by jzilm | Dec 9, 2009 | News, OA policies & mandates, Open access
The Obama administration wants OA for federally-funded research December 9, 2009 | Peter Suber’s Blog The Obama administration is calling for public comments on ways to enhance access to federally-funded research. From today’s announcement: With this...
by jzilm | Dec 9, 2009 | News, OA policies & mandates, Open access
December 8, 2009 The University of Ottawa is the first Canadian university to adopt a comprehensive open access program that supports free and unrestricted access to scholarly research. The University's new program includes: • a commitment to make the...
by jzilm | Dec 6, 2009 | News, OA policies & mandates, Open access
Thursday, November 26, 2009 The School of Environmental Sciences has taken a leadership role in promoting Open Access on campus by establishing a policy for their researchers. See the Policy Statement below and visit their collections in the Atrium. Policy Statement...
by jzilm | Oct 20, 2009 | News, OA policies & mandates, Open access
Michael Geist | The Star.com | October 19, 2009 This week is International Open Access Week with universities around the world taking stock of the emergence of open access as a critical part of research and innovation. The basic principle behind open access is to...
by jzilm | Apr 7, 2009 | News, OA policies & mandates, Open access
University of California Libraries and Springer Sign Pilot Agreement for Open Access Journal Publishing The University of California Libraries and Springer Science+Business Media (Springer) have concluded a ground-breaking experimental agreement to support open access...
by jzilm | Mar 20, 2009 | News, OA policies & mandates, Open access
From Peter Suber | Open Access News This afternoon (March 18), the MIT faculty unanimously adopted a university-wide OA mandate. Here’s the resolution the faculty approved (thanks to Hal Abelson, MIT professor of computer science and engineering, who chaired the...
