SPARC Europe

SPARC Europe is one of Europe’s key and long-standing voices advocating for unfettered access to research and data — for the academic community; for the whole of society. More openness in research, we believe, will lead to an accelerated rate…

BePress

Provider of Digital Commons, a hosted institutional repository service used by 400+ universities, colleges, law schools, & research institutes. Founded by professors in 1999, bepress exists to serve academia. We empower academic communities to showcase their works and expertise for…

ACRL TECHCONNECT BLOG

WHAT IS ACRL TECHCONNECT BLOG? Welcome to ACRL TechConnect, your source for technology-related content from the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) along with C&RL News magazine. ACRL TechConnect is a moderated peer-reviewed blog produced by a group of academic librarians.  ACRL TechConnect also contains information on…

OA Publishing Tools and Systems

OA Publishing Tools and Systems: 3 things you need to consider If you’re working with a scholarly organization or group of researchers to run an academic-led open access (OA) journal, you’re likely approaching all areas of journal management with the…

Benefits of Open Access Publications

The open access movement offers a number of advantages to people cutting across all sections of society. Access Most journals and repositories do not impose access costs on the reader. Thus price barriers are substantially lowered or removed entirely. Authors…