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Read more: Open Access: the American perspective
Open Access: the American perspective
The view from the USA The USA is a pivotal country in the development and success of the Open Access project. There is no federal mandate obliging authors to observe the tenets of OA, but some states have come close to making this a requirement. Funders are particularly powerful in this context, since they can
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Read more: Exploring Scholarly Publishing: The Complex Journey Towards Open Access
Exploring Scholarly Publishing: The Complex Journey Towards Open Access
The view from Germany Germany was one of the first countries to adopt an organized approach to Open Access. In 2016 it set up Projekt DEAL to negotiate Read & Publish agreements with publishers. In our second post to celebrate Open Access Week, Dr Gernot Deinzer reviews the successes and challenges of the OA movement
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Read more: Open Access: the triumphs, tragedies and tribulations – an Open Access retrospective
Open Access: the triumphs, tragedies and tribulations – an Open Access retrospective
The view from the UK It is more than 30 years since Stevan Harnad began his first “experiment” with the concept of OA, though of course the movement has gained much greater momentum over the past decade. Open Access week takes place between 21st and 25th October this year. To celebrate – and ever mindful
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Read more: Space for study: the art and science of modern library creation
Space for study: the art and science of modern library creation
19 September 2024, 15.00-16.30 CET(2pm-3.30pm BST) Webinar hosted by Gold Leaf, sponsored by De Gruyter Today’s academic library must take a proactive approach to modern study and research. It is not merely a repository of information, not merely a place for individual scholarship and not merely a building: though it is also all of these
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Read more: Embracing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: social justice and the modern university
Embracing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: social justice and the modern university
20 June 2024, 15.00-16.30 CET(2pm-3.30pm BST) Webinar hosted by Gold Leaf, sponsored by De Gruyter Academic institutions worldwide are increasingly embracing the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). As centers of knowledge and information, academic libraries are ideally positioned to promote DEI. But what exactly does DEI entail, and why is it so crucial
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