The Open Access Community Framework (OACF) was launched in 2022 as a new approach to supporting publishers or initiatives operating under the Diamond Open Access (OA) model – open access publishing with no subscription or author facing fee – which is a competitive and sustainable alternative to the Book Processing Charge (BPC) model. Following on […]
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This is a guest post by Ursula Rabar, Project Community Manager at OPERAS. In January 2024, a new open access policy from UKRI for monographs, book chapters and edited collections comes into force. Jisc is supporting the implementation of this policy, and we feel that participation in the PALOMERA project will be of mutual benefit […]
This is a guest post by Dominique Walker, Publishing Officer – Scottish Universities Press, and Kate Petherbridge, White Rose Libraries Executive Manager. We’re really excited to share information about a new association that will support open access publishing activities at UK universities. The Open Institutional Publishing Association will launch over the summer in 2023, and […]