New Discover Journal series from Springer Nature enables swift route to OA through enhanced author services - June 23, 2020
Springer Nature continues to drive the transition to open access (OA) with the launch of a new fully OA journal series. The Discover series introduces a new streamlined OA publishing experience, extending Springer Nature’s commitment to OA by supporting quick access to high quality research to… Read More
The University of St Andrews joins Frontiers – JISC national open access deal - June 22, 2020
Open access publisher Frontiers has announced that the University of St Andrews has joined the national open access deal agreed between Jisc Collections and Frontiers. The landmark deal provides a simplified and streamlined route to open access publishing for researchers in the… Read More
The University of Liverpool joins the Frontiers – JISC national OA deal - June 19, 2020
The University of Liverpool 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%… Read More
ACS partners with University of Campinas in first OA agreement in Latin America - June 10, 2020
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced the signing of a landmark agreement with the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Brazil. This agreement is the first of its kind that ACS has signed in Latin America and represents a monumental step for… Read More
PLOS and Carnegie Mellon University announce APC-free OA publishing agreement - June 9, 2020
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and the Public Library of Science (PLOS) have announced a two-year open access agreement that allows researchers to publish in PLOS' suite of journals without incurring article processing charges (APC). This partnership brings together two organisations that believe… Read More
Academic library community urge library vendors to continue free access, hold subscription prices steady during COVID-19 pandemic - June 8, 2020
The academic library community is appreciating the ways library vendors and service providers have made electronic resources freely and openly available to support the acute global response to COVID-19 and students’ and faculty members’ necessary and unanticipated shift to temporarily remote teaching, learning, and research. All library resource and service… Read More
Elsevier offers open access to over 60 carefully selected journal articles and book chapters to raise awareness on climate action and biodiversity - June 5, 2020
Elsevier, a global leader in information analytics specialising in science and health, has launched a free access special issue of curated content focused on biodiversity in recognition of World Environment Day. Consisting of journal articles and book chapters supporting the United Nation's… Read More
SAGE Publishing signs new open access publishing agreement with the FinELib Consortium - May 29, 2020
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has signed a new open access publishing agreement with the FinELib Consortium, serving member institutions including Finnish universities, universities of applied sciences, research institutes and public libraries. The three-year read and publish agreement applies to all articles received and accepted from January… Read More
Free Access to Cochrane’s COVID-19 pandemic resources guaranteed - May 28, 2020
All of Cochrane’s COVID-19 related evidence will continue to be freely available to everyone, everywhere on the Cochrane Library (full text) and at Cochrane.org. Cochrane’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic is providing high-quality, relevant and up-to-date synthesised research evidence to inform… Read More
Knowledge Unlatched and EBSCO Information Services partner to support libraries worldwide in their move to OA - May 27, 2020
Knowledge Unlatched (KU), the international initiative for Open Access (OA), and EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) have joined forces to support libraries worldwide in their move to OA. Through cooperation they will help publishers shift paywalled subscription journals to OA publications owing to… Read More
