ACM signs open access agreement with Canadian regional consortia - September 11, 2025
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has signed a three-year transformative read-and-publish agreement with eight Canadian regional library consortia, representing 72 institutions. The agreement expands open access publishing opportunities while providing premium access to ACM Digital Library. Member institutions will receive full access to the ACM Digital… Read More
CLOCKSS launches pilot to preserve Diamond Open Access publications - September 8, 2025
CLOCKSS has introduced a new pilot initiative aimed at preserving Diamond Open Access (OA) publications—journals that operate without charging authors or readers. These journals play a key role in community-driven research dissemination but often lack the infrastructure for long-term digital preservation. This pilot allows libraries, including new… Read More
MIT Press expands Direct to Open model with new publishing partners - September 5, 2025
As Direct to Open (D2O) enters its fifth funding cycle, MIT Press has announced new partnerships with Duke University Press and Goldsmiths Press—marking a significant expansion of its diamond open access model for scholarly monographs. Beginning in 2026,… Read More
IGI Global Scientific Publishing partners with ScienceDirect to expand OA journal access - September 4, 2025
IGI Global Scientific Publishing has partnered with Elsevier’s ScienceDirect platform to expand access to open access journals. The collaboration will make IGI Global Scientific Publishing’s Scopus-indexed journals available to ScienceDirect’s global research community, which includes millions of users and libraries worldwide.… Read More
NISO opens draft framework to standardize Open Access Business Processes - September 3, 2025
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has released a draft Open Access Business Processes (OABP) Recommended Practice (NISO RP-49-202X), now available for public comment until October 17, 2025. As open access (OA) publishing models expand, many legacy systems continue to operate with workflows designed for traditional subscription… Read More
UTSA Libraries support compliance with federal open access mandates - September 1, 2025
The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Libraries is helping researchers comply with new federal requirements mandating that the results of federally funded research be made publicly available immediately upon publication. The change, announced by agencies including the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, and… Read More
BPS and Wiley launch open access journal in environmental psychology - August 28, 2025
In partnership with Wiley, the British Psychological Society (BPS) will launch Environmental Psychology Research (EPR) in 2026 as its first fully open-access journal. The publication will cover research at the intersection of psychology and the environment, spanning urban design, sustainability to virtual spaces, climate… Read More
EIFL agreements drive sharp increase in open access publishing - August 28, 2025
EIFL’s Licensing Programme with publishers continues to expand open access publishing opportunities in its partner countries, according to new data from 2024. By the end of the year, EIFL had secured 14 open access agreements with publishers, covering waived or discounted article processing charges… Read More
UTM Library expands Open Access publishing opportunities through Springer TA - August 25, 2025
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) has strengthened its support for Open Access (OA) publishing by enabling researchers to publish articles in eligible Springer Hybrid journals without article processing charges (APCs). The initiative supports academics by making all aspects of their research—such as publications, preprints, data, protocols, methods, and… Read More
OCLC strengthens global open access research infrastructure with CORE sponsorship - August 25, 2025
OCLC has expanded its commitment to supporting open access research infrastructure through a new sponsorship agreement with CORE (COnnecting REpositories). The collaboration builds on recent OCLC partnerships with organizations such as the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF), the International Federation of Library Associations and… Read More
