Open Access Books Slowly on the Rise
Publishers and libraries are increasingly experimenting with Open Access (OA) books, according to a new survey by industry advisors, Publishers Communication Group (PCG). Books...
Open-access publisher sacks 31 editors amid fierce row over independence
A booming open-access (OA) publishing company has dismissed virtually the entire leadership of two medical journals amid a heated conflict over editorial independence. Frontiers,...
Cambridge launch new open access journal – Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics
Cambridge University Press is delighted to announce a major new open access journal, Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics (GHEG), dedicated to publishing and disseminating...
International repository networks reinforce their aim to develop a global, open access knowledge commons
For a second year in a row, major open access repository networks have met to develop closer ties and further align their expanding repository...
Call for Contributions to the 7th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing (COASP)
The Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association, OASPA, is delighted to be holding the 7th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing (COASP) this year at...
The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam joins Brill Open Access Membership Program
Brill is proud to announce that the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam has decided to join Brill’s Open Access Membership Program. This program allows VU authors...
Cambridge University Press unveils new Open Access Monograph Publishing Service
Cambridge University Press are launching a new Open Access Monograph Publishing Service offering authors a way to publish their books via open access in...
Duke University Press Makes over 140 Titles Available in HathiTrust
Duke University Press, in partnership with Google and HathiTrust, has opened an initial set of 145 of its backlist titles in HathiTrust. These titles are available under...
DOAJ – Twelve Exciting And Important Developments Due For Release
If the SPARC piece we recently featured in didn’t give you a good idea into the amount of work that we’re undertaking to improve...
CERN and Elsevier Announce Further Open Access Agreement
CERN and Elsevier have announced that articles published by CERN authors in Elsevier Physics journals that are not covered by the SCOAP3 Open Access...
Wiley Announces New Open Access Journal: Clinical and Experimental Dental Research
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., today announced the launch of a new open access journal spanning the entire breadth of the dentistry field.
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Oxford University Press is pleased to announce that submissions are now open for a...
As of 2009 the number of people living in urban areas surpassed those living in rural areas, a trend which is only increasing. With...