CRKN calls on members and stakeholders to participate in a survey on digitisation, access, and digital preservation - May 4, 2020
On behalf of the Heritage Content Priorities Task Group (HCPTG), CRKN invites members and stakeholders to participate in a survey on digitisation, access, and digital preservation activities in Canada. The survey covers the strategies and practices used when carrying out digitisation projects, as well as opportunities,… Read More
Knowledge Unlatched launches new global open access funding round - May 4, 2020
Knowledge Unlatched (KU), the international initiative for Open Access (OA), has announced the launch of the seventh round of funding. It includes the KU Select Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) collection of books familiar to libraries, as well as nearly 20 discipline-specific collections developed in partnerships… Read More
The International Journal of Public Health transitions to Open Access - May 4, 2020
The International Journal of Public Health has announced its transition from a subscription model to Gold Open Access, effective January 2021. The journal, which celebrates its 100th anniversary soon, is owned by the Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+). The journal will also be transferring from its current publisher… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - May 4, 2020
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Michael Clarke (Scientific and Scholarly meetings in the time of pandemic); Jim A. Reekers (Open peer-review: time for a closer look); Angela Cochran (What will we learn about Scholarly Publishing as a result of COVID-19?); Jana Bacevic (Science in inaction… Read More
University of California Press partners with the UC Global Health Institute to launch new OA journal, Advances in Global Health - May 1, 2020
The University of California Press (UC Press) has announced a partnership with the UC Global Health Institute (UCGHI) to develop a new transdisciplinary, open access journal, Advances in Global Health, that will showcase the latest research devoted to improving worldwide health outcomes. The founding editor-in-chief will… Read More
Oxford University Press unveils new OA journal series - May 1, 2020
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced the first two titles in the new flagship open access journal series. The Oxford Open series launches with Oxford Open Immunology and Oxford Open Materials Science. This is seen as an important step forward in OUP’s open access… Read More
