A major HEFCE study on “Monographs and open access” has been released. The study was led by Geoffey Crossick and focuses on monographs in the…
Cambridge University published ‘Open Access and the Humanities’ in November 2014, with the ebook version available as open access. Subtitled ‘Contexts, controversies and the future’ it…
Executive Director of Jisc Digital Resources and CEO of Jisc Colections, Lorraine Estelle, has written a very thought provoking piece about the price of open access…
Dr Caroline Edwards, Co-Director of the Open Library for Humanities, gave a keynote speech at ‘Discovering Open Practices’ training event for PhD students. She discussed…
This A pan-European Open Scholarship Initiative involving 50 partners, from all EU countries, and beyond, will collaborate to work on this large-scale initiative that aims…
Today the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced it will become an open access funder from 1st January 2015. This will especially apply to “low and…
We’ve just found this open access infographic on our @ednaplib twitter account. Published in ‘Science’, it uses a timeline to show the increase in scientific information published and shows the rise in open…
As an early career researcher, Wiley Advisor and Sense About Science Voice of Young Science member, Daniel Amund shares his thoughts and feelings on Open Access. He sees the benefits…
Earlier today HEFCE published information and audit requirements for the policy for open access in the post-2014 REF. Go to their website where you’ll see…
New Jisc blog by Mafalda Picarra discusses the European approach to Open Access. Is it as high on the agenda for researchers across Europe as it is…