University of Florida and the University of Miami libraries sign MoU to create a shared collection - October 8, 2012
The University of Florida and the University of Miami have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create the Collaborative Academic Library Collection. The Collaborative Academic Library Collection is a shared collection that will be housed in Gainesville for long-term preservation and retention of low use… Read More
20 MM counters AAP response to California’s free college textbooks legislation - October 4, 2012
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has reportedly released a "knee-jerk" national press release announcing its challenge to the notion that historic college textbook legislation unanimously passed by the California State Senate could indeed be provided to undergraduates for "free." Stating that "there's no such… Read More
Open Access initiative SCOAP3 launched at CERN - October 2, 2012
Representatives from the science funding agencies and library communities of 29 countries met at CERN on October 1, 2012, to launch the SCOAP3 Open Access initiative. CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, claims to be world's leading laboratory for particle physics.… Read More
Two high energy physics journals from Springer to participate in SCOAP3 - September 28, 2012
The Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3) has chosen two Springer journals to participate in the initiative. The SCOAP3 consortium aims to convert journals in high energy physics to open access. The two Springer journals are: the… Read More
Elsevier launches new OA journal – NeuroImage: Clinical - September 27, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of NeuroImage: Clinical, a new open access journal and sister journal to NeuroImage. NeuroImage: Clinical provides a vehicle for communicating important advances in the study of abnormal structure-function relationships of the human nervous system based on imaging. It… Read More
SCOAP3 Article Processing Charges announced - September 25, 2012
As part of the SCOAP3 (Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics) tendering process recently conducted by CERN for the benefit of SCOAP3, the agreed-upon Article Processing Charges (APCs) for SCOAP3 participating journals are now publicly available. Within the SCOAP3 model, these APCs… Read More
Oxford University Press title PTEP joins SCOAP3 open access publishing initiative - September 18, 2012
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP), UK, has announced that its journal Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (PTEP) has been identified for participation in SCOAP3 (Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics). SCOAP3 is a new collaborative initiative for open access (OA) publishing… Read More
Elsevier offers entire collection of books and journals to innovators in developing nations via the ARDI programme - September 13, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it is now offering its entire collection of books and journals on its online platform ScienceDirect, as well as access to its abstracts and citation database Scopus to innovators in 105 countries for free or little cost through the… Read More
Scientists, Foundations, Libraries, Universities, and Advocates issue new recommendations to make research freely available - September 13, 2012
In response to the growing demand to make research free and available to anyone with a computer and an internet connection, a diverse coalition recently issued new guidelines that could usher in huge advances in the sciences, medicine, and health. The recommendations were developed by leaders of the Open… Read More
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research announces membership agreement with BioMed Central and SpringerOpen - September 13, 2012
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has announced a membership agreement with BioMed Central and SpringerOpen. Publication costs for research articles published by researchers funded by NWO for articles published no later than 2008, who chose to publish via BioMed Central, will now automatically be… Read More
