Panelists discuss economics and sustainability of OA publishing at OASPA webinar - December 5, 2018
OASPA recently hosted a timely and welcome discussion on the economic implications of publishing research open access, chaired by Board Member Dr Stuart Taylor. Dr Rupert Gatti (Fellow and Director of Studies in Economics, Trinity College, Cambridge, and Cofounder of Open Book Publishers), Liz Ferguson (Vice… Read More
Institute of Advanced Science Extension to preserve OA e-journals with Portico - December 3, 2018
Digital preservation service Portico has announced that the Institute for Advanced Science Extension (IASE) is preserving their open access e-journals with Portico, ensuring that their content will be secure and available into the future. IASE is a non-profit international scientific association of distinguished scholars engaged… Read More
ChemRxiv announces Direct Journal Transfer to streamline submission of research for journal peer review - December 3, 2018
ChemRxiv, a chemistry preprint server for the global chemistry community, has announced Direct Journal Transfer, a new feature that will help authors submit their posted preprints to established journals for editorial consideration and peer review. This feature, which is now available on the ChemRxiv website, currently… Read More
Annex Publishers to preserve OA e-journals with Portico - November 29, 2018
Digital preservation service Portico has announced that Annex Publishers, an interactive open access journal publisher for the communication of all scientific and medical research, will be preserving its open access e-journals with Portico. With this move, the publisher seeks to ensure that their content will be… Read More
OCLC awarded IMLS funds to expand its National Leadership Grant project - November 29, 2018
Non-profit global library cooperative OCLC has received a $249,710 award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to expand its National Leadership Grant project, Small Libraries Create Smart Spaces, to more small and rural public libraries across the US. … Read More
The American University of Beirut joins ProQuest Dissertations and Theses publishing program - November 28, 2018
The American University of Beirut, an esteemed teaching-centered research university in Lebanon and the Middle East, has signed an agreement to contribute its graduate works to the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses™ (PQDT) database, the leading database of dissertations and theses from the world's greatest universities. It… Read More
