In 2010 the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV) at University of St Andrews launched the online Journal of Terrorism Research (JTR). With perfect timing for Open Access Week and its theme…
Luminos is an open access book publishing program run by The University of California Press. At the time of writing there are 6 open access books available, with more on the way. We mentioned the announcement of the…
Open Access Week is everywhere! Look out for events and activities around the world from 19-25 October 2015, celebrating the benefits of Open Access. The theme for this year’s 8th International Open Access Week will be…
The British Library Ethos service has just launched a new user survey. Just go to the website http://ethos.bl.uk and the survey should pop up automatically. Ethos are offering respondents the chance to win a Kindle.…
Today (24th September) is the seventh anniversary of the founding of Open Book Publishers. CC-0. Portrait of an old man thought to be Comenius (c. 1661) by Rembrandt. Florence, Uffizi Gallery. Wikimedia Commons,…
CC BY Catherine Markham http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12898-015-0053-9 Each year BMC Ecology runs an image competition designed to allow ecologists to capture in a single frame their personal perspective on the ‘beauty…
Following on from our recent post on Outernet two recent announcements about new research publication platforms have attracted attention in the Open Access community: Research Ideas and Outcomes (RIO)…
Outernet is a company that is organising a so-called ‘library in space’ designed to untether information from the restrictions imposed by the Internet. The Internet as a medium for transmitting information is of course…
Over the summer, the University Library’s journal hosting service has been given a bright new look to its welcome page. As well as a fresh, more organised look to our range of journals, the main site provides users…
As expected the Research Councils UK Executive has responded to the independent Burgess Review of its Open Access policy that we blogged in April. The Executive accepts and will act on all the recommendations. Its…