👇 More evidence that a lot of work will be required to achieve the @coar_repositories vision (which I have long embraced) to make repositories a fundamental building block of the #scholcomm system. While progress is being made e.g. with adoption of the Notify protocol and #FAIR Signposting […]

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For #OpenAccess Week, #HarvardLibrary spells out its objections to #APCs and #ReadAndPublish agreements, and summarizes its support for #GreenOA, #DiamondOA, and #RightsRetention policies. https://circblog.library.harvard.edu/2026/10/16/the-cost-of-knowledge-open-access-week-2026-at-harvard/ (I […]

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NEW: The leader of the UK Liberal Democrats, Sir Ed Davey:

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REMINDER that 'academic freedom' is not about freedom to publish in a particular journal, and that trying to link that to academic freedom is undermining what is a serious & important issue. The term is appropriated in arguments about rights retention - just stop people. substack.com/inbox/post/2...

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I always find it funny when I talk to people I've worked with for years about the budget I manage. So many people who work in/support science still have no idea about how much money publisher enabled 'Gold' OA costs. We're working on pivoting more to Green at the Crick, but it's a big challenge.

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