AMA calls for physician protections against AI deepfake impersonation - May 15, 2026
The American Medical Association (AMA) has introduced a comprehensive policy framework to protect physicians from unauthorized use of AI‑generated deepfakes. The framework, developed by the AMA Center for Digital Health and AI, aims to modernize identity protections and address legal gaps… Read More
CARL announces grants for Open Access Book Publishing - May 15, 2026
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) has announced the recipients of the inaugural Fund for Advancing Open Access Book Publishing. Launched in 2026 as a two‑year pilot program, the initiative was designed to accelerate the publication of scholarly books in open access by… Read More
DOAJ and CUJS form partnership to support Chinese open access journals - May 15, 2026
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and the Society of China University Journals (CUJS) have announced a new partnership aimed at improving the visibility and discoverability of Chinese open access journals both within China and internationally. As part of the collaboration, DOAJ and… Read More
cOAlition S appoints Curt Rice as Director to lead 2026–2030 Strategy - May 14, 2026
cOAlition S has appointed Curt Rice as its new Director, coinciding with the coalition’s adoption of its 2026–2030 Strategy. The appointment marks a step toward advancing models of open scholarship in the evolving landscape of scholarly communication. Rice has more than three decades of… Read More
OpenAIRE and OPERAS join EOSC Federation as Scholarly Commons Node - May 14, 2026
OpenAIRE and OPERAS have joined the second wave of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Federation as a candidate node, officially recognized by the European Commission and the EOSC Federation. The new EOSC Scholarly Commons Node is intended to integrate scholarly… Read More
Open access status update for SMAI Mathematics journals in 2026 - May 14, 2026
EDP Sciences and the Société de Mathématiques Appliquées et Industrielles (SMAI) have confirmed that Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena and ESAIM: Probability and Statistics will remain fully open access in 2026 under the Subscribe to Open (S2O) model. Both journals achieved the required level… Read More
