11 New OA Mandates Since OA Week Challenge Posted
Eleven new mandates in response to the OA Week OA Mandate Challenge raises institutional adoptions to 102 (plus 4 proposed) and departmental adoptions to 26 (4 plus four proposed). There are also 46...
View ArticleSubmission Fees—A Tool in the Transition to Open Access?
The Knowledge Exchange has released Submission Fees—A Tool in the Transition to Open Access?Here's an excerpt from the announcement: read more »
View ArticleWorld's Largest Medical Student Organization Throws Weight Behind Open Access
World's Largest Medical Student Organization Throws Weight Behind Open Access; Student-Led Right to Research Coalition Now Represents Nearly 7 Million Students Internationally via ResourceShelf on...
View ArticleOpen Textbook Publisher Flat World Knowledge Expands its Presence in Canada
Jim Rozsa, Managing Director at Northrose Associates, in Whitby, Ontario, and a network of sales managers are bringing Flat World’s open textbook model to professors and administrators seeking...
View ArticleU.S. Government Funding For Open Education Materials a "Game Changer"
Michael Geist's columnAppeared on February 27, 2011 in the Toronto Star as U.S. digital project signals the rise of versatile e-textbooks read more »
View ArticleSplashes and Ripples: Synthesizing the Evidence on the Impacts of Digital...
Posted: 06 Jun 2011 08:01 PM PDTJISC has released Splashes and Ripples: Synthesizing the Evidence on the Impacts of Digital Resources.Here's an excerpt: read more »
View ArticleKnowledge For All - a new open access initiative
Knowledge for All is an open access and open source citation database of all published scholarly journal literature that is being developed by the global library community, led by the University of...
View ArticleTricouncils'"Comprehensive Brief on Open Access to Publications and Research...
From: http://www.science.gc.ca/default.asp?Lang=En&n=1E7A5F18-1Comprehensive Brief on Open Access to Publications and Research DataWorking together to promote access to the results of publicly...
View ArticlePrinceton goes open access to stop staff handing all copyright to journals –...
Prestigious US academic institution Princeton University will prevent researchers from giving the copyright of scholarly articles to journal publishers, except in certain cases where a waiver may be...
View ArticleCOUNTER Code of Practice for Usage Factors, Draft Release 1
Posted: 18 Mar 2012 08:06 PM PDTCOUNTER (Counting Online Usage of Networked Electronic Resources) has released the COUNTER Code of Practice for Usage Factors, Draft Release 1.Here's an excerpt from the...
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