(5 Jun 2026) Plans to ban US researchers from spending federal grants on open access fees unless requests are signed off by agency officials will do little to reduce publishing costs, experts have warned. Under proposed rule changes published by the Office of Management and Budget, all journal publication costs – “including page charges, article…
(15 May 2026) The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and the Society of China University Journals (CUJS) have announced a new partnership aimed at improving the visibility and discoverability of Chinese open access journals both within China and internationally. As part of the collaboration, DOAJ and CUJS will continue to co‑organize the DOAJ China Day event and participate…
(28 May 2026) Diamond open access (OA)—understood to mean publishing without fees for either authors or readers—is often framed as an aspirational model for a more equitable scholarly communication system. In global discussions, it is frequently associated with Latin America or European community-led initiatives. China, by contrast, is rarely part of this conversation. But this…
(4 May 2026) Increasing consolidation and commercial control over all aspects of knowledge comes at a cost. This year’s theme challenges us to consider the financial, human, and environmental costs of creating, sharing, and sustaining knowledge—particularly when these costs are driven by private rather than public interests. Last year’s theme of “Who owns our knowledge?” reflected…
(22 Apr 2026) In December 2025, the South African government approved a National Open Science Policy requiring that all research outputs arising from public funding be made available through open access. The Department of Science, Technology and Innovation published details of the policy in March 2026. The policy emphasizes that faster and less costly access to scientific…
(1 Apr 2026) “…for a long time, the predominant publishing model has not aligned with what scientists want and need from dissemination of their work. As early as 1991, pre-print servers began to show how open access (OA) could work. Then came organisations like the Public Library of Science (PLOS) that offered an open-access model that…
(1 Apr 2026) Cancer Research UK (CRUK) has announced it will cease funding open access (OA) publishing costs, arguing that the current model is failing to deliver a fair and efficient system for disseminating research. The world’s largest independent cancer research charity said the decision will save £5.2 million over the next three years and…
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…