IDPF members approve plan to combine with W3C - November 8, 2016
The member organisations of the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) have approved, by a margin of 72 (88%) in favour to 10 (12%) opposed, a plan proposed by the IDPF Board of Directors to combine IDPF with the World Wide Web Consortium… Read More
ScienceOpen announces new partnership with Cold Spring Harbor Press - November 7, 2016
Research network ScienceOpen has announced a new publishing partnership with Cold Spring Harbor. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press is an internationally renowned publisher of books, journals, and electronic media, located on Long Island, New York, USA. Since 1933, it has helped to… Read More
Crossref now accepts preprints - November 3, 2016
Crossref, the not-for-profit member organisation for publishers, has announced that it is now accepting the registration of Crossref DOIs for preprints. The key decision is to acknowledge that preprints are a valuable part of the research story, and ensure that authors' own or institutional repository versions… Read More
SPARC launches integrated resource to understand, compare federal article and data-sharing policies - October 31, 2016
SPARC has released a new, integrated resource for tracking, comparing, and understanding U.S. federal agencies' article and data sharing policies. This free tool combines a new analysis of federal public access plans for sharing peer-reviewed research articles with the federal data sharing policy resource that SPARC… Read More
COAR Annual Meeting 2017 scheduled for May 8-10, 2017 - October 31, 2016
The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) and the Library System (SBA) of the Università Ca' Foscari, Venice, have announced that the next COAR Annual Meeting, scheduled for May 8-10, 2017, will take place in Venice, on the campus of the Università Ca' Foscari. The major… Read More
SCOAP3’ annual online Forum to present achievements to date, current status and future plans - October 26, 2016
SCOAP3 is hosting its annual online Forum - an open event presenting achievements to date, current status and future plans. The Forum also offers an opportunity to ask questions, and give suggestions, to representatives of the SCOAP3 international governance and the operations team at CERN. … Read More
