cOAllition S emphasizes that support for its Transformative Journal programme will cease by the end of this year.

https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/transformative-journals-analysis-from-the-2023-reports/

Is there an argument that even this is too late?

That a lot of damage has already been done through:

1) @cOAlitionS_OA's tacit positioning of APCs as the main model for paying for open access, the enshrining of this model, and the introduction of it in places where it did not operate previously?

2) the embedding of this APC model in some organisational budgets?

3) the ensuing extraction of large amounts of money from the higher education system over the period between the launch of cOAllition S in 2018 and the end of this programme 2024?

#publishing #oa #OpenAccess #openhumanities #ScholarlyPublishing #OpenAccess #DiamondOA #NoAPCs #OpenScience

Another article framing open access primarily in economic terms - according to its success or otherwise as a sustainable business model.

This time, it's all about what's referred to as 'the MIT Press model'.

Funny how a legacy press can be late to the open access party and yet still seen as leading the way:

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/digital-publishing/2024/05/28/mit-press-could-shift-higher-educations

#ScholarlyPublishing #OpenAccess #DiamondOA #NoAPCs #OpenScience

Just got off a call with the editor-in-chief of a journal that moved from paywall-based publishing with Cambridge University Press to university-hosted independent publishing under a diamond OA model (no APCs) with PKP/OJS.

TL;DR it's going great.

Submissions are up, quality has been maintained, and now over 50% of papers have one or more Global South-based authors (previously ~10%). [according to @OpenAlex data]

#OpenAccess #DiamondOA #OJS #NoAPCs

“ Who loses when scientific research is locked behind paywalls?

Announcing our expanded policy for open access to scientific research, after a decade of experiences and learnings.”

https://www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/articles/research-paywall-open-access

#OpenAccess #NoAPCs

🚨 SIGNIFICANT, POSITIVE ANNOUNCEMENT ALERT 🚨

The European Mathmatical Society, working with research libraries, have found a way to make ALL of the research journals they publish open access, without the need for author-side fees (no APCs!). Bravo @EuroMathSoc

https://ems.press/updates/2024-02-06-2024-s2o-announcement

#S2O #SubscribeToOpen #OpenAccess #NoAPCs

88 subscription journals across 24 publishers are aiming to convert to open access via the Subscribe to Open pathway from Jan 2025, with Project MUSE

https://about.muse.jhu.edu/news/publisher-participation-elevates-S2O

#S2O #SubscribeToOpen #OpenAccess #NoAPCs #EquitableOA

ALL of the new 2024 MIT Press academic books will be open access again, 3rd year running, thanks to the 'Direct to Open' model

https://mitpress.mit.edu/mit-presss-direct-to-open-reaches-annual-funding-goal-opens-access-to-full-list-of-2024-monographs/

#OABooks #OAmonographs #NoAPCs #NoBPCs #EquitableOA #OpenAccess

Come to this webinar and learn how Bulgaria 🇧🇬 and Slovenia 🇸🇮 are arguably leading the charge on immediate open access to research in Europe:

Date: 29th January
Time: 13:00 – 14:00 CET
12:00 – 13:00 UK & IRL

Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fT8wSZ3TSkeLMH3941Qu_g

Details: https://www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/29-january-event-new-legislative-developments-in-support-of-open-science-bulgaria-and-slovenia/

The speakers will be Dr Maja Bogataj Jančič & Dr Ana Lazarova.

#OpenAccess #Copyright #SecondaryPublishingRights
#ImmediateOpenAccess #NoEmbargoes #NoAPCs