Lyrasis recently joined OASPA as member in the Infrastructure & Services (Non-Commercial) category. Lyrasis joins a growing list of almost 220 OASPA members. We asked Sharla Lair, Senior Strategist, Open Access & Scholarly Communication Initiatives, a few questions so we could learn more about Lyrasis and the decision to become an OASPA member. Q…. Read full article >
Guest post: COVID-19 Rapid Review Initiative: An update to our Statement of Intent
This post is by Sarah Greaves, Independent Consultant & Phil Hurst, Publisher, The Royal Society We are pleased to provide this update to an interim report published in April 2021 regarding the COVID-19 Rapid Reviewer Initiative. This post summarises the group’s high level findings on our key aims. In a few weeks a more detailed… Read full article >
Guest post – Update: COVID-19 Rapid Reviewers Collaboration
C19RR – what we learned in 2020 and what we aim to do in 2021 This post is by Sarah Greaves, Independent Consultant & Phil Hurst, Publisher, The Royal Society We’ve all seen huge change in 2020 especially in publishing, and one initiative many of us have been involved with is the COVID-19 Rapid Reviewers… Read full article >
OA Switchboard initiative: progress report December 2020
OA Switchboard progress report – December 2020 This post is by Yvonne Campfens, Executive Director of the OA Switchboard Although many may want to forget all about 2020, I will remember it as a catalyst year, in which inspiring collaboration prepared for the OA Switchboard to go live as an operational solution in 2021. This progress report marks… Read full article >
Webinar: Introducing the OA Switchboard – Questions answered
Following on from the recent webinar entitled Introducing the OA Switchboard, we asked our speakers to respond to the unanswered questions posed by attendees via the webinar chat. You can find those questions and answers below. This may be useful for those who missed it or wish to share it with colleagues. Slides can be viewed… Read full article >