Last summer NIH issued a new consultation on open access – it may be found at https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-25-138.html – and then offered stakeholders the opportunity to give their views on the five main options they suggested, each of which is aimed at cutting down OA publishing costs. The views – which were very varied – mayContinueContinue reading “The NIH Consultation: Views from Europe and around the world”
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Ave et Vale, Brigitte!
[written by Brigitte Shull] Next week I will return to Springer Nature, joining the OA team. It isn’t goodbye to Gold Leaf though, I’m hopeful that there will be more opportunities for me to collaborate with Linda and Annika Bennett again. I’ve done so for the past 13 years, first as a client at CambridgeContinueContinue reading “Ave et Vale, Brigitte!”
Guardians of Scholarship: how librarians protect and promote copyright in the complex and fast-changing world of Artificial Intelligence
Academic librarians are not only law-abiding but also extremely well-informed. Academics have long relied on librarians’ support as they navigate the choppy waters of open access and copyright; and the recent addition of Artificial Intelligence to the scholarly publishing landscape has made the librarian’s contribution yet more invaluable. Publishers are also deeply indebted to librariansContinueContinue reading ” Guardians of Scholarship: how librarians protect and promote copyright in the complex and fast-changing world of Artificial Intelligence”
Open Access: poised for a great future!
We conclude this series to celebrate Open Access week with an interview with Colleen Campbell, who leads external engagement in the OA transition at the Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL). As coordinator of the OA2020 Initiative, she focuses on capacity-building activities to empower librarians and other stakeholders with strategic insights and essential skills as theyContinueContinue reading ” Open Access: poised for a great future!”
Losing the Forest Through the Trees: Bringing the Goals of the OA Movement Back into Focus
After looking through this year’s OA Week events, I made a note to come back to a few events like “All research results should be made public. CHANGE MY MIND!”. While there were other events that were both eye-catching and worthwhile in the events roster, there was a noticeable lack of content on furthering theContinueContinue reading “Losing the Forest Through the Trees: Bringing the Goals of the OA Movement Back into Focus”
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