Tag Archives: Linda Bennett

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!”

Views from Malaysia and China At its outset, the Open Access movement focused especially on Europe, where it was pushed forward significantly by the twin drivers of national mandates and funder stipulations.  Australia and New Zealand were also quick to embrace OA. It reached the rest of the world in a slower and more measuredContinueContinue reading “Open Access: the Asian 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 canContinueContinue reading “Open Access: the American perspective”

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 movementContinueContinue reading “Exploring Scholarly Publishing: The Complex Journey Towards Open Access”

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 mindfulContinueContinue reading “Open Access: the triumphs, tragedies and tribulations – an Open Access retrospective”