CHORUS Adds Public Access Flag to Search Results
Finding publicly accessible content just got a little easier. We’ve added new functionality to the CHORUS search beta results to indicate whether or not an article is publicly accessible, or when it will be made available if known.
US Funding Agency Public Access Plans – Enhanced Resource
Keeping track of the requirements of US federal funding agencies’ public access plans covering publications isn’t an easy task. The plans and their requirements are as varied as the departments and the agencies they serve. But for publishers, compliance officers at academic institutions, researchers, and other stakeholders in scholarly publishing, it has become essential.
Fred Dylla on “Building Bridges in the Scholarly Publishing Community”
Available on demand is a replay of a webinar hosted by the Wiley Executive Briefing series featuring CHORUS Board Member and AIP Executive Director Emeritus Fred Dylla. The presentation was taped at a live event last fall, and is followed by a Q&A session from March 22, 2016. Please note that the link below provides access to a replay, not a live event.
From the podium to the boardroom: Encouraging gender parity in scholarly publishing
ORCID’s Director of Communications Alice Meadows, who chairs CHORUS’ Communications Working Group, and BioOne’s COO Lauren Kane, have published a timely article on how scholarly communications organizations can and should try to achieve gender parity. For anyone who’s interested, the author accepted manuscript of this research paper is now available on figshare. The final article is published in […]
Three Years After the OSTP Public Access Directive: A Progress Report
Check out Fred Dylla’s post on the Scholarly Kitchen: Three Years after the OSTP Public Access Directive: A Progress Report Fred is the Executive Director Emeritus of the American Institute of Physics. With more than 30 years experience as a practicing scientist, Dylla has also taken a leading role as an advocate for the physical sciences. He serves […]
HighWire Adds CHORUS to Support Publishers and Authors
CHORUS integration with the HighWire Open Platform streamlines compliance with US funder mandates and increases visibility of published articles reporting on funded research REDWOOD CITY, CA – February 9, 2016 — HighWire Press, Inc., the leading technology platform and strategic partner to influential scholarly publishers, now integrates CHORUS so authors and their publishers can more […]
CHORUS Members Elect Board of Directors
CHORUS members gathered in person or by proxy to vote to elect the members of the Board of Directors after the expiration of the Interim Board that has served CHORUS during its first two years. New to the Board are John Sack, HighWire, and Matthew Salter, American Physical Society.
CHORUS Signs Agreement With US Department of Defense to Advance Public Access to Research
DoD’s Defense Technical Information Center will employ CHORUS’ services to build on open standards, distributed networks, and established infrastructure to advance access to scholarly articles reporting on DoD-funded research, as well as enable agency indexing and long-term preservation of those articles.
Library Journal on CHORUS
An interesting feature posted today on LJ’s Academic Newswire, based on Associate Editor Lisa Peet’s interviews Howard Ratner (CHORUS), Jim Kurose (NSF), and Katherine Sharpless (NIST), and Keith Kirk (USGS).
HighWire Press joins CHORUS
HighWire notes that their membership in CHORUS reflects their commitment to supporting the publishing community through innovative technology solutions in this press release issued on January 6, 2015.
