 Independent Report and Transformative Agreement Toolkit Launched to Support Learned Society Publishers’ Transition to Immediate Open Access and Align with Plan S |
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The report and toolkit are designed to help support learned society publishers to accelerate their transition to Open Access (OA), and enter into transformative agreements that unlock a multi-year transitional pathway compliant with Plan S for hybrid OA titles. Plan S, an initiative of international funders and charitable foundations called cOAlition S, seeks to move to a world where all research findings are made immediately available to all. More Search for more news in this Category |
 Karger Titles for Clinicians and Patients are Highly Commended by the British Medical Association |
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The BMA Medical Book Awards, which celebrate outstanding contributions to medical literature, has awarded or shortlisted Karger Publishers every year for the last 20 years. This year, the BMA has assigned Fast Facts: Lymphoma, 3rd edition from a total of 600 entries in the oncology category as a “Highly Commended” title. More Search for more news in this Category |
 OpenAIRE and Knowledge Unlatched Sign Agreement to Develop Open Research Analytics Service |
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OpenAIRE and Knowledge Unlatched (KU) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop an Open Infrastructure for Open Research Analytics. Both organisations share the common goal of building infrastructure that accelerates the scholarly community’s transition to Open Access. The service will deliver valuable insights to institutions based on the integration of distributed data sources such as usage data from repositories, open access platforms and cost information from OpenAPC. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Yale University and Frontiers Form Open Access Publishing Agreement |
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Yale University and Frontiers have formed an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing. Yale University supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. As part of this support, Yale University Library has entered an institutional agreement with Frontiers. Under the terms of this agreement, Yale-affiliated corresponding authors will benefit from a 15% membership discount on article processing charges (APCs) when publishing in any of Frontiers’ open access journals, irrespective of what fund covers the APC. More Search for more news in this Category |
 Cambridge University Press Partners with RiverMeadow to Implement a Comprehensive Cloud Migration Program |
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RiverMeadow Software® Inc., a leading provider of automated cloud migration software, has announced that it worked with Cambridge University Press® to successfully move its entire server estate to Amazon Web Services (AWS). Cambridge University Press is the world’s oldest publishing house and the second-largest university press in the world. Committed to disseminating knowledge in the pursuit of education, learning and research at the highest international levels of excellence, Cambridge University Press embarked on a complex cloud migration project in May 2018 to re-host all of its servers onto Amazon Web Services (AWS). More Search for more news in this Category |
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The Center for Open Science, Flu Lab, and the Public Library of Science Launch Initiative to Bridge Knowledge Gaps in Influenza Findings |
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The Center for Open Science has announced a collaboration with Flu Lab and the Public Library of Science (PLOS) to launch the Opening Influenza Research project, an initiative to “empty the file drawers” of influenza research. Over the years, negative results, null results, and replication studies from the influenza research community have gone unshared due to detrimental publishing practices that place greater value on novelty and certainty rather than corroboration and transparency. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Caitlin Carter of Johns Hopkins Selected as SPARC VPO for Negotiations |
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SPARC has appointed Caitlin Carter to its team as a visiting program officer. Carter, Scholarly Communication and Open Access Policy Fellow at The Johns Hopkins University Welch Medical Library Baltimore, Maryland, will spend about a quarter of her time in the newly established role. More Search for more news in this Category |
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