K-State libraries secure new open access publishing agreements - March 30, 2023
K-State Libraries has secured three new open access publishing agreements with the following publishers - Company of Biologists, Institute of Physics., and the Microbiology Society. These new agreements offer K-State faculty, staff, and students the opportunity to publish articles as open access in… Read More
Brock Library enhancing open access publishing support - March 30, 2023
Brock University is modernizing its model of support for open access publishing to make it more equitable and multi-disciplinary. As the publishing landscape rapidly evolves, the Brock University Library is working to better meet the needs of researchers in line with other Canadian research institutions. New… Read More
DIAMAS launches survey on Diamond Open Access and the institutional publishing landscape - March 29, 2023
The Developing Institutional Open Access Publishing Models to Advance Scholarly Communication (DIAMAS) project has recently launched a survey on Diamond Open Access and the institutional publishing landscape. This consultation aims to map how the sector of scholarly communication is currently organized in order… Read More
University of Bath and Frontiers announce publishing agreement - March 29, 2023
The University of Bath has joined the national open access deal agreed between Jisc Collections and Frontiers. This landmark deal provides a simplified and streamlined route to open-access publishing for researchers in the UK, who publish 7% of the world’s research. This institutional agreement… Read More
The University of Glasgow joins Frontiers – JISC national open access deal - March 24, 2023
The University of Glasgow has joined the national open access deal agreed between Jisc Collections and Frontiers. This deal provides a simplified and streamlined route to open access publishing for researchers in the UK, who publish 7% of the world’s research. This institutional… Read More
Wiley and Turkish Consortium ink historic deal for open access - March 22, 2023
Wiley, one of the world’s largest publishers and a global leader in scientific research and career-connected education, has announced a new three-year open access agreement with The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM), effective January 1, 2023. This agreement is… Read More
Kristianstad University supports open access publishing for eligible authors - March 21, 2023
Kristianstad University (Högskolan Kristianstad) has taken another step in supporting its authors by offering a 10% discount for eligible authors who publish their research articles under the Sweden Open Access Publishing Framework Agreement. This initiative will benefit the corresponding authors affiliated with Kristianstad University.… Read More
Wiley announces open access agreement with Manipal Academy of Higher Education in India - March 20, 2023
Wiley, one of the world's largest publishers and a global leader in scientific research and career-connected education, has announced an open access agreement with Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), an institute of eminence in India. This partnership represents Wiley's first open access agreement… Read More
PLOS welcomes new participants to its open access publishing agreement - March 20, 2023
The Public Library of Science (PLOS) has welcomed several new institutions to its ongoing three-year consortial agreement with Center for Research Libraries (CRL) and the Northeast Research Libraries (NERL) program. These institutions include Duke University, Macalester College, University of Arizona, University… Read More
Transforming open access: publishers and funders join forces in pilot project - March 16, 2023
Thirteen publishers and twelve research funders are collaborating in a new project aimed at advancing open access (OA) publishing. The project, which began earlier this year, builds on the collaborative work done in the OA Switchboard community and previous pilots in 2022. Participants in… Read More