Service (Isidore), and a Research for Society Service (Hypotheses). (…) »
« The OPERAS consortium launches new surveys to gather more detailed information on the usage and needs regarding open scholarly communication, in particular in the Social Sciences and Humanities.
The surveys are addressed at publishers, librarians and funders. They will collect information and suggestions about practices, standards, enhanced features and new…
« The second edition covers the following:
1. OPERAS is Growing: 10 new partners
2. The Road to ESFRI: submission to the ESFRI Roadmap 2018
3. OPERAS-D News: design study, launching of working groups, OPERAS deliverables, first validation workshop
4. From the Newsdesk
5. Save the…
