by Caroline Winter | 6 January 2023 | English, Observations, Observations and Responses
In March 2022, Science Europe, cOAlition S, Open Scholarly Communication in the European Research Area for Social Sciences and Humanities (OPERAS), and the French National Research Agency announced the release of an Action Plan for Diamond Open Access (Ancion et al. 2022). This Action Plan includes recommendations for supporting and expanding the diamond model of open access (OA). Whereas gold OA refers to publications made openly available to read on journals’ websites (often, though not necessarily, supported by article processing charges or APCs) and green OA refers to publications made free to read through deposit in a repository, diamond OA refers to publications that are free for readers and for authors (see “What are the Different Types of Open Access” from Open Access Australasia).
by Caroline Winter | 6 January 2023 | French, Observations, Observations and Responses
En mars 2022, Science Europe, cOAlition S, Open Scholarly Communication in the European Research Area for Social Sciences and Humanities (OPERAS) et l’Agence nationale de la recherche ont annoncé la publication du document Action Plan for Diamond Open Access (Ancion et al. 2022). Ce plan d’action comprend des recommandations pour soutenir et étendre le modèle du libre accès diamant. Alors que le libre accès doré fait référence aux publications rendues librement disponibles pour lire sur les sites Web des revues (souvent, mais pas nécessairement, subventionnées par des frais de publication d’articles) et que le libre accès vert fait référence aux publications rendues librement disponibles pour un dépôt, le libre accès diamant fait référence à des publications gratuites pour les lecteurs et pour les auteurs (voir “What are the Different Types of Open Access” d’Open Access Australasia).
by Caroline Winter | 9 December 2022 | French, Observations, Observations and Responses
Le 25 août 2022, l’Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) des États-Unis a publié un mémo intitulé Ensuring free, immediate, and equitable access to federally funded research et un communiqué de presse l’accompagnant. Ce mémo, appelé le mémo Nelson parce qu’il a été écrit par Alondra Nelson, en ce temps-là directrice par intérim de l’OSTP, présente les orientations politiques en matière d’accès public (libre accès) pour les agences fédérales américaines qui financent la recherche et le développement. Le rapport de l’OSTP Economic Landscape of Federal Public Access Policy, aussi publié en août 2022, examine les effets économiques potentiels du libre accès immédiat à la recherche financée par le gouvernement fédéral.
by Caroline Winter | 9 December 2022 | English, Observations, Observations and Responses
On August 25, 2022, the US Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released a memo called Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Researchand an accompanying media release. This memo, dubbed the Nelson Memo after Alondra Nelson, then acting Director of the OSTP, outlines public access (open access, OA) policy guidance for US federal agencies that fund research and development. Also released in August 2022 was the OSTP report Economic Landscape of Federal Public Access Policy, which examines potential economic effects of making federally funded research open access upon publication.
by Caroline Winter | 29 September 2022 | English, Observations, Observations and Responses
As discussed in the observation “Open Access Monographs,” published in March 2021, increasing attention has been paid in recent years to strategies for successfully publishing open access (OA) monographs and other long-form publications such as book chapters. Martin Eve and Anthony Cond described 2021 as “the year of the ‘starting pistol’” for OA books, with the release of Plan S guidelines for OA monographs, UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) new OA policy that for the first time applies to monographs, and the countdown to the UK’s next Research Excellence Framework (REF) (2021). This observation summarizes select developments related to OA monograph publishing over the past year.
