EIFL releases a report, ‘Landscape of no-fee #OpenAccess publishing in #Africa’, that provides an overview of #DiamondOA journals and platforms https://www.eifl.net/programme/oa-publishing-africa/landscape-no-fee-open-access-publishing-africa. Thank you to everyone who contributed!
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Invest in Open InfrastructureToday, we're excited to launch Infra Finder - a tool to help you navigate the landscape of #infrastructure services + standards enabling #openresearch & scholarship 🚀
Who is Infra Finder designed for, and what makes it special? Read on to find out!
🇺🇦 The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine hosted the kick-off meeting of #OpenScience for Ukrainian Higher Education System (Open4UA) project: https://lpnu.ua/en/news/ministry-education-and-science-ukraine-hosted-kick-meeting-open4ua-project and in Ukrainian https://lpnu.ua/news/v-ministerstvi-osvity-i-nauky-ukrainy-vidbulas-startova-zustrich-proiektu-open4ua
EIFL is happy and honoured to be a partner https://www.eifl.net/eifl-in-action/open-science-ukrainian-higher-education-system-open4ua-project advancing research assessment reform and fostering national and institutional open science policy developments
EIFL is happy and honoured to be a partner https://www.eifl.net/eifl-in-action/open-science-ukrainian-higher-education-system-open4ua-project advancing research assessment reform and fostering national and institutional open science policy developments
📢 Join us for the online meet-up of #openscience trainers and share your training challenges and successes! We will also show updated EIFL resources for trainers
28 February at 09:00 UTC
ℹ️ https://www.eifl.net/events/eifl-webinar-open-science-trainers
with @lessormore
28 February at 09:00 UTCℹ️ https://www.eifl.net/events/eifl-webinar-open-science-trainers
with @lessormore
Check out an updated version of EIFL's checklist of good practices in using Open Journal Systems software (OJS) @PublicKnowledgeProject for #openaccess journal editing and publishing https://eifl.net/resources/eifl-checklist-good-practices-using-open-journal-systems-software-ojs-journal-editing-1 with Milica Ševkušić @lessormore
🇺🇦 #OpenScience for Ukrainian Higher Education System (Open4UA) Erasmus+ project launched in November that will foster national and institutional open science reform and advance research assessment reform https://www.eifl.net/news/eifl-joins-open4ua-project-ukraine
Launching Collaboration for sustainable #openaccess publishing in #Africa project with AJOL and WACREN, funded by Wellcome https://www.eifl.net/news/new-project-strengthen-diamond-oa-africa 🎉 #DiamondOpenAccess
New project to strengthen diamond OA in Africa | EIFL
EIFL, AJOL (African Journals Online) and WACREN (the West and Central African Research and Education Network), with support from Wellcome, are launching a three-year project that will strengthen the quality and sustainability of diamond open access (OA) publishing services across Africa while maintaining their diversity. The ‘Collaboration for sustainable open access
petersuberThe Open Climate Campaign (#OCC) is looking for a #communications manager.
https://creativecommons.org/mission/opportunities/contract-opportunity-open-climate-campaign-communications-manager/
If you'd like to help make #OpenAccess the norm in #climate research, please apply or spread the word.
The OCC is led by @creativecommons, @sparc, and @eiflnet. (Disclosure: I'm on the steering committee.)
EDIT: If the OCC is new to you, please see the campaign home page.
https://openclimatecampaign.org/
Contract Opportunity: Open Climate Campaign Communications Manager - Creative Commons
Climate change, and the resulting harm to our global biodiversity, is one of the world’s most pressing challenges. Creative Commons (CC) and its partners SPARC and EIFL have launched a global Open Climate Campaign to make the open sharing of research the norm in climate science. CC is looking for an experienced and well-organized Open…
Looks interesting and useful: Roberts, T. , & Bosch, T. (Ed.). (2023). Digital Citizenship in Africa: Technologies of Agency and Repression. London: Zed Books. Retrieved August 4, 2023, from http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781350324497
I just released Methods of Rights Retention, an #OpenAccess Google doc.
https://bit.ly/MethodsRightsRetention
I wrote it in May and held it for a while to think about what to do with it, for example, move it to my blog or submit it as an article somewhere. But for now I think I'll just release it in this form and consider next steps later.
I hope it's useful. I'd welcome methods, examples, links, or details I might have overlooked.
Methods of rights retention
Methods of Rights Retention Peter Suber Note that I’m still revising this doc. Suggested short URL = bit.ly/MethodsRightsRetention 1. Early funder method (Wellcome Trust, NIH) 2. Harvard method 3. Plan S method (cOAlition S) 4. Work-for-hire 5. US federal purpose license 6. Secondary publish...