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SCOAP3 Deadline for Participation Drawing Near
The SCOAP3 model is built on redirecting funds currently used to pay for subscriptions to participating journals to support their conversion to open access, as well as to cover article-processing...
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ASAP Award Recipients Announced
The three award recipients of the Accelerating Science Award Program (ASAP) were announced October 21 in Washington, DC, at the Open Access Week kick-off event hosted by SPARC and the...
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SHARE Tenets and Overview
SHared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE) Tenets and Overview share-tenets-and-overview.pdf
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Sloan Foundation Awards ARL Grant to Develop SHARE for Access to Publicly Funded Research
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has been awarded $50,000 from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to help develop the proposed SHared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE). SHARE is a joint...
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PLOS Announces Finalists for Accelerating Science Award Program
PLOS, the Public Library of Science, today announced the six finalists for the Accelerating Science Award Program (ASAP). The program recognizes the use of scientific research, published through open access,...
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Canceling Green OA Journals: A Very Expensive Way to Not Save Money (while impeding your community’s access)
A guest post by Ellen Finnie Duranceau, Program Manager, Scholarly Publishing and Licensing, Massachusetts Institute of Technology In a recent blog post, prompted by a recent listserv thread, Joseph Esposito...
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Register Now for ARL Fall Forum: Mobilizing the Research Enterprise
Registration is open for the ARL Fall Forum 2013, “Mobilizing the Research Enterprise,” to be held in Arlington, Virginia, October 10–11. The program will explore the opportunities and collaborations in...
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Higher Ed Associations Form Joint Steering Group to Build Federated System for Publicly Funded Research
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Association of American Universities (AAU), and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today announced the formation of a joint steering group...
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Open Access Week 2013
Open Access Week, a global event now entering its sixth year, is an opportunity for the academic and research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of open...
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LCA Submits Statement to House Committee Regarding Copyright and Innovation
On July 24, 2013, Jonathan Band, on behalf of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA), submitted a statement on the role of copyright in innovation to the US House of Representatives...