« 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…
« In 2016 the Knowledge Exchange Research Data expert group identified a need for better understanding of the nature and consequences of research and data infrastructure being more and more federated. Work was designed to find answers to questions such as ‘Which are the main drivers for federating RD infrastructures and…
« The Call for Papers for LIBER’s 2018 Annual Conference — in Lille, France from 4 to 6 July 2018 — is now open.
The deadline for submitting a proposal is 19 February 2018. Guidance and conference topics are outlined in detail below.
Research libraries as an Open Science hub: from strategy to action
…« Trois ans après les journées d’octobre 2015 qui ont vu Madame Axelle Lemaire, Secrétaire d’État chargée du Numérique et de l’Innovation, présenter la loi pour une République numérique, ces journées auront cet objectif : étudier l’opportunité de nouvelles voies soutenables pour la publication en Open Access : OA2020, projet DEAL…
« Coordinated efforts on many levels have fostered open science in Finland. In our interview, Pirjo-Leena Forsström shares some insights into Finland’s recipe, and tells us, what other countries or institutions could learn from its role model and how libraries act as masters of open science. (…) »
« Hindawi’s CEO, Paul Peters, explains the problems inherent in proprietary solutions for Open Science infrastructure and presents a proposal for how things can be done differently. (…) »
« In an effort to strengthen and secure the network of non-commercial services that underpin the burgeoning field of Open Science, a newly-formed coalition of international organisations, including SPARC Europe, is spearheading an unconventional appeal.
The Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS), which formed just over…
« The Open Access (OA) books funded through Knowledge Unlatched (KU) have doubled their usage between the second and third quarters 2017. With an aggregate of 228,000 full-text downloads on the OAPEN platform (www.oapen.org) and through the addition of 67,068 chapter downloads on the JSTOR platform (www.jstor.com), KU has been able…
« Governments, businesses and civil society together with the United Nations (UN) have started to mobilise efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Agenda by 2030. Universal, inclusive and indivisible, the Agenda calls for action by all countries to improve the lives of people everywhere.
This is Ireland’s public platform for…
« The Health Research Board (HRB) is to launch a new publishing platform that will enable HRB–funded researchers to publish all research outputs quickly, in an open and transparent way.
HRB Open Research will be among the first open publishing systems pioneering a global shift towards open science and transparent publishing…
