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Thursday, May 24, 2018
Theme of 2018 International Open Access Week To Be “Designing Equitable Foundations for Open Knowledge”
Open AccessThe 2018 Open Access Week Advisory Committee is pleased to announce that the theme for the 2018 International Open Access Week, to be held October 22-28, will be “Designing equitable foundations for open knowledge.”
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Friday, May 11, 2018
Open Science Projects Collaborate on Joint Roadmap
Open Access · Open DataA group of organizations building nonprofit, open-source tools for scholarship and publication has joined with open-science researchers in a new collaboration to develop a Joint Roadmap for Open Science Tools (JROST).
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Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Environmental Protection Agency Rule on ‘Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science’
Open Access · Open DataEPA seeking public comments on a controversial new proposed rule on 'Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science'
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Thursday, April 12, 2018
BOAI 15 Survey Report Released
Open AccessAs part of the recognition of the 15th anniversary of the Budapest Open Access Initiative, a global community survey was conducted to take stock of progress toward Open Access and to gauge the main obstacles to the widespread adoption of Open Access. Results of the survey have just been released.
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Tuesday, March 20, 2018
AB 2192, a bill to modify The California Taxpayer Access to Publicly Funded Research Act
Open AccessAB 2192 would ensure that articles reporting on California state research funding are publicly available to all.
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Friday, March 16, 2018
ACRL/SPARC Forum at ALA Annual 2018
Open AccessCo-hosted by ACRL/ReSEC and SPARC, the forum at the 2018 ALA Annual Conference will be focused on “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Scholarly Communication.” While governments, funders, universities, publishers, and scholars are increasingly adopting open policies and practices, how these ...
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Friday, February 2, 2018
Community Efforts to Combat “Predatory” Publishers
Open AccessThe problem of "predatory" publishers is often the first issue raised by faculty in conversations about Open Access. Authors (rightly) complain of being spammed with solicitations to publish in questionable journals. Attempts to combat the problem with “blacklists” and similar tactics have met ...
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