Over three months ago (in March) the Association of Universities in the
Netherlands (VSNU) published a very brief news item announcing that it had
reached agreement with Springer Nature on a new OA Big Deal.
Curious as to the details of the agreement, I invited VSNU to answer some
questions,
[Forwarded message from Joy Davidson]
FOSTER Plus (Fostering the practical implementation of Open Science in
Horizon 2020 and beyond) is a 2-year, EU-funded project, carried out by 11
partners across 6 countries. The primary aim is to contribute to a real and
lasting shift in the behaviour of
Hi all,
Thought you might be interested in this new OA project!
This scholarly search engine will be a little different than the (many)
already out there: it's aimed at a nonspecialist audience of citizen
scientists, patients, K-12 teachers, and so on.
To do that we'll need to rely not just on
hi Jason,
Congratulations!!!
Comment: This is a VERY ambitious goal, even for an $850,000 project; this
strikes me as Google-size ambition that calls for a Google-size budget (but I
would be happy to be proved wrong).
Question: if this succeeds, what is the long-term business strategy? To
Hi Heather,
Good to meet you in Toronto recently for ELPUB.
It’s funny you mention Google, as Google Scholar was also started by just
two people ( source:
https://www.nature.com/news/google-scholar-pioneer-on-search-engine-s-future-1.16269
). It’s an apt comparison in that respect. Even today I
