by Caroline Winter | 22 October 2021 | Community News, English, Observations, Observations and Responses
The 14th annual International Open Access Week runs from October 25–31, 2021, and this year’s theme is “It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity.” This theme was chosen to align with the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science (see “UNESCO’s Recommendation on Open Science”), which “powerfully articulates and centers the importance of equity in pursuing a future for scholarship that is open by default” (Fandel 2021).
by Caroline Winter | 25 June 2021 | English, Observations, Observations and Responses
In March 2021, The University of California (UC) announced a “breakthrough” open access (OA) agreement with Elsevier, the world’s largest scientific publisher (2021). Under the agreement, all articles with a lead author based at UC will be OA upon publication, and researchers at UC will have access to read articles in Elsevier journals.
by Caroline Winter | 25 June 2021 | French, Observations, Observations and Responses
En mars 2021, l’University of California a annoncé un accord de libre accès révolutionnaire avec Elsevier, le plus grand éditeur scientifique au monde (2021). En vertu de l’accord, tous les articles avec un auteur principal basé à l’UC seront en libre accès dès leur publication, et les chercheurs de l’UC auront accès à la lecture d’articles dans les revues Elsevier.
by Caroline Winter | 19 March 2021 | English, Observations, Observations and Responses
As the international open access (OA) movement gains momentum, the question of how to make the shift to OA for monographs is becoming more pressing and, in recent years, efforts to determine a sustainable model for publishing OA monographs have increased.
by Caroline Winter | 19 March 2021 | French, Observations, Observations and Responses
À mesure que le mouvement international de libre accès prend de l’ampleur, la question de savoir comment passer à libre accès pour les monographies devient de plus en plus pressante et, ces dernières années, les efforts visant à déterminer un modèle durable de publication de monographies en libre accès se sont intensifiés.