Ireland launches national portal for open access to research - June 9, 2010
RIAN, Ireland's new national portal for open access (OA) to Irish published research, went live on June 8, 2010. The portal (www.rian.ie) will contain content harvested from the institutional repositories of the seven Irish universities and Dublin Institute of Technology. It is… Read More
USPTO and Google partner to provide bulk patent and trademark Data to the public - June 3, 2010
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has entered into a no-cost, two-year agreement with Google to make bulk electronic patent and trademark public data available to the public in bulk form. Under the deal, the USPTO will provide Google with existing bulk, electronic files,… Read More
Glaxo shares research data online for drug development - May 26, 2010
The Linux operating system, about a decade ago, is seen to have helped spark a revolution in how software is developed. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, a move by drug maker GlaxoSmithKline PLC could now test how well similar open source principles… Read More
Concordia University passes landmark Senate Resolution on Open Access - April 23, 2010
The Concordia University has announced that its academic community has passed a landmark Senate Resolution on Open Access. The resolution encourages all of its faculty and students to make their peer-reviewed research and creative output freely accessible via the internet. Concordia claims to be the first… Read More
University of Pennsylvania forms Committee on Open Access Publishing - March 25, 2010
The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia has announced the appointment of a Committee on Open Access Publishing, comprised of faculty and ex officio staff from across the University. The Committee, appointed by Provost Vincent Price and Senior Vice Provost for Research Steven J. Fluharty, is examining… Read More
Scholarly publishers confirm support for MIT’s open access policy - March 22, 2010
The faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has announced that a year after the faculty adopted a policy to open access to their scholarly articles, many scholarly publishers have confirmed their support. More than 850 articles have been added to the MIT Open Access… Read More
UKSG adds new chapters to ‘E-Resources Management Handbook’ - March 8, 2010
The UKSG has announced the latest chapters to be added to the E-Resources Management Handbook, its open access guide to the practical aspects of working with e-resources. The handbook comprises 27 chapters on topics such as licensing, archiving, marketing and ERM systems. Recent chapters include ‘Peer… Read More
SPARC releases guide on open access publishing funds for campuses - March 5, 2010
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has released a new guide and supporting web resource exploring campus-based open access (OA) publishing funds. Authored by SPARC consultant Greg Tananbaum, the new resources survey the current North American landscape of OA funds and explore key emerging… Read More
Springer and University of Hong Kong in deal for Open Choice programme - February 23, 2010
The University of Hong Kong Libraries has announced an agreement with STM publisher Springer, Germany. The deal allows researchers at the affiliated institutions of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) to publish their research in Springer journals using Springer Open Choice. Springer operates the Springer Open… Read More
Royal Holloway formally approves open access mandate for all research - February 16, 2010
Bedford Library Royal Holloway, University of London, has become the latest university in the UK to give formal approval to an open access publication policy requiring its researchers to deposit copies of their research in the Royal Holloway Research Online (RHRO) repository from September 1, 2010.… Read More
