SAGE Publishing issues statement on Plan S - February 14, 2019
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has released a Statement on Plan S. The signatories of Plan S seem frustrated by the pace of transition to open access (OA). However, SAGE believes that the hybrid option is a crucial element in the transformation, as long as it is… Read More
ORCID announces formation of ORCID Austria Consortium - February 14, 2019
ORCID has announced the recent formation of an ORCID Austria Consortium, which aims to increase the uptake and relevance of the ORCID iD as a unique identifier for researchers. The ORCID Austria Consortium is the result of several years of nationwide discussion, initiated by the Scientometrics… Read More
Frontiers and Simon Fraser University form OA publishing agreement - February 14, 2019
Simon Fraser University (SFU) has established an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. The Simon Fraser University Library (SFU Library) supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. As part of this support, Simon Fraser University has entered an institutional… Read More
OCLC and Couperin.org partner to enhance EZproxy authentication software - February 14, 2019
Non-profit global library cooperative OCLC has announced a partnership with the Couperin.org Consortium, the French non-profit that developed ezPAARSE software with the CNRS Institute for Scientific Information, to enhance OCLC's EZproxy authentication software with analytics features and to expand the use of… Read More
Cambridge University Press and Jisc Collections announce major UK Open Access deal - February 13, 2019
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press and the Jisc Collections have reached a progressive agreement, which will enable UK universities and colleges to make a sustainable transition to publishing more Open Access content in the publisher's journals. JISC Collections provides UK academic institutions… Read More
Support for OA Switchboard initiative continues to grow - February 13, 2019
On December 6th 2018, a group of stakeholders representing research funding organisations, academic libraries, scholarly publishers, and open infrastructure providers met in London to discuss a proposal for addressing the growing set of challenges in the implementation of institutional and funder policies supporting open access publication. The result of this… Read More
