The high cost of publishing open access has plagued researchers for years, but a dedicated group of Harvard scientists and librarians are fighting to alleviate the costs of publishing.

BCP Council's cabinet approved the library strategy on 29 October and will progress to full council at a later date for final ...

As more academic journals adopt an open access (OA) approach to publishing, more high-quality research is available for free—and public libraries are well poised to help their patrons and their ...

As informal conversations continue with Elsevier, what’s been the impact so far? Amid cordial negotiations, Wiley and Springer Nature extend access past contract expirations 2 new agreements provide ...

Critics say a directive to make federally funded research immediately free to the public could violate authors’ copyrights. It could also disrupt the $19 billion academic publishing industry. Even as ...

What do we mean by open access? Open access (OA) publishing is a scholarly research model that provides unrestricted access and digital reuse rights to high-quality academic research, articles and ...

Monday marked the beginning of International Open Access Week, but the Open Educational Resources Consortium at the ...

When Galadriel Chilton was an undergraduate English major at Berea College in Kentucky, she remembers asking a reference librarian for help on a project. Instead of going to the bookstacks, the ...

Chandigarh: PU's department of library and information science organised the International Open Access Week from Oct 20 to 26 ...

POST FALLS, ID. -- For months, people have been showing up at libraries in North Idaho, upset over books in the children's section. It's forced them to change the way children can access certain parts ...