Open access perspectives
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German researchers resign editorship of Elsevier journals in open access dispute
Projekt DEAL has been attempting to negotiate a nationwide open access license agreement with publisher Elsevier.
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Open access research monographs
A new report looks at policies, funding, and publishing in regard to open access research monographs in eight European countries.
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Some notable developments in open information
Nearly half of recent research papers are now open access, Wikimedia 2030 has been released, and Thesis Commons has been…
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The challenges involved in open science
One project that’s attempting to keep science and innovation as open as possible is the EU’s Open Science Cloud.
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Development and Access to Information (DA2I) report
Information access, particularly through libraries, makes an important contribution to promoting more socially and economically inclusive societies.
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Many knowledge management researchers aren’t practicing what the profession preaches
With knowledge sharing, it's unfortunately a case of do what we say, not do what we do.
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New browser extension assists access to legal, open access, full text research
Unpaywall is a browser extension for Chrome and Firefox.
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Open access trends: the good, the bad, and the irony
Journal publishers are initiating content sharing and agreeing to open access demands, but the predatory journal problem is on the…
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Open Access Week and the battle for open access
This week is International Open Access Week, which this year has the theme “Open for Collaboration”. Free and immediate online…