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
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
