Heather Morrison tracks the latest growth statistics of open access, including more than 4,000 fully open access peer reviewed journals in DOAJ, 1,500 open access repositories, 30 million scientific publications free online, and 20 percent of the world's medical literature freely available two years after publication.
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5 Major Research Universities Endorse Open-Access Journals
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of California at Berkeley have signed a compact agreeing to the “timely establishment” of mechanisms for providing financial support for free open-access journals. Where are Canadian universities on open […]
NZ Government Releases Draft Open Licensing Framework
The New Zealand government has released a draft framework that moves toward open access for non-copyright information and open licensing for copyright works.
Government Backs Newspaper Digitization Initiative
Canadian Heritage has provided funding for an initiative to digitize up to 20 multicultural newspapers on an open-access basis.
Open Government Resolution Coming to Calgary
DJ Kelly blogs that the Calgar City Council will consider an open government motion next week that would make all data collected by the city publicly available.