OASPA is pleased to announce that registrations and accommodations for the 9th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing (COASP) are now open. This year, our annual conference will take place in Lisbon, Portugal at the Altis Grand Hotel on the 20th and 21st September, 2017. A pre-conference reception for delegates will be held on the… Read full article >
OA in the Global South: Insights from OASPA’s Twitter Chat
On February 22nd, 2017, OASPA hosted a Twitter chat with Xin Bi (Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University/DOAJ), Ina Smith (Academy of Science of South Africa), Abel Packer (SciELO), and Lars Bjørnshauge (DOAJ). The open access community and members of the public were invited to ask the panel any questions they had on the topic, and what followed… Read full article >
Identifying quality in scholarly publishing: Not a black and white issue
Like every industry, publishing is open to scamming and deceptive behaviour in many forms and there are various influencing factors at play – including the pressure to publish that academics face. An abundance of unfamiliar new publications makes it difficult to know which can be trusted and the merits of blacklisting or whitelisting publishers are… Read full article >
OASPA to host Twitter Chat on Open Access Publishing in the Global South
On Wednesday 22nd February 2017, OASPA will host a live Twitter chat about open access publishing in the Global South with Xin Bi (Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University/DOAJ), Ina Smith (Academy of Science of South Africa), Abel Packer (SciELO), and Lars Bjørnshauge (DOAJ) from 1pm-2pm GMT (5am PST, 8am EST, 10am BRT, 2pm CET, 2pm WAT, 3pm SAST, 6.30pm IST, 9pm… Read full article >
A review of recent European Union Open Access initiatives
Every six months, the Council of the European Union rotates its presidency among the European Union member states. The Netherlands, Slovak and Maltese presidencies of the Council of the EU collectively cover the presidential period from January 2016 to June 2017. From January to June 2016, the Netherlands presided over the Council, with Sander Dekker,… Read full article >