Did you know that the first English translation of Einstein’s work on relativity was done by two Indian scientists, J.Ch. Bose and M. Saha, who taught themselves German to access research in German journals?
Well, I did not.
James Poskett’s “Horizons" is a great read, that puts modern science back where it belongs: out of the hands of the white European lone male genius, into the middle of a global history of intense exchanges between all parts of the world. (Even a few women made it! Yay!)
.@[email protected] confirms that financial support for Transformative Agreements and Journals will end after 2024. Instead, funders will direct their efforts to innovative and community-led #OpenAccess publishing initiatives.
https://www.coalition-s.org/coalition-s-confirms-the-end-of-its-financial-support-for-open-access-publishing-under-transformative-arrangements-after-2024/ #Plan_S
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/cOAlitionS_OA/status/1618549734666534913
<p>Transformative arrangements – including Transformative Agreements and Transformative Journals – were developed to encourage subscription journals to transition to full and immediate open access within a defined timeframe (31st December 2024, as specified in the Plan S Implementation Guidance). After careful consideration of the outcomes of transformative arrangements, the leadership of cOAlition S reaffirms that, […]</p>
Huge step by @[email protected] towards #N8RightsRetention 💪
“Rights Retention means researchers have a strong hand in terms of control over their own work”, states @[email protected].
Simply said: #PublishWithPower - #RetainYourRights
✍️https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/n8-research-partnership-rights-retention-means-researchers-have-a-strong-hand-in-terms-of-control-over-their-own-work/
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/cOAlitionS_OA/status/1617921916093992960
<p>In 2008 Harvard’s Faculty of Arts & Sciences voted unanimously to adopt a ground-breaking open access policy. Since then, over 70 other institutions, including other Harvard faculties, Stanford and MIT, have adopted similar policies based on the Harvard model. In Europe, such institutional policies have, so far, been slow to get off the ground. But we are […]</p>
New project officially launching: the PALOMERA project team is meeting today and tomorrow for the face-to-face kick-off at OPERAS headquarters in Brussels.
Check out the updated info on the project's page: https://operas-eu.org/projects/palomera/
PALOMERA - Policy Alignment of Open Access Monographs in the European Research Area The PALOMERA project (Supporting the development of aligned policies for open access books and monographs) is funded by the European Union for two years under the Horizon Europe program: Reforming and enhancing the European R&I System (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101094270). In a nutshell, it seeks
What is the DIAMAS project? And how will we support Diamond OA?
Listen to @[email protected] introduce #DIAMAS and address these questions in an interview with @[email protected] on the #OpenScience Talk Podcast:
https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/OSTalk/issue/view/638
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/DiamasProject/status/1616350466798927872
We have a new study out!
The short version is this: "Car Brain" - the cultural blind spot that makes people apply double standards when they think about driving - is real, measurable and pervasive.
Read on for more details... 1/14 @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected]
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ianwalker/status/1615248156186247169
Secret Panel HERE ❄ http://tapas.io/episode/1607651
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/MrLovenstein/status/1607003225088999425
Mark Huskisson (@[email protected]) on PKP’s #OJS active journal use:
"#Bibliodiversity is thriving beyond the paywalls... scholarly communication is... not only done in English, not only undertaken and supported in the global north, & not only for those who can pay to read or to publish."
“Mark Huskisson (@MHuski) on PKP’s #OJS active journal use: "#Bibliodiversity is thriving beyond the paywalls... scholarly communication is... not only done in English, not only undertaken and supported in the global north, & not only for those who can pay to read or to publish."”
