OUP reaches Read & Publish agreement with FinELib - February 8, 2021
Oxford University Press (OUP) and FinELib, a consortium of Finnish universities, research institutions, and public libraries, have reached an agreement for Read & Publish access to OUP’s journals collection. The agreement came into effect on January 1, 2021 and lasts for 3 years. It allows scholars at… Read More
BMJ signals its commitment to an open access future - February 8, 2021
Bibsam Consortium in Sweden, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek for German Academic Institutions, and Jisc have entered into a transitional agreement to provide researchers at member institutions the opportunity to publish all of their research articles open access in BMJ’s hybrid… Read More
Wellcome Open Research now becomes most used publishing venue for Wellcome funded researchers - February 8, 2021
Wellcome Open Research is now the single most used venue for Wellcome-funded researchers to publish their research findings. This has been achieved after only four years since the Platform’s conception. In 2020, 292 articles were published on Wellcome Open Research, a 40% increase compared to 2019. Much… Read More
COAR launches Notify Project - February 8, 2021
COAR has announced the launch of a new project, Notify: The Repositories and Services Interoperability Project. The project builds on previous work of COAR to advance the vision first outlined in the COAR Next Generation Repositories Initiative – to position repositories… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - February 8, 2021
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Anna Abalkina (Guest post — Unethical practices in research and publishing: evidence from Russia); Copyright Clearance Center blog (CCC’s RightsLink® for Scientific Communications increases awareness of available open access publication funding upon manuscript submission); Paul Lynch (Can a digital management… Read More
Knowledgespeak to be published weekly - February 8, 2021
Knowledgespeak has been a daily newsletter servicing the Scholarly Publishing industry for the past 15 years, delivering all relevant developments within the scientific, technical, and medical information industry. While we will continue to be your go-to resource to understand and respond to the Scholarly publishing industry's continuous… Read More
