Re: [GOAL] Who is leading the global charge for open access?

2019-07-18 Thread William Gunn
Indeed, our friends in the Global South have been quietly getting in with it for some years & we could learn a few things from them. About your comment "the commercial elements of our industry continue to cause unprecedented damage to our research and our society", though... PeerJ is a commercial

[GOAL] Re-use of photos of people requires consent

2019-07-18 Thread Heather Morrison
This BBC news article today about a man who discovered that pictures of his amputated leg had been used in ads without his consent may help to illustrate one of the problems with pushing for OA with ubiquitous licensing. I have no idea if the image was CC licensed or not; that is not the point,

[GOAL] eLife introduces first demonstration of the open-source publishing platform Libero Publisher

2019-07-18 Thread Emily Packer
[With apologies for cross-posting] Dear All, eLife is pleased to announce today the first working example of our open-source journal hosting and post-production publishing system, Libero Publisher. The demo showcases some of the essential components of a journal on Libero Publisher, including a

[GOAL] Full Program for 2019 OASPA Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing announced

2019-07-18 Thread Bernie Folan
The full program for the 2019 OASPA Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing is now available. The conference will be held at the Royal Danish Library in Copenhagen on 24-26th September 2019. The program is available on the conference website http://oaspa .org/conference/, along with