open access (OA)

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Scientific Data Should Be Shared: An Open Letter To The ARC

Alex O. Holcombe and Matthew Todd | The Conversation | September 26, 2012

Science (real science, not the summaries in popular books and the media) is needlessly closed to the outside world. Worse, it is closed within itself, with every lab its own silo, and little sharing of data or materials. Read More »

Scientific Publishers Offer Solution To White House's Public Access Mandate

Jocelyn Kaiser | Science Insider | June 4, 2013

A group of scientific publishers today announced a plan for allowing the public to read taxpayer-funded research papers for free by linking to journals' own websites... Read More »

Scientists Are 'Less Inclined To Do The Tough Experiments' For Open Access Journals

Zulfikar Abbany | DW | May 2, 2013

As chief editor of the journal "Nature Medicine," Juan Carlos López knows his company has to change as the open-access model of publishing research papers takes hold. But he questions the quality. Read More »

Search/Find Open Access Scholarly Articles, Reports Using New iOS Apps From CORE Project

Gary Price | infoDOCKETT | May 9, 2012

The CORE (COnnecting REpositories) Project comes from the Knowledge Management Institute at The Open University in the UK. Read More »

Secret Service Interviewed Aaron Swartz's Friends About Guerilla Open Access Manifesto

Mike Masnick | Techdirt | August 13, 2013

For a while it has been stated, without direct evidence, that part of the reason why the feds were so focused on Aaron Swartz was because of the now infamous Guerilla Open Access Manifesto, which Aaron Swartz had posted online years ago [...]. Read More »

Seen To Be Done: Opening Access To Justice In Victoria [Australia]

Bruce Baer Arnold | The Conversation | July 8, 2013

The Victorian state parliament is currently considering the Open Courts Bill (2013) after questions have been raised about just how much transparency is needed in the justice system. The bill, proposed by the government, centres on suppression orders and follows several controversies in Victoria and elsewhere over the past five years. Read More »

Senator Revising Proposed Research Release Mandate

Christine Des Garennes | The News-Gazette | April 7, 2013

A state senator who has proposed making the results of publicly funded research more widely available is amending his legislation after receiving pushback from some in academia. Read More »

Shine A Light

Staff Writer | The Missourian | March 19, 2014

This is Sunshine Week across the country. It’s a time when newspapers, press organizations and journalists extol the virtues of open government and promote the importance of access to public information.This is Sunshine Week across the country.

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Smartphones Open Up Science To Everyone

Staff Writer | Laboratory Equipment | December 18, 2013

That smartphone in your purse or pocket isn’t just for viewing movies and checking Facebook. By putting data collection, visualization and learning in the palm of your hand, it’s helping to transform science education and open up unprecedented opportunities for citizen science. Read More »

Socrata Joins Open Data Institute (ODI)

Press Release | Socrata | October 24, 2013

Cloud Software Company Provides Tools, Technology and Expertise to Boost Government Decision-Making and Efficiency While Aiding Economic Growth Read More »

SPARC 2014 Open Access Meeting Speakers Accounced

Press Release | Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) | January 16, 2014

SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) is pleased to announce a strong slate of speakers for its upcoming Open Access Meeting, to be held March 3 and 4 in Kansas City, MO. Dr. Philip Bourne, the newly-appointed Associate Director for Data Science at the National Institutes of Health, will deliver the opening keynote address. Read More »

SPARC Webcast Demystifying Hackathon's With Brian Glanz Now Available

Andrea Higginbotham | Open Access Week | August 20, 2013

On our August 6, 2013 webcast our guest speaker, Brian Glanz, showed us that Hackathons are not just for the technologists. Open Access Week is now just around the corner (October 21-27) and a Hackathon is a great way to stir interest, involvement, and possibly create finished projects using Open Access content. Read More »

SPEEDE Server Will Continue To Provide Free And Open Access, Says National Student Clearinghouse®

Press Release | National Student Clearinghouse | November 1, 2012

Following the October 31 announcement that the National Student Clearinghouse® will assume operation of the SPEEDE Server from the University of Texas at Austin, the Clearinghouse announced its commitment to continue to make the SPEEDE Server available for free in an open‐access environment... Read More »

SPIE ‘Gold’ Open Access Program Meets New Needs Of UK Authors - And Others

Press Release | SPIE | April 23, 2013

An open access publishing program recently adopted by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, supports the needs of authors seeking open access publication, including authors affected by new rules adopted in the United Kingdom by the Research Councils UK (RCUK). Read More »

SPIE ‘Gold’ Open Access Program Meets New Needs Of UK Authors -- And Others

Press Release | Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) | April 23, 2013

An open access publishing program recently adopted by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, supports the needs of authors seeking open access publication, including authors affected by new rules adopted in the United Kingdom by the Research Councils UK (RCUK). Read More »