Seven Years of Policy Analysis at the OSPO: New Wikibook Volumes Capture Movement’s Evolution 

Seven Years of Policy Analysis at the OSPO: New Wikibook Volumes Capture Movement’s Evolution 

by | 13 October 2025 | Community News, English

The Open Scholarship Policy Observatory has published four comprehensive volumes (two in English and two in French) documenting seven years of policy analysis and observations from the rapidly evolving open scholarship landscape. The collections, freely accessible through Open Scholarship Press via the Wikibooks platform, trace the movement’s development from foundational tensions to emerging challenges around artificial intelligence and community-controlled infrastructure.

Are Bots Re-Shaping Open Access? 

Are Bots Re-Shaping Open Access? 

by | 7 October 2025 | English, Insights and Signals Reports

Modern AI training bots are overwhelming open access repositories worldwide, potentially forcing institutions to choose between protecting their infrastructure and maintaining open principles. This insights and signals report offers a brief introduction to ‘bots,’ some of the issues they pose, as well as some early responses from the open access and open scholarship community.

Are Bots Re-Shaping Open Access? 

Les robots IA sont-ils en train de remodeler le libre accès ?

by | 7 October 2025 | French, Insights and Signals Reports

Les robots d’indexation IA modernes envahissent les dépôts en libre accès à travers le monde, obligeant potentiellement les institutions à choisir entre la protection de leur infrastructure et le maintien des principes d’ouverture. Ce rapport « Insights and Signals » présente brièvement les « robots », certains des problèmes qu’ils posent, ainsi que quelques premières réactions de la communauté du libre accès et de la recherche ouverte.