[…] agrees with Sci-Hub’s creator, who wrote: “The effect of long-term operation of Sci-Hub will be that publishers change their…models to support Open Access, because closed access will make no sense.” The transition is underway as we speak. At the turn of the […]
Publishers, librarians, researchers, and funders all have a stake in Open Access. What happens next? See what the Chefs have to say.
Noted journalist and scholarly communication observer Richard Poynder explains why he has given up on the open access movement.
The 2025 policy continues 2021 compliance requirements while also imposing additional mandates and eliminating financial support for open access publishing.
Matthew Salter takes a look at the new open access policy from the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).
A look at open access policies and developments in Canada, especially in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. Part 1 of a 2 part post.
As the success of Subscribe to Open grows, what are the benefits and limitations of the model?
Part 2 of this series looking at open access developments in Canada examines the changing processes and infrastructure needs for open science.
The University of Michigan Press discusses its burgeoning open access monograph program.
A.J. Boston offers recommendations for how funding agencies and research institutions can better lead the change toward open access.
Subscribe To Open: Explore how Annual Reviews plans to leverage subscription payments for gated access journals to convert and sustain the journals as Open Access.
In a novel license agreement, Elsevier agrees to open backfile content from a consortium of elite private institutions. Will other libraries and publishers follow this model?
[…] 2018, we publicly stated our two goals: An integrated agreement that covered access to Elsevier journals as well as default open access publishing for all UC corresponding-authored articles in Elsevier journals. That is, a “publish-and-read” or “offsetting” agreement. An overall cost […]
Robert Harington interviews Daniel Hook, CEO of Digital Science, discussing openness and findings from his recent report entitled The Ascent of Open Access.
A recent opinion paper by Richard Poynder @rickypo offers analysis and prognostication with regard to the current state and future prospects of #openaccess and the open access movement.