The independent academic publisher De Gruyter has reorganized the management of its open access business by integrating peer-reviewed open access activities more closely within Editorial activities. A separate business unit is being created to offer open access publishing services for third parties.

OpenAthens has published a new white paper that discusses the complexities facing information professionals and publishers when ensuring the security of access and authentication processes.

Research Solutions, Inc., (OTCQB: RSSS), a pioneer in cloud-based solutions for scientific research, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Reprints Desk, Inc., has joined Eduserv’s OpenAthens federation.

eLife, the non-profit initiative inspired by research funders and led by scientists, aims to help scientists accelerate discovery by operating a platform for research communication that encourages and recognises the most responsible behaviours in science. eLife is now working with Overleaf, Manuscripts.app, PubRef and Authorea, to allow authors to write and submit research to the journal as quickly and easily as possible.

With state-of-the-art technology ScienceOpen enriches and exposes the context of research articles for enhanced discovery and interaction.

The Max Planck Digital Library and Taylor & Francis Group have signed an agreement which enables researchers based in Max Planck institutes to publish open access in 2,390 journals, under a centrally funded arrangement.

Open access - the online digital delivery of scholarly research free of charge and without most copyright and licensing restrictions—has grown from a conceptual movement to transformational force in scientific, technical and medical (STM) publishing.

OpenAthens has delivered the first phase of OpenAthens Access, its new software as a service (SaaS) product for service providers (SP). The new dashboard unifies two previously separate systems for easier resource set up and quicker membership to federations.

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) today announced the launch of a new open access program, IET Open. The creation of the program underpins the IET’s commitment to supporting open science across engineering disciplines to progress research across all areas.

For the first time, a study has developed scenarios for restructuring transitioning Switzerland's scientific publication system towards Open Access (OA). The study was initiated by the SNSF in collaboration with the Scientific Information programme (SUC P-2) run by swissuniversities. It recommends a model that proposes a pragmatic and flexible way of making publicly funded research freely available at no charge and with no delay.

Concordia celebrated this next-generation library initiative and the donors who made it possible — the Birks Family Foundation and Brian and Carolyn Neysmith — on October 27. View photos from the event on Flickr, or listen to a podcast of the event.