eLife, together with the non-profit Collaborative Knowledge Foundation (Coko), open-access publisher Hindawi Limited and digital consultancy Digirati, has announced a new formal partnership to develop the latest version of Libero.
Community-driven and open-source, Libero is a platform of services and applications that help content providers do more with everything they publish. The software presents content in a responsive online format that is easy to access and inviting to read on any device, and is straightforward to integrate with other services that enhance the reader's interaction with published literature.
Libero was originally developed by the non-profit eLife, which aims to help scientists accelerate discovery by operating a platform for research communication that encourages and recognises the most responsible behaviours in science. To facilitate adoption of Libero as a platform by other organisations and expand a high-quality, open infrastructure as an alternative to proprietary systems, eLife, Coko, Hindawi and Digirati have created this partnership.
The community will contribute to the ongoing, long-term development of the platform, and came together to plan the project during eLife's inaugural Libero Sprint this summer. The event included discussions of how the community, and the various components that make up the Libero platform, will be governed as the software is developed.
The MoU describes the way in which eLife, Coko, Hindawi and Digirati will work together to ensure the Libero platform fulfils its purpose for the community. Its terms encompass the development, test and launch of the reusable open-source components of Libero. These components will be made available under an open-source MIT licence as they are developed, with the intention of expanding the community of collaborating organisations that are actively contributing to the project.
In parallel with Libero, eLife, Coko, Hindawi and others are working together to build xPub - a user-driven, open-source platform that will help streamline communications between authors, editors and reviewers at all stages of the submission and review process. eLife, Coko and Hindawi in particular share a commitment to building a holistic, open-source infrastructure for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of research communication.
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