cOAlition S statement sets clear direction for academic books to become OA - September 9, 2021
cOAlition S has just issued its statement on Open Access (OA) for academic books. With this statement, cOAlitition S sets a clear direction for academic books to become OA. It recommends that “All academic books based on original research that was directly supported with funding from… Read More
UW Libraries and Cambridge University Press sign OA publishing agreement - September 8, 2021
Research published by corresponding authors based at the University of Wyoming will be made open access at no additional cost, owing to a new partnership between UW Libraries and Cambridge University Press (CUP). Through the read-and-publish agreement, UW authors have the opportunity to… Read More
CRKN to manage central licensing and invoicing for D2O from the MIT Press - September 3, 2021
The MIT Press and the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) have announced that CRKN will handle central licensing and invoicing for Direct to Open (D2O) for their member libraries. An innovative, sustainable framework for open access monographs, D2O moves professional and scholarly books from… Read More
American Astronomical Society to transition entire journal portfolio to gold OA - September 2, 2021
IOP Publishing (IOPP) has announced its support for the American Astronomical Society (AAS) as it transitions its entire journal portfolio to gold open access (OA). IOPP has worked in partnership with the AAS, a leading non-profit professional society for astronomers, to publish their prestigious… Read More
KU Libraries accepting nominations for 8th annual Shulenburger Award for Innovation & Advocacy in Scholarly Communication - September 2, 2021
The University of Kansas Libraries are now accepting nominations for the eighth annual Shulenburger Award for Innovation & Advocacy in Scholarly Communication. The award will be granted for exceptional efforts to advance innovations in open sharing and advocacy for positive change in the scholarly communication system. … Read More
NERL and CRL in deal to support D2O from the MIT Press - August 31, 2021
The MIT Press, the NorthEast Research Libraries (NERL), and the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) have announced that NERL will handle the central licensing and invoicing for MIT Press’ Direct to Open (D2O) for NERL and CRL member… Read More
Royal Society of Chemistry launches new Gold OA journal – Energy Advances - August 25, 2021
The Royal Society of Chemistry has announced that its new Gold OA journal Energy Advances focuses on energy science, and in particular the interdisciplinarity required for breakthroughs in the field. Energy Advances welcomes research from any related discipline including materials science, engineering, technology, biosciences… Read More
Karger Publishers partners with ChronosHub to further support the Open Science movement - August 18, 2021
Karger Publishers and ChronosHub have launched a partnership to further support the Open Science movement. The partnership will play a central role in supporting the transition to Open Science for Karger Publishers’ authors and institutional customers through a simplified user experience. It will ensure that unnecessary… Read More
SCOSS Campaign: DOAB/OAPEN reaches key funding milestone - August 18, 2021
The Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) and OAPEN, jointly part of SCOSS’s second funding cycle, has met a significant milestone by reaching its three-year funding goal of 505,000 Euros in about 18 months, despite the COVID-19 challenge. A global funding community of 89… Read More
IntechOpen: one of the most significant contributors to OA book growth in DOAB - August 17, 2021
In a recent report developed by OASPA and Delta Think, a strategic consulting and advisory firm, IntechOpen was identified as one of the most significant contributors to the growth of Open Access books indexed in DOAB. Using data from OASPA,… Read More
