The Clearinghouse for the Open Research of the United States (CHORUS), a cost-effective and sustainable public access solution, has issued a Progress Report on its first eight months in full production mode, which also coincides with the period since CHORUS was named by the US Department of Energy (DOE) as part of its public access solution.
CHORUS services and best practices advance public access by streamlining and monitoring public access compliance. CHORUS works across the spectrum of public access policies and in concert with diverse proprietary and public- access license terms, balancing diverse stakeholder needs to enable public access without disruptive consequences or burdensome and duplicative efforts. CHORUS services are free to funding agencies, researchers, academic institutions, librarians, and the public.
As agencies shift their focus to the implementation of announced plans, CHORUS provides a solution that helps research funders address two major challenges: minimizing costs and maximizing compliance.
Since the DOE named CHORUS as a partner in developing its public access solution, several other agencies have also announced public access plans, including the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The NSF and NASA plans specifically highlight CHORUS as a potential partner to achieve their public access objectives.
Actively engaged with the DOE on PAGES implementation, collaboration that is extending to agencies planning to use PAGES (Public Access Gateway for Energy & Science) – e.g., the NSF.
Named by NASA as a potential partner for second-phase of public-access plan implementation, and in discussions with other agencies whose initial plans identify solutions other than CHORUS.
Member publishers are now routinely and systematically identifying content with CrossRef's FundRef tags, adding reuse license information and making content publicly available on their platforms.
