In a significant move to bolster the Open Access (OA) landscape, the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and Lyrasis, prominent entities in the global scholarly communications arena, have forged a collaboration aimed at enabling libraries to provide vital financial support to DOAJ. This partnership underscores the shared commitment of both organizations to strengthen Open Access and democratize access to scholarly research.
DOAJ, recognized as a trusted directory dedicated to indexing high-quality OA journals, plays a pivotal role within the scholarly community. Lyrasis, a non-profit membership organization renowned for catalyzing and facilitating equitable access to the world's knowledge and cultural heritage, shares DOAJ's vision of ensuring equitable access to information. The collaboration heralds a breakthrough for U.S. libraries that currently lack avenues to support DOAJ through consortial arrangements, offering them a direct means to contribute to DOAJ's sustainability and its mission of enhancing the visibility and accessibility of Open Access research.
With DOAJ's unwavering commitment to indexing high-quality OA journals, this collaborative venture offers libraries a significant opportunity to contribute to a more inclusive and open scholarly ecosystem.
This partnership streamlines the process of library contributions for both libraries and DOAJ, making it easier for libraries to provide financial support for DOAJ's vital initiatives and allowing DOAJ to concentrate its efforts on its core mission of evaluating and indexing trusted open access journals.
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