The launch of Google Dataset Search has been big news. Aaron Tay considers the implications for librarians and researchers.
Posted 20 September 2018
11 national research funding organisations have launched an initiative called cOAlition S.
Posted 05 September 2018
Publisher joins RNIB Bookshare and Talking Books.
Posted 05 September 2018
UK publishing houses have had their best year overall; but textbooks have taken a massive hit.
Posted 19 July 2018
Grant will enable an analysis and audit of all known open source authoring and publishing platforms.
Posted 05 July 2018
OPF sets out long-term plans for the organisation.
Posted 05 July 2018
An analysis of Springer Nature hybrid journal content shows how OA drives impact and usage.
Posted 04 July 2018
The Software Heritage Archive project sets out to collect and preserve software in source code form.
Posted 04 July 2018
Repository aims to increase the visibility and impact of research outputs generated by cultural institutions.
Posted 03 July 2018
Worldwide calendar of Open Access events.
Posted 26 June 2018
A wide range of topics were covered at INFORUM in Prague, including library strategy and advocacy, tech developments, preservation, archiving and digitisation.
Posted 12 June 2018
Sciendo provides publishing services and solutions to third parties.
Posted 17 May 2018
Campaign wants to uncover research-based solutions to real-world problems.
Posted 17 May 2018
IOP Publishing has announced a new peer review information module for its online papers.
Posted 17 May 2018
Collaboration wants to create a coherent map of the open ecosystem.
Posted 17 May 2018
Over 2700 people around the world have signed the petition so far.
Posted 04 May 2018
Two beneficiaries have received the transferred works.
Posted 27 April 2018
Universities are looking beyond traditional publishing pathways to disseminate research. Megan Taylor and Kathrine Jensen outline ways that a University Press can engage scholarly communities.
Posted 25 April 2018
Version 1.0 is now available as a Gitbook.
Posted 18 April 2018
Pilot project to test how blockchain can support the peer review project.
Posted 09 March 2018
Latest OA e-zine describes the current situation and plans for the next two years.
Posted 09 March 2018
A new report from Wellcome explores how the UK and EU can work together to ensure strong research collaboration post-Brexit.
Posted 08 March 2018
It's time to look back on the impact of five years of OA and to look to the future.
Posted 08 March 2018
Additional charges for older papers had been proposed.
Posted 25 February 2018
The winners will use the funding to run Open events around the world.
Posted 25 February 2018