#OASPA is launching a collective project on new alternatives for #OpenAccess promotion, bringing together publishing, editing, and funding actors in scientific communication.

The goal: ensuring most academic publications are freely available without economic barriers.

More info and participation:

https://www.oaspa.org/news/announcing-oaspas-next-50-project-a-different-conversation-about-the-open-access-transition/

#OASPA va a realizar un proyecto de construcción colectiva sobre nuevas alternativas para la promoción del #OpenAccess, reuniendo a actores que publican, editan y financian la comunicación científica.

El objetivo: lograr que la mayoría de publicaciones académicas sean de libre lectura sin restricciones económicas.

Más info y participación:

https://www.oaspa.org/news/announcing-oaspas-next-50-project-a-different-conversation-about-the-open-access-transition/

The recording of the OASPA deep-dive into 'Subscribe to Open' aka S2O is now up https://www.oaspa.org/events/wayfinders-4-a-deep-dive-into-s2o-subscribe-to-open/

Really worth checking this out if you're not familiar with S2O.

The key thing to remember with S2O is that authors can make their work open access with no author-side fees under this model - it doesn't matter what your affiliation is. Enabling truly equitable open access. Diamond OA is best, but S2O is a pragmatic middle-ground and worthy of supporting too...

A longer answer to a question raised at #OASPA about the danger of open infrastructure being acquired by commercial interests this blog post was circulated in March and explains the position of @PublicKnowledgeProject in this regard. For a deeper, more detailed (more fun?) conversation catch me at #OASPA2024 in Lisbon. https://pkp.sfu.ca/2024/03/14/pkp-not-for-sale/

The full programme of the OASPA Conference 2024 is here.
Our (slightly biased) recommendation: The panel "Technical Standards and Best Practices for Diamond Open Access Publishing" with @TIBopenpub's platform manager #XeniavanEdig, @DOAJ's #ClaraArmengou, @operaseu's #MaximKupreyev and session chair #JoannaBall (Managing Director of @DOAJ)

https://www.oaspa.org/news/oaspa-2024-conference-programme/

The Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (@oaspa, #oaspa) "is addressing challenges of inequity in all routes to #OpenAccess…We also want to avoid erosion of trust in the very concept of OA due to exclusionary practices."
https://www.oaspa.org/news/oaspa-calls-for-community-feedback-on-draft-recommendations-to-increase-equity-in-open-access/

"You are invited to review OASPA’s draft recommendations to increase equity in OA and let us know what you think by 1 July 2024."

If there's $10,000 of time and effort invested in each OA ebook, then our project has identified $40,000,000 of wasted effort due to typos, etc. #oaspa #oaspa2023 https://doab-check.ebookfoundation.org

I just took part in a good panel discussion for the @oaspa annual meeting. Thanks to my co-panelists Thanos Giannakopoulos, Sarah Greaves, and Moumita Koley, and thanks to moderator Jennifer Gibson.
https://oaspa.org/2023-conference-program/

The event goes on for another 2.5 days. Tune in.

What is an open access journal?

One of the questions answered in the Open Access Journals Toolkit developed by @DOAJ and #OASPA. Great resource.

#OA #OpenAccess #ScholComms

https://www.oajournals-toolkit.org/what-is-open-access

Launch of New #OpenAccess Toolkit to Empower Scholarly Publishers and Researchers

https://oaspa.org/launch-of-new-open-access-toolkit/

#OASPA #DOAJ #publishing #scholcomm#journals

cc @Bernardpo @jdfr

Thanks to the #DOAJ and #OASPA for their new #OpenAccess #Journals Toolkit.
https://www.oajournals-toolkit.org/

It should help launch new #OA journals, fine-tune older ones, and #flip #subscription journals. It covers topics "such as journal creation, costs, staffing, policy development, through to indexing and key technical aspects."