Qatar National Library promotes International Open Access Week 2019 - October 28, 2019
Qatar National Library has marked International Open Access Week 2019 with a series of workshops and events that have led to important dialogues around open and equitable access to Qatar’s research output. Researchers, librarians, research administrators and research funders met in a series of events held… Read More
Open Preservation Foundation joins the Open Source Initiative - October 28, 2019
The Open Preservation Foundation (OPF) has become an affiliate member of the Open Source Initiative® (OSI). The OSI is the global non-profit formed to educate about and advocate for the benefits of open source software, development, and communities. OSI affiliate members participate directly in the direction… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - October 28, 2019
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Byron Russell (Guest Post — the future of open access business models: APCs are not the only way); Shaun Khoo (Opinion: Boycotting Elsevier Is Not Enough); Alastair Dunning, Susanna-Assunta Sansone, and Marta Teperek (The layered cake of FAIR coordination: how… Read More
Elsevier launches the Research Data Management Librarian Academy - October 25, 2019
Elsevier, a global information analytics business specialising in science and health, has announced the launch of the Research Data Management Librarian Academy (RDMLA), an online program created by a team of expert librarians in the Northeastern United States. The RDMLA is intended… Read More
Scientific and Technical publishing market posts its strongest sales growth since 2011 - October 25, 2019
Driven by tools and online content, open access fees and digital book collections, 2018 saw the scientific and technical publishing market post its strongest sales growth since 2011. This is according to the most recent report from Simba Information, a leader in media and publishing intelligence.… Read More
MIT develops principle-based framework to guide negotiations with scholarly publishers - October 25, 2019
The MIT Libraries, together with the MIT Committee on the Library System and the Ad Hoc Task Force on Open Access to MIT’s Research, announced that it has developed a principle-based framework to guide negotiations with scholarly publishers. The framework emerges directly from the core principles… Read More
