RCUK publishes draft Concordat on Open Research Data, seeks feedback on good practice guidelines - August 18, 2015
Research Councils UK (RCUK), on behalf of the UK Open Research Data Forum, published a draft Concordat on Open Research Data, which sets out expectations of good practice in publishing research data openly. The Concordat aims to help ensure that research data gathered and generated… Read More
The Surgery Journal introduces ‘Submit How You Want,’ a new, simplified submission policy for authors - August 17, 2015
The Surgery Journal (TSJ), launched in May 2015, has announced a new, simplified submission policy for authors: 'Submit How You Want.' As a reflection of TSJ's unique approach to questioning and improving established publishing models, authors who choose to submit their work to the journal will not be required… Read More
New privacy guidelines encourage libraries and vendors to work together to protect reader privacy - August 6, 2015
On June 29, 2015, the American Library Association's Intellectual Freedom Committee approved a new document, 'Library Privacy Guidelines for E-book Lending and Digital Content Vendors.' The document, which outlines best practices for vendors to follow to protect the privacy of library users, is intended to encourage… Read More
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to bring FASTR Act up for mark-up on July 29 - July 28, 2015
After a month of intense conversations and negotiations, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) will bring the 'Fair Access to Science and Technology Research (FASTR) Act' up for mark-up on July 29, 2015. The language that will be considered is an amended version… Read More
PeerJ becomes a signatory of the Transparency and Openness Promotion Committee Guidelines - July 10, 2015
Open access publisher PeerJ has expressed its commitment to the principles of transparency in scientific research by becoming a signatory of the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Committee Guidelines, a set of author guidelines that journals can adopt to enhance the transparency of the research they… Read More
LA Referencia adopts OpenAIRE guidelines - July 8, 2015
COAR member LA Referencia, the Latin America Open Access Repositories network, has adopted major elements of OpenAIRE Guidelines to improve global interoperability. LA Referencia is an initiative of public science and technology organisations of nine countries that offers a regional Open Access repository harvesting service. … Read More
Cambridge University Press launches new Open Access subscription policy to prevent double-dipping - July 7, 2015
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press is launching a new policy to prevent charging both authors and subscribers for Open Access journal content (so-called double-dipping). The new policy discounts 2016 subscription prices for journals that have received Open Access (OA) Article Processing Charges (APCs) from authors… Read More
The BMJ becomes first general medical journal to require data sharing for all submitted trials - July 2, 2015
The BMJ, a weekly peer-reviewed medical journal, requires sharing of individual patient data for all clinical trials, effective July 1, 2015. This means that trials will be considered for publication only if the authors agree to make the relevant anonymised patient level data available on reasonable… Read More
Association of Research Libraries expresses support for principles of transparency and openness - June 26, 2015
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has expressed its support for the principles of transparency and openness. The association has joined an effort to reform research and publishing practices. Transparency and reproducibility are cornerstones of how science creates knowledge. Evidence for scientific claims should be shared… Read More
ARL joins 252 groups, 10 business leaders in a call to action for American ‘Innovation Imperative’ - June 24, 2015
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has joined scores of other organizations as well as leaders of American business, industry, higher education, science, and engineering in an urgent call to action for stronger federal policies and investment to drive domestic research and development. The move follows… Read More
