This is the "oa.new" feed published by the OATP hub. It's a remix feed so that, over time, I can modify it without modifying the URL. For example, I  can filter out spam or make other modifications later on without changing the URL. https://tagteam.harvard.edu/hubs/oatp/republished_feeds/6 TagTeam social RSS aggregrator "In 2025, the open-science publisher Frontiers introduced FAIR² (“Fair Squared”) Data Management (Frontiers Media SA, 2026a & 2026b), a platform designed to support the publication and dissemination of research datasets through AI-assisted curation. The platform serves as both a discovery environment and a publishing infrastructure, structuring datasets to improve their findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability (FAIR) (FORCR11, 2011). The FAIR² framework extends these principles by emphasizing machine-actionable data structures and alignment with emerging responsible AI practices (Short, 2026; Zhou & Soulière, 2025). In this context, the platform aims to support datasets that are not only reusable by researchers but also suitable for computational analysis and AI-driven research workflows. A key feature of the model is the FAIR² Data Article, a peer-reviewed publication format dedicated to describing a single dataset rather than presenting hypothesis-driven research findings. The intention is to give datasets a level of scholarly recognition comparable to conventional research articles. Each dataset receives a persistent Digital Object Identifier (DOI) and is accompanied by FAIR² Compliance Certification, supporting transparency, traceability, and reproducibility. Datasets are typically distributed under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (ODC-BY 1.0), allowing reuse with appropriate attribution." Sun, 31 May 2026 10:05:00 -0400 https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/resource-reviews/2026/fair2-data-management-review oa.new oa.publishing oa.infrastructure oa.data oa.fair2 oa.frontiers oa.ai oa.dois oa.pids "Diamond open access (OA)—understood to mean publishing without fees for either authors or readers—is often framed as an aspirational model for a more equitable scholarly communication system. In global discussions, it is frequently associated with Latin America or European community-led initiatives. China, by contrast, is rarely part of this conversation. But this absence may reflect less a lack of diamond open access practices and more a limitation in how such models are currently defined and recognized within global frameworks. The Chinese case suggests that prevailing classifications may overlook systems that achieve reader-side openness through structurally different, yet functionally comparable, approaches." Sun, 31 May 2026 10:01:00 -0400 https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/open-knowledge/2026/diamond-oa-in-china oa.new oa.no-fee oa.china oa.terminology oa.definitions oa.business_models oa.fees oa.asia "Last week, the Justice Department deleted thousands of press releases related to the Jan. 6 insurrection and other matters. Here they are." Sun, 31 May 2026 09:44:00 -0400 https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-justice-department-erases-history--lawfare-restores-it oa.new oa.usa oa.trump47 oa.negative oa.preservation Abstract:  Background: Injury is a global health problem, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Sustainable trauma registries in these settings require concise, locally relevant, and low-cost solutions. This methodology paper shares a minimal trauma registry dataset developed and tested over 7 years, together with its accompanying MS Access database, which is made freely available to help LMIC institutions establish locally owned trauma registries. Methods: Two prospectively tested registries were sequentially designed, implemented, analyzed, and refined in Al-Ain City, United Arab Emirates: a 200-variable single-center hospital registry and a 50-variable multicenter road traffic collision registry. Finally, an 80-variable Trauma and Emergency Research Group registry was developed. Variables were retained or removed according to feasibility, data completeness, clinical usefulness, prevention value, and demonstrated research utility. Results: The first registry enrolled 2573 patients over 3 years and the second enrolled 1008 patients over 18 months. Experience from these registries generated 21 publications from the first registry, 13 from the second, 3 combined analyses, and 5 follow-up studies, which informed the final open-access registry. The resulting tool is a five-page, 80-variable minimal dataset organized into seven sections: personal details, trauma details, road trauma details, emergency department assessment, discharge summary, death details, and injuries and scores. It balances prevention variables such as crash mechanics, safety equipment, education level, and injury location with core outcome variables needed for benchmarking and system evaluation. Conclusions: A carefully selected minimal dataset can support clinically useful, prevention-oriented, and affordable trauma surveillance in resource-limited settings. Making the form and accompanying MS Access database freely available may help LMIC institutions establish locally owned trauma registries that are scalable, sustainable, and adaptable to national systems, provided that minimum resources for implementation, maintenance, governance, data quality, and reporting are planned. Sun, 31 May 2026 07:46:00 -0400 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42215999/ oa.new oa.medicine oa.south oa.data Abstract:  PLOS Medicine has always championed open science and data transparency. Now, recognizing that code is as essential a research artifact as the data it analyzes, we are strengthening our code sharing policy to further ensure reproducibility and trust in the scientific record. Sun, 31 May 2026 05:49:00 -0400 https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1005107 oa.new oa.plos oa.plos_medicine oa.code oa.open_science oa.journals oa.policies oa.policies.journals oa.policies.journals.code oa.reproducibility oa.trust oa.medicine oa.floss Abstract:  This study examines the research data curation processes used in the comprehensive open distance e-learning (CODeL) institution that supports open science. As a result, this study discusses the research data curation processes employed by the institution. This study aimed to articulate the research data curation processes and best practices for managing datasets submitted to the repository at the CODeL institution. A qualitative content analysis was used to review full-text, peer-reviewed articles published between 2021 and 2026 under an open-access license. As a result, 24 eligible articles were retrieved from three identified databases: ProQuest, Library and Information Science Collection, and Web of Science. This study contributes a structure-based model of research data curation tailored for CODeL environments, enhancing institutional capacity for open data stewardship, and research visibility. Therefore, the CODeL institution supports open science by enabling data sharing through its repository.   Sat, 30 May 2026 11:29:00 -0400 https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5729/11/6/127 oa.new oa.education oa.data oa.open_science oa.repositories oa.ir oa.courseware oa.repositories.data Abstract:  Purpose Many data providers use non-standardized and heterogeneous licenses. Using different terms for the same rights and covering various levels of detail and facets make data licensing complex and ambiguous. These issues make it difficult to create sound licensing terms and make licenses hard to understand. They might further undermine data owners' intellectual property rights and impede the full use of data. We address the problem by creating a knowledge organization system – a faceted classification – to represent and organize key data licensing information, thereby removing the barrier to data licensing and sharing. Design/methodology/approach We used grounded facet analysis, following the steps of facet analysis and using grounded theory to generate the facets and foci of the classification. We used a stratified, systematic sampling method to select licenses from 73 data repositories. Three rounds of iterative testing were conducted to ensure the reliability and validity of the product. We validated the final product by assessing its theoretical soundness and practical implementation. Findings We created terms of use faceted classification (TUFC) for research data. The study demonstrates that TUFC is an effective tool for representing domain knowledge in data licensing. Originality/value TUFC is a foundational knowledge organization system for data licensing. It breaks down complex licenses into facets and foci, providing a common language and structure to dissolve the issues caused by license heterogeneity. TUFC facilitates data providers to make sound Terms of Use for research data, helps users quickly understand data licenses and promote data reuse, and provides a formal scheme for research data license checking for data repositories. Sat, 30 May 2026 09:33:00 -0400 https://www.emerald.com/jd/article-abstract/doi/10.1108/JD-11-2025-0337/1367382/Developing-a-faceted-classification-of-terms-of?redirectedFrom=fulltext oa.new oa.data oa.licensing oa.reuse oa.repositories oa.repositories.data "We update our tracking of Open Educational Resources (OER) adoption when we release a new year of data. Because Open Syllabus data collection is always backwards looking, the new update runs through 2025. This year's update continues the pattern of previous years, showing rapidly growing adoption but from a very low baseline. For the first time, the percentage of US college and university courses assigning an open textbook has crossed 2%." Fri, 29 May 2026 10:26:00 -0400 https://blog.opensyllabus.org/OER-Update-for-2025 oa.new oa.open_syllabus oa.oer oa.textbooks oa.books oa.growth "PLOS has previously articulated the need for publishing models that better support open science, including in Rethinking How We Publish to Support Open Science [1]. This direction is also reflected in wider sector work on moving away from APCs, including cOAlition S’s work with partners on the How Equitable Is It? framework. Stakeholder consultation conducted through our Redefining Publishing project further supported the need for alternative business models that can enable a practical and more equitable transition to open science. While APCs played a key role in demonstrating the viability of open access, the per-published-unit model has also become the dominant mechanism for open access funding. In doing so, they have become a support for the status quo and reinforced the centrality of the article as the primary output of value. When financial value is tied directly to publication units, it reinforces the close alignment of incentives with article production. This dynamic shifts attention away from other critical elements of research, including data and code. It also restricts publishing for researchers without access to dedicated funding." Fri, 29 May 2026 10:23:00 -0400 https://explore.plos.org/practical-pathways-to-open-science oa.new oa.plos oa.business_models oa.fees oa.no-fee oa.data oa.publishers oa.assessment oa.dei oa.sustainability oa.economics_of oa.open_science "As open scholarship continues to grow worldwide, repositories are central to building equitable and sustainable scholarly communication systems. These webinars provided an opportunity to highlight how different regions are strengthening repository infrastructure, the leadership role of research libraries at local and global levels, and opportunities for deeper international collaboration. Colleagues from Japan, India and the Americas shared their national and regional challenges, the global impact of repositories in accelerating open access to research and data, and the role libraries play in: Leading and implementing effective open access policies Building and sustaining robust, interoperable, community-driven repository infrastructure Collaborating across borders to expand access to research and strengthen global openness" Fri, 29 May 2026 10:19:00 -0400 https://www.rluk.ac.uk/iarla-pathways-to-open-the-global-impact-of-repositories-events/ oa.new oa.irla oa.libraries oa.repositories oa.green oa.ir oa.impact oa.events "The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposes to revise the Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance to improve government-wide policies and requirements related to the management of grants, cooperative agreements, and other forms of assistance. OMB is proposing revisions that would improve transparency, accountability, and oversight for Federal awards across the Federal Government.... Comments are due on or before July 13, 2026. Late comments will be considered only to the extent practicable." Fri, 29 May 2026 09:12:00 -0400 https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/29/2026-10817/regulation-for-federal-financial-assistance oa.new oa.usa oa.trump47 oa.negative oa.omb oa.fees oa.funders oa.policies oa.policies.funders oa.grants oa.consultations oa.funders Scholarly communication is at an inflection point. Research is more collaborative, computational, international, and dependent on shared infrastructure than at any point in its history. Yet while open science policies have advanced, the systems of scholarly communication, research assessment, and funding have evolved more slowly. PLOS's 18-month Redefining Publishing project explores how publishing can better support open science by moving beyond the article as the primary unit of value and beyond APC-based models as the dominant mechanism for funding open access. Developed with support from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the report brings together economic analysis, global convenings, stakeholder consultation, and user-centered design to identify practical pathways for change. Fri, 29 May 2026 05:01:00 -0400 https://explore.plos.org/practical-pathways-to-open-science?hsCtaAttrib=213107003794 oa.new oa.reports oa.plos oa.publishing oa.ai oa.open_science oa.business_models oa.fees oa.no-fee oa.data Abstract:  Academic Health Science Centers (AHSCs) integrate research, education, and clinical care within complex organizational settings, making performance assessment inherently multidimensional. Traditional evaluation approaches based on single-source bibliometric data provide only a partial representation of this complexity, failing to capture the full translational spectrum from basic research to clinical application and societal impact. This paper presents SciK-Health, an integrated knowledge management platform designed to transform heterogeneous research data into actionable insights for multiple stakeholders. The platform addresses three key challenges: fragmentation across data sources, institutional heterogeneity requiring standardized metrics, and differentiated user needs. Methodologically, it implements a transparent three-stage workflow integrating OpenAlex (publications), Dimensions (clinical trials, patents, grants, datasets), and Altmetric (social impact), using Research Organization Registry identifiers and DOI-based cross-linking. The system operationalizes over 140 standardized indicators across five dimensions: bibliometric impact, social engagement, industrial innovation, clinical research activity, and competitive funding success. Applied to 49 Italian public AHSCs, SciK-Health adopts a user-centered design serving distinct audiences: citizens accessing institutional expertise, clinical managers supporting strategic monitoring, and policy makers conducting portfolio-level analyses. Empirical results highlight substantial institutional heterogeneity and show that single-source bibliometric approaches provide a systematically incomplete assessment of performance. Relative to existing platforms (SciVal, InCites, CWTS Leiden Open Edition), SciK-Health contributes a fully open-data infrastructure, multi-output integration, and a citizen-oriented LLM-assisted search interface. While the methodological framework is transferable, cross-national application requires substantial adaptation of data sources, institutional taxonomies, and indicator systems.   Thu, 28 May 2026 11:58:00 -0400 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11135-026-02827-6 oa.new oa.data oa.medicine oa.italy "The OAPEN Foundation and OpenAIRE have announced a new partnership to deliver COUNTER-conformant usage data for the OAPEN Library through OpenAIRE PROVIDE, while also strengthening interoperability between open scholarly communication infrastructures. Under the collaboration, COUNTER-conformant usage data for open access books in the OAPEN Library and metadata records in the Directory of Open Access Books will be aggregated and delivered by OpenAIRE to support the OAPEN Library Dashboard. The service is designed to provide publishers, libraries, and funders with insights into the reach and use of OA books and metadata." Thu, 28 May 2026 09:25:00 -0400 https://www.researchinformation.info/news/openaire-and-oapen-partner-on-oa-book-usage-data-and-discovery/ oa.new oa.openaire oa.oapen oa.books oa.usage oa.discoverability oa.counter "Twenty-five years ago, Creative Commons gave the world a new vocabulary for sharing through licenses and tools that made openness legible, legal, and actionable. What began as an act of infrastructure became a movement with cultural heritage institutions around the world opening their collections. In the early 2000s, a handful of trailblazing galleries, libraries, archives, and museums made a radical choice: to digitize their collections and release them freely, without restriction, to anyone in the world. There was no playbook. There was no mandate. There was only a conviction that cultural heritage, the shared memory of humanity, belonged to everyone, and that the internet had made it possible, for the first time, to act on that conviction at scale. This panel traces that origin story. How did the open culture movement begin? Who were the institutions and individuals willing to go first, and what did they risk? How did CC licenses and public domain tools become the infrastructure that made openness not just a philosophy but a practice? And what did twenty-five years of building this movement teach us about what it takes to change not just institutions, but the systems that govern them?" Thu, 28 May 2026 08:44:00 -0400 https://creativecommons.org/event/the-legacy-history-of-open-culture/ oa.new oa.events oa.creative_commons oa.culture oa.history_of oa.ch oa.licensing oa.glam oa.libraries oa.museums From Google's English:  "The Circé Network's Journals Hub commissioned a research team to produce a detailed report on new practices in the evaluation of scientific articles. Based on existing scientific literature, the report presents the results of a survey conducted among scholarly journals in Canada and Quebec. This survey provided insights into current practices within the Canadian and Quebec scholarly publishing ecosystem and gathered perceptions related to evaluation practices and their potential for openness.  The  Report on Open Assessment was launched on May 14, 2026, at the symposium " Peer Review in the Context of Open Science" during the Acfas congress. It was  written by Alexandra Michaud (ULaval), Adrien Savard-Arseneault (UdeM), Lucía Céspedes (Érudit) and Arilys Jia (ULaval), under the scientific direction of René Audet (ULaval) and with the support of Vincent Larivière (UdeM) and Anne-Marie Fortier (ULaval). In this post, we offer an overview of the report, which highlights the importance of evaluation issues for the legitimacy and integrity of research, as well as for the future of editorial practices. Below, you can also find a micro-summary of the report, available in French and English, and a poster. These short formats were produced to support the dissemination of this research findings to a wider audience." Thu, 28 May 2026 08:27:00 -0400 https://reseaucirce-org.translate.goog/nouvelles/vers-une-evaluation-ouverte-repenser-levaluation-par-les-pairs-en-contexte-de-science-ouverte/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US oa.new oa.french oa.assessment oa.surveys oa.canada "The webinar, hosted by COAR on May 25, 2026, featured presentations on the key benefits and working examples of Publish, Review, Curate models of scholarly publishing." Thu, 28 May 2026 08:26:00 -0400 https://coar-repositories.org/news-updates/publish-review-curate-prc-webinar/ oa.new oa.events oa.coar oa.prc oa.open_peer_review "The Company of Biologists is delighted to confirm the renewal of our Read & Publish Open Access agreement with Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL) from 2027 to 2029. Under this agreement, corresponding authors based in 33 developing and transition economy countries will continue to be able to publish an unlimited number of Open Access research articles without paying article processing charges (APCs). This applies to the Company’s two fully Open Access journals – Disease Models & Mechanisms and Biology Open – as well as our hybrid journals, Development, Journal of Cell Science and Journal of Experimental Biology. Researchers at participating institutions will also retain unlimited access to these journals and their archives, which date back to 1853." Thu, 28 May 2026 08:19:00 -0400 https://www.biologists.com/library-hub/read-publish/library-consortia/eifl-renewal-announcement/ oa.new oa.cob oa.eifl oa.offsets oa.south "The LMU Open Science Center organizes its 5th hybrid summer school. Participants can choose to attend in-person at the Philologicum Library, Ludwigstraße 25, 80539 München, Germany, or online, on Zoom. This year’s iteration has two tracks to provide participants with two complementary sets of skills." Thu, 28 May 2026 08:13:00 -0400 https://lmu-osc.github.io/Open-Science-Summer-School-2026/ oa.new oa.events oa.germany oa.open_science oa.training "This launch builds on the Smithsonian’s long-standing commitment to make its collection openly accessible. Bringing that content to Unsplash means even more people can discover and use these visuals in their everyday work." Thu, 28 May 2026 08:12:00 -0400 https://unsplash.com/blog/the-smithsonian-is-now-on-unsplash/ oa.new oa.smithsonian oa.usa oa.museums oa.glam oa.digitization oa.3d oa.ch oa.unsplash "While consumers pay $13 in perpetuity for an e-book on average, libraries typically spend $55 – or more – for one 2-year license. Many libraries are now spending 50% or more of their collections budgets – taxpayer funds – on disappearing, limited-access content, giving them less ability to support lesser-known authors and smaller publishers. Meanwhile, wait times for readers of all ages have exploded, as libraries spend more to get less in our digital collection. As a direct result, U.S. states and Canadian provinces are increasingly turning to consumer protection legislation as a response to this untenable situation. We can and must do better for our readers, authors, libraries, and publishers to advance literacy, cultural enrichment, and lifelong learning for all. " Thu, 28 May 2026 06:15:00 -0400 https://www.urbanlibraries.org/files/Public-Libraries-Stand-United-for-Ebook-Pricing-Action_Joint-Statement.pdf oa.new oa.libraries oa.publishers oa.prices oa.libraries.public oa.books "On May 27, five public library organizations from the U.S. and Canada released a statement, addressing the Big Five publishers and digital platform providers, in response to e-book pricing models. The Association for Rural and Small Libraries, Chief Officers of State Library Agencies, Canadian Urban Libraries Council, Public Library Association, and Urban Libraries Council all signed on to the letter. The organizations urge publishers to negotiate usage-based e-book lending models as well as perpetual-use options." Thu, 28 May 2026 06:13:00 -0400 https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/100488-library-organizations-urge-big-five-to-address-digital-pricing.html oa.new oa.libraries oa.publishers oa.prices oa.cdl "As a movement, we are beginning to assemble the pieces of a giant puzzle. In the context of digital colonialism and corporate data surveillance and authoritarian control, we seek to understand what claims to data sovereignty do communities have, and how data governance frameworks should be adapted to local contexts, languages, and concerns. At the heart of the matter is how to put communities at the core of our understanding of what makes openness, in general, and open data, in particular, instrumental for unlocking social justice. Considering data as a commons expands the opening of datasets to democratizing decisions about what kind of data is shared, who has access to it and for what purpose. Communities organized around open data, in institutional, academic and creative domains, foster alternative socio-technical imaginaries of collective governance grounded in diversity, inclusivity and care. This shift contributes to social justice principles of equity, access, participation, and protection of community autonomy, privacy, and benefit sharing." Thu, 28 May 2026 06:06:00 -0400 https://blog.okfn.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Towards-a-Sustainable-Data-Commons-Ecosystem-V4.pdf oa.new oa.data oa.sustainability oa.commons oa.okfn oa.dei oa.communities oa.academic_led "EMS Press has launched a new publication format that improves the accessibility of mathematical articles for people with disabilities, making research content easier to read, navigate and interpret across devices and assistive technologies." Thu, 28 May 2026 06:01:00 -0400 https://ems.press/updates/2026-05-22-accessible-publications oa.new oa.ems_press oa.mathematics oa.accessibility oa.formats Abstract:  Scientific claims increasingly rely upon the interplay of code, data, and computational environments.  Yet the record of how they are used together is often incomplete, scattered, or lost.  This undermines rigor,reproducibility, reusability, and efficiency.  Previous approaches have improved the governance of digital objects but do not specify how research objects ought to be structured and managed so they can be re-executed and extended.  The community is missing a shared vocabulary for this operational layer.  Building on recurrentpractices and convergent patterns across disciplines, we formalize seven principles:  Self-containment, Tracking, Actionability, Modularity, Portability, Ephemerality, and Distributability (STAMPED). Together they give researchers guidelines for building and assessing research objects that others can trust, rerun, and build upon.We frame each principle as a spectrum so that adoption is incremental and starts from existing practice.  We support each principle with normative requirements, an interactive checklist, and a map of enabling tools.  As conventions mature, tooling improves, and AI agents become increasingly involved in research workflows, thegoals of rigor, reproducibility, reusability, and efficiency are becoming more attainable.  STAMPED givesresearchers, collaborators, reviewers, and agents a common language, concrete goals, and an aligned directionfor making computational research more durable. Thu, 28 May 2026 05:46:00 -0400 https://osf.io/preprints/metaarxiv/f3h82_v1 oa.new oa.reproducibility oa.genres "The promise that open science has transformed our information landscape offers a vision of democratized knowledge and increased transparency. In this rapidly evolving environment, platforms such as The Lens, OpenAlex, and OpenAIRE are emerging as alternatives to traditional databases like Scopus, boasting collections that exceed 200 million records. However, SCImago has led an analysis titled “A Comparative Analysis of Open and Commercial Bibliographic Infrastructures,” and the findings invite a deeper reflection: scale is not always synonymous with quality. The study compared Scopus (with approximately 74 million records) against open platforms that now surpass the 200 million record mark. The exponential growth of the latter relies on aggressive automation designed to capture preprints, repositories, and grey literature." Thu, 28 May 2026 05:43:00 -0400 https://www.scimagolab.com/open-science-information-landscape/ oa.new oa.scimago oa.scopus oa.openalex oa.openaire oa.the_lens This volume examines how openness is designed, governed, contested and lived in contemporary digital knowledge infrastructures. From open source software and internet standards, to citizen science platforms, public sector data systems and alternative computing practices, the book shows that infrastructures are never neutral technical backbones. They are deeply political arrangements that embed values, distribute power and shape whose knowledge counts. Bringing together scholars from science and technology studies, critical data studies, media studies, organisation studies, arts-based research and political sociology, this edited volume explores openness as an ongoing socio-technical process rather than a fixed ideal. The book moves from the partial openness of early Internet standards and free and open source software, through contested practices of opening government data and public infrastructures, to struggles over inclusion and governance in scholarly and cultural knowledge infrastructures. This is followed by community-driven experiments in care, repair and alternative openness and concludes with forward-looking contributions on how to keep infrastructures open for research, how to fund infrastructures as digital commons and how to mobilise open infrastructures for democratic resilience and economic sovereignty. The contributions trace how principles such as accessibility, transparency, participation and collective stewardship are enacted in practice—and how they are challenged by commercial capture, asymmetries of expertise, cultural governance and geopolitical inequalities. Across theoretical chapters and rich empirical case studies, the book investigates the governance of open infrastructures, the politics of alternative technological arrangements and struggles for epistemic justice within knowledge systems. By foregrounding power relations, ethical tensions and questions of responsibility, this book rethinks openness as a site of political negotiation rather than a technical solution. The volume offers critical insights for researchers, policymakers, engineers and civil society actors concerned with digital commons, democratic governance and the future of open knowledge infrastructures in increasingly contested political and technical environments. A companion website, www.openinfrastructures.net , extends the volume through author interviews, supplementary materials and additional resources that document the making of the book and provide further insights into the debates on governing, sustaining, and contesting open digital knowledge infrastructures.   Thu, 28 May 2026 03:31:00 -0400 https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0528 oa.new oa.books oa.governance oa.publishing oa.practices oa.sustainability oa.infrastructure This document is the result of a roundtable workshop co-organized by the Barcelona Declaration Working Group on Funding Metadata and Crossref to discuss the challenges and opportunities for improving open funding metadata. Representatives from different stakeholder groups, including funders, publishers, and infrastructure providers, came together for a candid discussion about current barriers and opportunities for joint solutions. Improving the quality of open funding metadata requires improving how this information is captured, structured, and shared across the scholarly communication ecosystem. The recommendations presented here reflect the collective expertise and commitment of the participants to build a more transparent, interoperable, and efficient funding metadata ecosystem. This document provides an overview of what open funding metadata is, why it matters, the current barriers to quality and coverage, and concrete actions that each stakeholder group can take to achieve this shared goal. A concise summary of the Call to Action is available at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20190156 Wed, 27 May 2026 10:26:00 -0400 https://zenodo.org/records/20189998 oa.new oa.declarations oa.funders oa.metadata oa.recommendations oa.universities oa.data oa.funding Learn how academic libraries are unifying workflows, strengthening metadata, and reducing complexity with practical, scalable approaches. Wed, 27 May 2026 09:25:00 -0400 https://event.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1758322&tp_key=f5036c6800 oa.new oa.events oa.metadata oa.publishing oa.discoverability oa.libraries oa.ai Abstract:  This article analyzes how journal business models are built on variations of an attention cycle. In this cycle, measured attention in the form of bibliometric indicators becomes a key asset that can be converted into readership and submissions, which in turn may generate financial resources. Our article illustrates this in the context of the Chinese publication system, where varying attention cycles coexist. In the Chinese state-run system, measured attention can be converted into public support, as well as increased subscription and submission revenue. Opportunities to assetize and convert attention and financial resources differ radically between English-language journals operating under Chinese control, China-based journals operating with international publishers, or Chinese-language journals. Using data from qualitative interviews with Chinese editors and publishers, we demonstrate how this conceptualization helps reveal crucial differences between these journals as well as the specificity of the Chinese publishing system. In addition, we propose the attention cycle as an analytical tool to study publication systems in other contexts.   Wed, 27 May 2026 08:46:00 -0400 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01622439251322530 oa.new oa.china oa.bibliometrics oa.journals oa.publishing oa.business_models oa.scholcomm oa.asia "The Employment and Training Administration at the U.S. Department of Labor (Labor) is soliciting applications in support of the administration of the Open Textbook Pilot Program (OTP) on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and the Secretary of Education (Secretary). The purpose of the OTP program is to support projects at eligible institutions of higher education (IHEs) or State higher education agencies that create new open textbooks and expand the use of open textbooks and course materials in courses that are part of a degree-granting program, particularly those with high enrollments.... This pilot program emphasizes the development of projects that demonstrate the greatest potential to achieve the highest level of savings for students through sustainable, expanded use of open textbooks in high-enrollment courses or in programs that prepare individuals for in-demand fields." Wed, 27 May 2026 08:40:00 -0400 https://simpler.grants.gov/opportunity/033d1280-4350-4f9d-8167-8a9bf8528f37 oa.new oa.textbooks oa.oer oa.usa oa.education oa.cft oa.funders oa.funding "The Open Education Association and SPARC are hosting open office hours for anyone interested in the Open Textbook Pilot Program. The Department of Labor, on behalf of the Department of Education, has opened the fiscal year 2026 competition with $7 million available for new awards. The program funds the creation and expansion of open textbooks that reduce costs for students in high-enrollment courses and in-demand fields. Join us on Friday, May 29 at 1:00 PM Eastern to ask questions, discuss the opportunity with others, or connect with potential collaborators. Drop in any time. Applications are due June 23, 2026." Wed, 27 May 2026 08:37:00 -0400 https://sparcopen-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/6Lhf3NFARAKl3oaT9MHaiw oa.new oa.events oa.textbooks oa.oer oa.usa oa.ed oa.oea oa.education oa.sparc Abstract:  The study investigates the awareness and use of persistent identifiers (PIDs) by academic librarians in Zimbabwe’s research data repositories. PIDs are essential in ensuring the discoverability, accessibility, and citability of research data. However, little is known about the level of awareness and use of these tools among academic librarians in Zimbabwe. A sequential mixed methods approach was employed, beginning with a questionnaire administered to scholarly communication librarians who were purposively selected. Quantitative data from the questionnaires provided an overview of the current landscape regarding PIDs in Zimbabwean higher education institutions. This informed the design of a focus group discussion which allowed for a deeper exploration of the themes identified in the survey, facilitating an understanding of the challenges of using PIDs within universities. The findings indicated that although the librarians were aware of PIDs, no institution has an institutional research data repository in the country. Challenges that were faced in integrating PIDs include lack of expertise, unclear policies, and infrastructure costs. The study will be significant in informing policy development, capacity-building initiatives, and creating guidelines for integrating PIDs into research workflows. Wed, 27 May 2026 08:34:00 -0400 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0361526X.2026.2662865 oa.new oa.zimbabwe oa.africa oa.pids oa.repositories oa.repositories.data oa.librarians oa.unfamiliarity oa.south "CORE FreshFinds as a solution for populating repositories Moving forward after publications router: how CORE’s new FreshFinds service will be able to help populate your repository automatically." Wed, 27 May 2026 08:24:00 -0400 https://www.jisc.ac.uk/events/core-freshfinds-as-a-solution-for-populating-repositories oa.new oa.events oa.core oa.jisc oa.repositories oa.autodeposits oa.green oa.ir "I have been teaching open source as part of my courses for many years, and I started to notice that your average student had never heard of open source or even Creative Commons, even though they were familiar with many products such as Wikipedia and open access journals; and this is from law students, who are usually better informed than the average user. The general knowledge outside of software development and content creation has also been dire, with some outrageous misunderstandings of licensing and openness becoming the norm. So this post is an attempt to serve as a reminder of the core concepts behind openness, why it still matters, and why it is more important now than ever." Wed, 27 May 2026 06:01:00 -0400 https://www.technollama.co.uk/open-source-and-commons-ideals-are-more-important-than-ever oa.new oa.floss oa.commons oa.licensing Abstract:  Research assessment reform and open science are frequently presented as aligned reform movements within science, with assessment reform expected to incentivize open science practices. However, empirical evidence of this integration remains limited. We conducted a quantitative content analysis of open science terminology in action plans from Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) signatories—institutions publicly committed to reforming research assessment. Analysing 248 publicly available action plans, we coded mentions of open science terms across values, umbrella, and operational categories. Results reveal skewed distributions of open science terms: most terms appear in fewer than 20% of documents. Values terms substantially outnumber operational terms in top mentions, suggesting organizations currently emphasize aspirational principles over concrete practices. Open Access emerges as the by far the most widely mentioned operational practice, while key activities emphasized in policy frameworks (Open Evaluation, Open Methods, Open Software) receive minimal attention. Overall, our findings suggest open science integration into assessment reform remains in early developmental stages, characterized by values-heavy discourse, and gaps between policy aspirations and organizational commitments. Beyond substantive findings, this study demonstrates how terminological analysis can track science reform movement development and provide data for longitudinal monitoring of open science and its convergence with reforms of research assessment.   Wed, 27 May 2026 06:00:00 -0400 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-026-05650-w oa.new oa.open_science oa.assessment oa.dora oa.coara oa.universities Abstract:  In order to investigate the features of OpenAlex, an open, free and comprehensive alternative to Web of Science, the Bibliometrics Department at the Université de Lorraine sought to understand how staff at the Université de Lorraine’s site currently use Web of Science.   This work is in line with the commitments made by the Université de Lorraine’s Presidency in this area, but also, more broadly, with the drive towards open access to research information detailed in the Barcelona Declaration, which the Université de Lorraine signed in November 2024; a declaration that notably led Sorbonne University to cancel its subscription to Web of Science. More recently, it is the turn of the CNRS to cancel its subscription to Web of Science, effective from 1 January 2026.   The aim of this survey was to enable the Bibliometrics Department to pass on feedback to the OpenAlex team so that they could better tailor the platform’s features and the support provided. Responses were accepted from 12 January to 13 February 2026.   Wed, 27 May 2026 05:58:00 -0400 https://zenodo.org/records/20312098 oa.new oa.surveys oa.bibliometrics oa.wos oa.france oa.openalex oa.barcelona_declaration "As preparations for new US legislation continue, two accessibility experts share best practice tips for libraries and reflect on the importance of collaboration." Wed, 27 May 2026 04:41:00 -0400 https://www.elsevier.com/connect/working-together-to-improve-access-to-scholarly-content-for-people-with-disabilities oa.new oa.a11y oa.dei oa.collaboration oa.libraries oa.best_practices oa.elsevier "Open funding metadata plays a critical role in transparency, accountability, and interoperability across the research ecosystem. Yet despite growing recognition of its importance, the systems and workflows that connect funding information to research outputs remain fragmented, inconsistent, and difficult to scale." Wed, 27 May 2026 04:37:00 -0400 https://barcelona-declaration.org/news/20260526_call_to_action_improving_quality_of_open_funding_metadata/ oa.new oa.funding oa.metadata oa.quality When a student hits a paywall, the next step is often predictable. They look for an open access version. OCLC Research confirms this behaviour. Its Open Access Discovery study found that while users actively seek scholarly, peer-reviewed OA publications, they still find it not very easy to discover or access. The problem is not motivation. It is whether OA is operationalised as part of the same end-to-end pipeline as licensed content, so links, versions, and rights information stay consistent wherever users start. In a preview HELibTech Viewpoint, it was argued that metadata is now strategic infrastructure – an asset that requires attention at the highest levels of universities and research institutions. This second ViewPoint gets practical. If you want OA to work consistently, you have to make three things routine: version clarity, rights clarity, and link priority. A new report from OCLC, Unlocking the future of e-resource management, builds on earlier work in OCLC’s “Managing e-Resources” series and draws on the OCLC Research led by Ixchel Faniel on open access discovery. It sets out a playbook libraries can run now to reduce friction in discovery and access, especially in hybrid collections where open and licensed content sit side by side. Wed, 27 May 2026 03:01:00 -0400 https://www.helibtech.com/helibtech-viewpoints/make-oa-work-in-the-real-world-fix-version-confusion-rights-and-link-priority oa.new oa.reports oa.oclc oa.discoverability oa.metadata oa.libraries oa.publishing oa.versions oa.copyright oa.licensing "In ten days last month, the Wikimedia Foundation fired the longtime lead developer of MediaWiki and disbanded the team whose entire job was to listen to volunteers. Most of the people they fired were union organizers. Wikipedia’s editors are now threatening to strike in solidarity. The Foundation is sitting on $296 million in reserves and a freshly profitable AI revenue stream. This is a confrontation with global implications." Tue, 26 May 2026 12:00:00 -0400 https://medium.com/@jakeorlowitz/wikipedia-is-doing-the-capitalist-thing-56a393232943 oa.new oa.wikipedia oa.wikimedia_foundation oa.mediawiki oa.labor oa.petitions "This item is the fifth in a series exploring how university leaders across Europe are connecting open science and open education. Based on interviews conducted by SPARC Europe, the series aims to inspire more leaders to connect the opens and support institutions in addressing complex challenges through an integrated open knowledge framework. This item explores how evolving policy approaches and incentive structures are helping institutions connect open science and open education within integrated open knowledge frameworks. It highlights emerging strategies for developing context-aware policies, aligning institutional and international frameworks, and creating supportive environments that encourage the creation, sharing, and reuse of knowledge. The item also examines how incentives, recognition systems, and cultural change can foster greater engagement with open practices among researchers, educators and institutions, contributing to more accessible, equitable, and impactful higher education systems." Tue, 26 May 2026 09:53:00 -0400 https://zenodo.org/records/20327820 oa.new oa.europe oa.sparc_europe oa.open_science oa.education oa.policies oa.incentives oa.culture oa.dei "As the cost of journal subscriptions packages continued to rise faster than library budgets, librarians at Emory University began exploring options in 2020 to reduce expenses. They gathered data, conferred with university administrators and faculty and ultimately made the decision to walk away from two big deals. Beginning in 2024, the private Atlanta university ended its $1.25 million per year contract with Wiley, reducing its spend by 25%. That unbundling process with Wiley laid the foundation for subsequently assessing then exiting its $3.5 million big deal with Elsevier in late 2025, resulting in a savings of about 22.5%." Tue, 26 May 2026 05:46:00 -0400 https://sparcopen.org/our-work/exit-interviews/unbundling-profile-emory-university/ oa.new oa.sparc oa.emory.u oa.big_deals oa.cancellations oa.libraries "In 2024, Sorbonne University discontinued its subscription to Clarivate’s bibliometric tools, including Web of Science. The university now uses open, free, and community-driven tools such as OpenAlex for these needs and does not use any proprietary products. The Paris institution has also exited several big deals with publishers in recent years. These moves were possible because librarians worked collaboratively to lay the groundwork by having a campus-wide conversation about the value of open research and the costs of the current system." Tue, 26 May 2026 05:45:00 -0400 https://sparcopen.org/our-work/exit-interviews/sorbonne-university/ oa.new oa.france oa.sorbonne oa.openalex oa.wos oa.big_deals oa.libraries "This profile series seeks to support libraries that are considering leaving big deal journal packages and other major proprietary products by sharing the increasing depth of experience that institutions have in pursuing this path. Currently, these profiles cover big deal journal packages and citation database products and may be expanded in the future." Tue, 26 May 2026 05:40:00 -0400 https://sparcopen.org/our-work/exit-interviews/ oa.new oa.sparc oa.interviews oa.cancellations oa.libraries oa.big_deals oa.people "Several documents released as part of the Trump administration’s fiscal year 2027 budget proposal contain statements about scholarly publishing that, if enacted, could have significant ramifications for publishers, research institutions, and academics.... The president’s budget request calls for a government-wide prohibition on using federal funds to pay for “expensive subscriptions to academic journals and prohibitively high publishing costs unless required by federal statute or approved in advance by a federal agency,” a major potential policy shift that has raised concern among House Democrats. Currently, the federal government allows recipients of research grants to use part of their funding to cover open-access publishing fees, though the amount varies by agency.... OSTP is now apparently in the process of repealing the Nelson memo, though what that will mean for existing federal open-access publishing policies is unclear. OSTP did not respond to a request for comment prior to publication. When Congress passed its 2026 appropriations minibus in January, a joint explanatory statement accompanying the budget asked OSTP to report on the status of its “process of repealing” the Nelson memo. A report accompanying the House Appropriations Committee’s recently published Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill for fiscal year 2027 says that the committee “recognizes that OSTP is in the process of repealing” the memo, and requests a briefing on this action. The committee also requested that the National Science Foundation “pause implementation of new public access policies” until OSTP has had time to repeal the memo, citing concern that NSF is continuing to “implement public access policies without administration guidance and coordination.” " Mon, 25 May 2026 05:14:00 -0400 https://www.aip.org/fyi/scholarly-publishing-costs-under-scrutiny-by-trump-administration oa.new oa.prices oa.costs oa.usa oa.trump47 oa.funders oa.policies oa.policies.funders oa.journals oa.fees oa.ostp oa.economics_of oa.funders "We analyzed how the loss of access to research resources propagates through interconnected bodies of scientific work. Our results show that information loss is not merely a local reproducibility issue but a structural phenomenon with system-wide implications…The unavailability of research data imposes a measurable efficiency loss on the scientific system…Preserving or restoring access to datasets associated with structurally central publications may prevent cascading losses that far exceed the local cost of data recovery. This insight provides a quantitative rationale for prioritizing preservation efforts based on network position and propagation risk." Sun, 24 May 2026 07:59:00 -0400 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751157726000465 oa.new oa.data oa.negative oa.preservation oa.reproducibility oa.risks oa.economics_of Abstract:  This paper describes the growth of Open Access (OA) repositories and journals as reported by monitoring initiatives such as ROAR (Registry of Open Access Repositories), Open DOAR (Open Directory of Open Access Repositories), DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals), Directory of Web Ranking of World Repositories by the Cybermetrics Laboratory in Spain and published literature. The performance of Malaysian OA repositories and journals is highlighted. The strength of OA channels in increasing visibility and citations are evidenced by research findings. It is proposed that libraries champion OA initiatives by making university or institutional governance aware; encouraging institutional journal publishers to adopt OA platform; collaborating with research groups to jumpstart OA institutional initiatives and to embed OA awareness into user and researcher education programmes. By actively involved, libraries will be free of permission, licensing and archiving barriers usually imposed in traditional publishing situation.   Sun, 24 May 2026 07:52:00 -0400 https://mysitasi.mohe.gov.my/journal-website/get-meta-article?artId=065ba1f2-60a6-11ef-a699-005056a6a970&formatted=true oa.new oa.repositories oa.journals oa.green oa.gold oa.libraries oa.malaysia oa.asia oa.south oa.ir oa.recommendations "The past decade has seen a proliferation of tools and frameworks designed to help organizations assess open-source software and open infrastructure. These frameworks include parameters like technical health metrics, governance principles, sustainability indicators, and community engagement measures, reflecting a growing recognition that “openness” alone doesn’t guarantee quality, longevity, or trustworthiness. These frameworks emerged from real needs in the scholarly communication ecosystem. Funders wanted ways to evaluate which projects deserved investment. Institutions needed criteria for choosing platforms that would serve their communities reliably. Infrastructure providers themselves sought guidance on what “healthy” looked like in practice, meaning not just that code was technically sound, but also that it was maintained by sustainable organizations with inclusive communities and transparent operations." Sun, 24 May 2026 07:33:00 -0400 https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/open-knowledge/2026/what-are-open-infrastructure-evaluation-frameworks-for oa.new oa.infrastructure oa.floss oa.quality oa.posi oa.forest oa.best_practices "Over the past two months, Chinese social media platforms have been flooded with accusations targeting papers published in Nature and its subsidiaries, including Nature Cancer, Nature Cell Biology and Nature Nanotechnology. Several of the accused authors are prominent professors, deans, “national talent” scholars and scientists with top state honours. On Chinese social platforms, a once-unthinkable phrase has become increasingly common: “Even Nature cannot be trusted any more.” The South China Morning Post has contacted Springer Nature about the allegations and its operations in Greater China.   The accusations have rapidly escalated from isolated claims into a broader challenge to the credibility of elite scientific journals themselves." Sun, 24 May 2026 07:11:00 -0400 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3354318/will-string-science-scandals-ruin-century-old-journal-natures-reputation-china oa.new oa.nature oa.scholcomm oa.prestige oa.quality oa.china oa.trust oa.asia