« On the occasion of International Open Access Week 2019, lecture and interactive session with Professor Krishnaswamy VijayRaghavan, principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India.
Event jointly organized by the Centre for Society and Policy, DST-Centre for Policy Research and JRD Tata Memorial Library at Indian Institute of Science…
« The government’s « directions will be entirely determined by the interests of Indian academia and of India », according to K. VijayRaghavan, the principal scientific adviser to the Government of India. (…) at a talk he delivered in Bengaluru on October 25, VijayRaghavan said that India will not be enrolling with this…
« The 2019 International Open Access Week will be held October 21-27, 2019. This year’s theme, “Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge,” builds on the groundwork laid during last year’s focus of “Designing Equitable Foundations for Open Knowledge.” (…)
On the programme this year:
– Monday October 21st at 11…
« The Scholarly Kitchen will be making an appearance at this year’s Frankfurt Bookfair. On Wednesday, October 16, we will host a panel discussion (and a free breakfast!) beginning at 8:45 AM in Hall 4.2 at the Academic & Business Information Stage. At last year’s Bookfair, we…
« COAR and cOAlition S share a common aim to accelerate the transition to full and immediate Open Access to scholarly publications and COAR supports the vision and principles outlined in Plan S. (…) »
« Back in May 2019, cOAlition S released revised guidance on Plan S — following a public consultation — and announced a one-year delay on implementation. Key changes to the guidance included:
A shift in…« Wellcome, UKRI, and the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) commissioned Information Power Ltd to undertake a project to support society publishers to accelerate their transition to Open Access (OA) in alignment with Plan S and the wider move to accelerate immediate OA. This project is part of…
« The relationship between libraries and society publishers has not previously been a close one. While transactions have in the past been mediated by third parties, larger commercial publishers or agents, there is now an opportunity for strategic new collaborations as societies seek to transition to open access (OA) and deploy…
