Duke joins Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity - October 5, 2010
Duke University has joined a group of leading research institutions in signing a Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity (COPE). The compact seeks to make it easier for researchers to publish their work in open-access scholarly journals, where it would be freely available online. As part of… Read More
Journal on the science of gold to be published as a SpringerOpen journal - September 28, 2010
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced that it will publish Gold Bulletin as a SpringerOpen e-only journal through the sponsorship of the World Gold Council (WGC), starting in 2011. Under this publishing model, the entire contents of the Gold Bulletin will continue to be fully and… Read More
Versita launches OA platform for scholarly journals - September 28, 2010
E-publishing technology solutions provider Versita, Poland, has announced the launch of Versita Open, which allows publishers of scholarly journals to choose an open access model and services that best serve their needs. Versita Open has already attracted over 200 journals across numerous disciplines and expects to… Read More
Oxford University Press’ Oxford Open initiative reaches open access milestone - September 24, 2010
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP), UK, has announced that the 100th journal has now joined its Oxford Open initiative. The Journal of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Infectious Diseases, which are to be published by OUP on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America from… Read More
Thomson Reuters and WIPO launch Access to Specialised Patent Information programme for developing nations - September 20, 2010
The IP Solutions business of Thomson Reuters has announced a partnership with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for the launch of the Access to Specialised Patent Information (ASPI) programme. The ASPI programme will provide industrial property offices and government and academic… Read More
Springer and Helmholtz Association sign agreement for OA membership - August 24, 2010
STM publisher Springer and the Helmholtz Association have signed an agreement for open access membership. The move follows the launch of SpringerOpen, a new series of open access journals that will span all STM disciplines. The agreement covers article processing charges for authors from the participating… Read More
UK’s open data observed to be difficult to comprehend - August 2, 2010
In an official podcast broadcast recently, Richard Sterling, the cabinet official behind the UK government's open data initiative, has expressed concerns that users are not drawing 'sensible conclusions' from public sector data sets. However, visualisation, he states, could provide the answer. Sterling admitted in the podcast that users are striving… Read More
University of Ottawa Press launches open access collection - July 28, 2010
The University of Ottawa Press has announced the launch of a new open access collection that supports free and unrestricted access to scholarly research. As of July 30, 2010, a total of 36 UOP books will be available free to the online community. The initiative is… Read More
Springer expands OA offering to cover all disciplines within the STM fields - June 29, 2010
STM publisher Springer has announced that it is expanding its open access (OA) offering to all disciplines. SpringerOpen (www.springeropen.com) will cover all disciplines within the science, technology and medicine (STM) fields and will be offered in cooperation with BioMed Central. The entire… Read More
MIT Libraries create special fund to support MIT authors publishing in OA journals - June 14, 2010
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Libraries, US, have established a special fund, the MIT Open Access Article Publication Subvention Fund (OAAPSF). The fund seeks to support equity in open-access publication by providing funding to MIT authors who might not otherwise be able to cover publication… Read More
