Kaitlin Thaney argues the current momentum building for “no pays” academic publishing models and establishing the “reasonable costs” of publication, present opportunities to rebalance the inequities, costs, and power dynamics initially bred by the push…
Category: Nelson Memo
Dryad in the community: New data sharing mandates and the role of academic libraries
Available to watch now: “New data sharing mandates and the role of academic libraries” presented at the 2023 Library Publishing Forum. Whether libraries become data publishers themselves or provide the types of support services that mak…
Dryad in the community: Responding to the Nelson Memo: repository re-curation for open science
Available to watch now: “Responding to the Nelson Memo: repository re-curation for open science”. This talk introduces the concept of re-curation with examples from three different types of repositories and research organisations; generalist, instituti…
Dryad in the community: Data Sharing: what do we know and where can we go?
Available to watch now: “Data Sharing: what do we know and where can we go?“ The webinar, hosted by OASPA, offers a chance to learn from and with a group of experts, including Dryad’s Head of Community Engagement, Sarah Lippincott, … …
The APC question mark hovering over the OSTP announcement
The recent announcement by the U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) set out a requirement for all federally funded research to be made immediately publicly accessible and in so doing has significantly accelerated a transition to Open Acc…