(1 Apr 2025) Open Journals Collective (OJC), an equitable, sustainable, community-led alternative to the big deals and transformative agreements offered by corporate academic publishers is recently launched. The OJC is a collective of libraries and university-based publishers working to change the way academic research is supported and disseminated. Drawing on more than a decade…
(21 Jan 2025) A transformative step towards equitable scholarly publishing was taken with the launch of the European Diamond Capacity Hub (EDCH) in Madrid. This pioneering initiative aims to advance Diamond Open Access (OA) publishing across Europe, fostering inclusivity and collaboration in academic publishing. The launch event was hosted at the Museo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología…
(27 Jan 2025) The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and CHORUS have joined forces to support Japan’s move toward a national open access policy, which is set to take effect in April 2025. At the recent Japan Library Fair on November 20, 2024, the organizations hosted the CHORUS/JST Forum, titled “Many Paths to Open Access,” bringing together six expert…
(20 Jan 2025) The ALMASI project, a groundbreaking three-year initiative aimed at enhancing non-profit open access publishing in Africa, Latin America, and Europe, officially launched in Madrid, Spain. The project, involving 15 partners and funded by the EU’s Horizon Europe programme, seeks to establish a sustainable and inclusive scholarly communication ecosystem. The kick-off meeting and public…
(18 Dec 2024) UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced plans to develop a new research data policy framework aimed at maximizing the value of data generated from UKRI-funded research and supporting a culture of open research and innovation. The framework is being developed in collaboration with research councils, Research England, and Innovate UK. It will…
(11 Dec 2024) Subscribe to Open (S2O), the model by which open access publication is funded by annually renewed subscriptions, has grown exponentially since it was first implemented by Annual Reviews.* A growing number of publishers use the model to deliver equitable open access to an ever more diverse list of journals and books. Increasingly, librarians are enthusiastic to…
(13 Nov 2024) A new Taylor & Francis pilot aims to support open access (OA) publishing using a combination of existing funding sources, enabling authors of every article type to choose OA at no cost. Collective Pathway to Open Publishing (CPOP) has been designed as an OA solution for Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) journals, especially…
(12 Nov 2024) In this issue: What’s new in OA & scholarly publishing in Australia & Aotearoa New Zealand What’s new in OA & scholarly publishing globally Recent writing & resources on OA Upcoming events in OA & scholarly publishing
(15 Oct 2024) Plan S, the effort by European funders to increase the share of journal articles that can be read without a subscription, has had an unintended outcome, a report released today says. It has spurred progress toward open access, but most of the growth has occurred in so-called hybrid journals that also publish…
(2 Sep 2024) Twenty years ago the debate surrounding open science focused on access to journals. By 2020 around 25% of all chemistry papers published were open access, and now most of the major publishers of chemistry journals offer some version of open access. But more researchers are starting to realise that other elements of open science are ripe…