We are pleased to announce the next OASPA webinar which will explore recent steps to increase efficiency and speed in the publication of COVID-19 research. Date: Wednesday 24th June 2020 Time: 3.00 pm – 4.15 pm BST (other timezones: 7.00 am Pacific Time, 9.00 am Central Time, 10.00 am Eastern Time, 11.00 am Brasilia Time,… Read full article >
OA Switchboard initiative: progress report May 2020
Open Access (OA) output is growing year-on-year and increasingly, funders and institutions are paying for OA centrally. OA business models are becoming ever more diverse, some with or without individual publication fees, some through agreements with publishers. Meanwhile, funders and institutions are expanding their requirements about how various research outputs should be published. With all of these developments,… Read full article >
OASPA Open Letter to UKRI
It is an enormous challenge for OASPA, as an organisation with nearly 150 members, to give a group response that can address specific points within the policy consultation, such as the level of challenge in complying, financial implications, or when the policy should take effect, for example. Our members represent a wide diversity of open… Read full article >
Announcement – OASPA 2020 Online Conference: Open Access in a Time of Global Challenge
The Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) announces that its 2020 conference will take place online in September, instead of in Warsaw as originally planned. While we will miss the in-person interaction that the conference has provided each year, we are excited by the prospect of enriching our discussions with more experiences and perspectives shared… Read full article >
Third-party software development provider selected for the OA Switchboard
Following an RFI (Request for Information) for the OA Switchboard issued on 18 March 2020, OASPA is pleased to announce that it has chosen to partner with ELITEX to build an MVP (minimum viable product) and help run a Pilot this year. We received 8 strong responses to the RFI questionnaire, following 22 initial expressions… Read full article >