(13 February 2013) The last 15 places are available – register online1 for the first international discovery summit, in London on 21-22 February. Jisc and the British Library are calling university librarians and archivists, library staff, museum curators and expert developers from across the globe to ask ‘how is open data transforming the world’s great…
(18th January 2013) The Business, Innovation and Skills Committee today announces its intention to inquire into the Government’s Open Access policy. Written submissions addressing the UK Committee’s inquiry are invited by close of business on 7 February 2013. Respondees are requested not to submit copies of responses to other consultations or to the Finch Report.…
The Australian Research Council, ARC, has introduced a new open access policy for ARC funded research which takes effect from 1 January 2013. According to this new policy the ARC requires that any publications arising from an ARC supported research project must be deposited into an open access institutional repository within a twelve month period…
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., announced on 26 October the results of an author survey on open access, with over ten thousand respondents from across Wiley’s journal portfolio. The research explored the factors that authors assess when deciding where to publish, and whether to publish open access. Among the top factors considered by authors were…
The international medical publisher BMJ Group has launched six specialty editions of its innovative online journal BMJ Open (http://bmjopen.com/editions) to coincide with Open Access Week, 22-28 October. The editions showcase BMJ Open’s specialist research and will initially cover dermatology, HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases, neurology, obstetrics & gynaecology, and oncology. BMJ Open, which launched in February 2011,…
SAGE publishes report following roundtable in association with the British Library In April 2012, leading independent academic and professional publisher SAGE convened a roundtable in association with the British Library into the role of the academic library in an open access (OA) future. Chaired by publishing consultant Simon Inger and attended by an international panel…
A GBP10 million Government investment announced recently by Universities and Science Minister David Willetts will help UK universities with the transition to open access to publicly-funded research findings. The investment will enable a number of research-intensive UK institutions to kick-start the process of developing policies and setting up funds to meet the costs of article…
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