One of the goals of OASPA is to promote good ethics and best practices for Open Access publishers of all shapes and sizes when disseminating scholarly communications. Applicants are judged against a set of OASPA Membership Criteria and all new applications undergo review by a Membership Committee to determine whether the applicant is following recognised… 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 >