(11 Apr 2022) JST, the Japan Science & Technology Agency, has revised its policy on Open Access to research publications and research data management and published on 1 April, 2022. JST developed “JST Policy on Open Access” in 2013 and “JST Policy on Open Access to Research Publications and Research Data Management” in 2017…
(29 Mar 2022) Leaders from 65 U.S. colleges and universities are joining forces to advance the principles and practices of open scholarship, in an effort to make scholarly outputs more transparent and beneficial to a broader community. The partnership aims to ensure that as many students, faculty, practitioners, policy makers, and community members as…
(4 Apr 2022) Smaller independent publishers, libraries, and consortia can now more easily enter into Open Access agreements because of a set of new tools published by cOAlition S and the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP). In order to foster a diverse, open scholarly publishing landscape, libraries and consortia need to broaden the scope of…
(30 Mar 2022) The latest news from Open Access Australasia (formerly AOASG) is now available. 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 Go direct to the…
(4 Mar 2022) The Open GLAM survey records instances of open access policy and practice in the GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums) sector. Today, the survey lists 1,424 institutions which have published open access data. Before its 4 year anniversary, Douglas McCarthy, one of the developers of the survey, presents an overview of that work, highlights new…
(2 Mar 2022) Science Europe, cOAlition S, OPERAS, and the French National Research Agency (ANR) present this Action Plan to further develop and expand a sustainable, community-driven Diamond OA scholarly communication ecosystem. It proposes to align and develop common resources for the entire Diamond OA ecosystem, including journals and platforms, while respecting the cultural, multilingual,…
(28 Feb 2022) As open access publishing models continue to evolve, the relationship between researchers and librarians and publishers is also changing. Our colleagues at AIP Publishing are interested in learning how open access publishing models are impacting your institution, and to understand what role your library plays in facilitating OA publishing. This…
(7 Feb 2022) COAR (Confederation of Open Access Repositories) is seeking community input. Here’s the announcement. The Framework brings together relevant criteria developed by other communities (and refined by the COAR Repository Assessment Working Group) into a global, multidimensional framework for assessing best practices that can be adopted and used by different types of repositories (publication, institutional, data,…
(16 Feb 2022) The data-sharing policy could set a global standard for biomedical research, scientists say, but they have questions about logistics and equity. In January 2023, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) will begin requiring most of the 300,000 researchers and 2,500 institutions it funds annually to include a data-management plan in…
(Jan 2022) From the report introduction: “This report presents an overview of the activities we have undertaken in 2021, the levels of OA compliance amongst cOAlition S funders, and the latest news on the tools and services we are developing, such as the Journal Checker Tool and the Journal Comparison Service. Next, we outline…