The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and Amigos Library Services have announced a new agreement providing for a broad set of higher education institutions, across the South Central and Southwest Regions of the United States, to support vital open access library infrastructure at a substantial discount.
Amigos Library Services has among its membership more than 300 higher education institutions. This partnership with Amigos Library Services is the largest US based consortium that DOAJ has forged a partnership with, covering Arizona, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. Amigos brings this opportunity to support open access infrastructure to a very broad set of colleges and universities.
As a free and independent database, DOAJ indexes over 16,000 peer-reviewed, open access journals from around the world. COVID-19 has highlighted the critical importance of vetted, high-quality online academic research and demand for essential open access library infrastructure, such as DOAJ, has significantly increased.
Despite growing support for open access publishing, research and data, an urgent need exists to secure the future of vital open access infrastructure. This agreement will help to contribute to the financial sustainability for DOAJ, an open access service that is key to the future of science and research in the USA and beyond.
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