@simon @oatp
If you like, I'd be happy to discuss these issues by email, <peter.suber [at] gmail.com>.

Also note that #OATP might be in its final stages.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hexI0i0L4lWN2rqGLUr364kbKIU3HPIXbml4Juhe57w/edit?tab=t.0

Taking over OATP and TT

Peter Suber Taking over the Open Access Tracking Project and TagTeam What I’d like Background What would this entail? If you take over OATP... If you take over TT... If you take over either project or both... How much time would this take? How much would this cost? My role What ...

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RE: https://social.sciences.re/@Open_Models_Unfoundation/116528078779040755

Glad to see this. Job-seekers should also see items tagged with "oa.jobs" by the Open Access Tracking Project (#OATP, @oatp), since 2009. Crowdsourced. International. Updated continuously.
http://tagteam.harvard.edu/hubs/oatp/tag/oa.jobs

RSS version of same feed.
https://tagteam.harvard.edu/hubs/oatp/tag/rss/oa.jobs

1/ Today is the 17th birthday of the Open Access Tracking Project ( #OATP, @[email protected] ). bit.ly/o-a-t-p #OpenAccess
Open Access Tracking Project - Harvard Open Access Project

1/ Today is the 17th birthday of the Open Access Tracking Project (#OATP, @oatp).
http://bit.ly/o-a-t-p

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#OpenAccess #ScholComm

Open Access Tracking Project - Harvard Open Access Project

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#OATP is a crowd-sourced social-tagging project running on free software to capture news and comment on open access to research. Its mission is (1) to create real-time alerts for OA-related news and comment, and (2) to organize knowledge of the field, by tag or subtopic, for easy searching and sharing.
https://cyber.harvard.edu/hoap/OATP_tags

#TT TagTeam is an open-source tagging platform and feed aggregator developed for the Harvard Open Access Project (HOAP) at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society under the direction of Peter Suber. https://tagteam.harvard.edu/

OATP tags - Harvard Open Access Project

1/ I'm seeking expressions of interest from nonprofit orgs to take over the Open Access Tracking Project ( #OATP, @[email protected] ) and the open-source software on which it runs. Details in this Google doc: bit.ly/TransferOATP #OpenAccess #OpenScience #OpenSource #ScholComm 🧵
Taking over OATP and TT

Peter Suber Taking over the Open Access Tracking Project and TagTeam What I’d like Background What would this entail? If you take over OATP... If you take over TT... If you take over either project or both... How much time would this take? How much would this cost? My role What ...

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1/ I'm seeking expressions of interest from nonprofit organizations to take over the Open Access Tracking Project (#OATP, @oatp) and the open-source software (#TagTeam) on which it runs.

Details in this Google doc:
https://bit.ly/TransferOATP

Contact me <[email protected]> if you have any questions or any level of interest.

#OpenAccess #OpenScience #OpenSource #ScholComm

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Taking over OATP and TT

Peter Suber Taking over the Open Access Tracking Project and TagTeam What I’d like Background What would this entail? If you take over OATP... If you take over TT... If you take over either project or both... How much time would this take? How much would this cost? My role What ...

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Kudos to the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (#HHMI) for strengthening its 2022 #OpenAccess policy to require the immediate sharing of new research through #preprints under #CCBY licenses.
https://hhmicdn.blob.core.windows.net/policies/Immediate-Access-to-Research.pdf

This kind of policy is often called #Plan_U, though HHMI doesn't use that term. The policy takes effect January 1, 2026.

For background, here are the items tagged with "oa.plan_u" in the Open Access Tracking Project (#OATP, @oatp).
https://tagteam.harvard.edu/hubs/oatp/item_search?q=oa.plan_u

#Medicine #ScholComm

I launched the Open Access Tracking Project (#OATP, @oatp) in 2009 and #TagTeam in 2011, and have run them ever since. In that time they've been widely used but seldom reviewed. This morning I was taken by surprise when I saw the lengthy review by Lilly Hoi Sze Ho.
https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/resource-reviews/2025/living-archive-open-access-movement-next-chapter

I was surprised mostly because I had no idea it was coming. (It's a review, and I understand why she didn't contact me first.) But it's also surprisingly positive, surprisingly detailed, and surprisingly accurate. Recommended.

It's true (as she reports) that I'm trying to pass both projects on to new hands.
https://bit.ly/TransferOATP

I can add the update that I might soon succeed. I'm talking now with several nonprofits whose names you'd recognize as major players in the world of #OpenAccess.

A Living Archive of the Open Access Movement Approaches Its Next Chapter

The Open Access Tracking Project offers a real-time alert system for open access news and information. With its founder contemplating retirement, now is the time to strengthen its infrastructure, improve its user experience, and secure its long-term future.

Katina Magazine | Annual Reviews

Last week the Open Access Tracking Project (#OATP, @oatp) turned 16 years old.

Here's the launch announcement from April 16, 2009…
https://legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/04/open-access-tracking-project-oatp.html

… and a longer account from my newsletter two weeks later.
https://dash.harvard.edu/entities/publication/73120378-8868-6bd4-e053-0100007fdf3b

Remember that I'm seeking expressions of interest from nonprofit organizations to take over the OATP. See the details in this Google doc.
https://bit.ly/TransferOATP

Peter Suber, Open Access News