In Japan, open access policy emerged in a unique economic context and evolved separately from the broader movement. The result? Turmoil. (11 Mar 2026) Globally, the open access (OA) movement has long sought to liberate scholarly communication from commercial publishers. But Japan pursues open access and open science from a unique context; that approach…
(11 Mar 2026) “The question of R&P agreements asks whether the ends justify the means. On one hand, R&P agreements and the APC model upon which they are based have significantly increased the overall market share of OA publications over the past 10 years, now up to around 50% of all journal articles published annually (although that trajectory has plateaued over…
(2 Mar 2026) “The Optimized Library: Solving the Puzzles of Modern Library Management” is a new video series from LibTech Insights, brought to you by Sam Suber, the Electronic Resources Coordinator at Moraine Valley Community College Library. Over the past several months, Sam has offered practical tutorials for using Microsoft Excel’s Solver add-in to address many problems…
(27 Feb 2026) The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) looks set to bar paying the highest fees for its researchers to publish in high-profile journals. These include around 30 journals such as Nature Communications, Cell Reports and Science Advances, according to a report in Science. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the US is also considering setting limits on journal charges…
(Feb 2026) “Transformative agreements (TAs) are a relatively new type of journal package that typically includes both access to the publisher’s paywalled content and coverage of the open access (OA) publishing fees for an institution’s authors. As many libraries have entered into these agreements in recent years, analyses of their “value” are increasingly being presented…
(17 Feb 2026) As librarians, we aim to strategically invest our collection funds to support open access publishing as much as possible. For journals, these models include read and publish agreements, diamond open access, and more recently, Subscribe to Open (S2O). Read and publish models can often be unaffordable for libraries, especially if they include a large…
(2 Feb 2026) With The State of Open Data survey and report now reaching its 10th anniversary, Mark Hahnel shares the wins of the past decade, the challenges, and the future of data sharing. “The first decade constructed the moral case for open data. The next decade must construct the practical reality. Academic research stands at yet…
(3 Feb 2026) The Australian Government has announced a new Open Science Policy designed to improve access to publicly funded health and medical research and strengthen collaboration across the research sector. The policy has been introduced by the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing and jointly developed by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and…
(20 Jan 2026) In the Netherlands (NL), Open Science has taken another major step forward. Open Science NL has announced €35 million in funding for 45 projects aimed at strengthening Open Science infrastructure, supporting the tools, services, and platforms that researchers rely on to share and reuse knowledge. To learn more about the goals behind this investment,…
(19 Dec 2025) This selection of resources helps editors and publishers of Diamond open access (OA) journals to understand and address the challenges of working with generative artificial intelligence (AI) in scholarly publishing. The Resource includes guides, online courses, blogs, videos and webinars on the following key topics: Introduction to Generative AI in Publishing Research…