Guest Post: Plan S Version 2 and the Cost of Quality
EMBO’s Bernd Pulverer looks at the revised Plan S Implementation Guidelines.
Why Should Researchers Volunteer for Global Evidence Gathering Processes?
What could motivate researchers to get involved in global evidence-informed policy influencing processes such as the one led by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – and how can we ensure diversity of researchers and research sources?
Guest Post: Plan S and Humanities Publishing
Jasmin Lange from Brill suggests a path forward for open access in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Guest Post: How to Win the Internet, Digital Single Market Edition: A Ten Step Program
Roy Kaufman of Copyright Clearance Center lays out an argument for a more robust and expansive use of licenses by rightsholders, especially in light of recent developments in the EU.
On Being a Leader Who Happens to Be a Woman of Color: A Conversation with Salina Gray, Raquel Tamez, and Rochelle Williams
What is it like to be a leader who’s a woman of color in a world where senior management is largely dominated by white men? Find out in this conversation with three women of color who are in positions of leadership in scholarly communications and STEM.
Cabell’s Predatory Journal Blacklist: An Updated Review
Two years after its initial entry into the marketplace, Cabell’s Blacklist has matured into a carefully crafted and highly useful directory of predatory and deceptive journals.
Guest Post — The Dissertation Publication Requirement: It’s Time for Reexamination
Guest author Rob Schlesinger encourages a rethink of the common requirement that graduate students publish their dissertations.
Guest Post — One Society’s Journey towards Equity
Randy Townsend from the American Geophysical Union discusses the strides that organization has made toward equity and diversity.
Guest Post — The Library is the Brand
Libraries provide vital digital services to their host institutions. If these services carry clear library identity branding, it strengthens the library’s position in the university and enables it to secure the budget and political capital necessary to do its work.
Guest Post — Protecting Patron Privacy in Digital Resources
Mimi Calter, Deputy University Librarian for Stanford, offers a useful framework for libraries as they consider patron privacy.
Openness: An interview with Daniel Hook, CEO of Digital Science
Robert Harington interviews Daniel Hook, CEO of Digital Science, discussing openness and findings from his recent report entitled The Ascent of Open Access.
Guest Post — Leveling the Playing Field: How to Address Global Imbalances in Scholarly Communication
Andrea Powell, STM’s Publisher Coordinator of Research4Life shares recent discussions about obstacles facing researchers in the Global South, not just in accessing scholarly literature but in performing their own research and finding suitable publication channels to communicate it to a global audience.
Funder Mandates and A Potential Change in Laboratory Dynamics
What happens when regulations around research funding pit the interests of the laboratory head against those of their students and postdocs?
Why You Should Care about Open Access: An Open Letter to Scholarly and Scientific Authors
If you’re a scholarly and scientific author and you think the open access movement is irrelevant to your interests, think again.
NISO and NFAIS Announce Plans to Merge
NISO and NFAIS announced a planned merger yesterday, designed to better serve their members during a time of rapid change.