Open Access is academic publications that are free to read and often have various re-use rights utilizing Creative Commons licenses. Research can be Open Access through publishing or archiving. Open ...

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 ...

There’s a new resource for librarians looking for high-quality, open-access library and information science research, There’s a new resource for librarians looking for high-quality, open-access ...

The open access movement has progressed very slowly over the past few decades. Recent changes to US federal guidelines for grant funding have rejuvenated the conversation around a sustainable open ...

Hope faculty affirms the core value of the college “to contribute to the body of knowledge in the academic disciplines” 1 with a vision “to pursue truth so as to renew the mind, enrich the disciplines ...

In 1938, as concerns of censorship rose worldwide, Des Moines Public Library Director Forrest Spaulding penned the words that would become the "Library Bill of Rights." The first tenet states: "Books ...

“This might be too geeky for a column,” said the subject line of a reader's email, “but just in case …” It sounded like a challenge, and I took the bait. The topic in question? A new statistical ...

This page outlines the different ways in which you can make your journal articles and conference papers open access as a University of Sheffield staff member or postgraduate research student. Which ...