arXiv seeks its first CEO to champion open, free scientific discovery and guide the platform’s next chapter as an independent nonprofit.

International Open Access Week is held annually to inspire global momentum toward the open sharing of knowledge in order to address important social issues affecting people around the world. Open Acce...

The domination of scientific publishing in the Global North by major commercial publishers is harmful to science. We need the most powerful members of the research community, funders, governments and ...

Open access is about unlocking research and making scientific knowledge freely available to everyone. For Wikipedians, it’s not an abstract ideal—it’s essential to ensuring people can find reliable…

As professionals working in open science and scholarly communication reform, we believe in practicing what we preach. That’s why we recently chose to publish an article using the…

Today, COMMUNIA releases Policy Paper #23 for a general scientific research exception (also available as a PDF file), advocating for a comprehensive overhaul of the copyright framework for research us...

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Open Access has transformed research accessibility, making half of all articles freely available. However, barriers to publishing persist. This paper examines equitable solutions for both accessing an...

Publishing initiatives in Latin America, Africa, and Asia are promoting diamond open access, multilingualism, and non-profit, scholarly-led governance structures.

Guest: Melissa Hagemann, Director of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI), discussing her paper .  First broadcast August 1 2025. Transcript at   Playlist "And that is what we call an...

Second Webinar in Series Highlighting the Need to Protect the Diamond Open Access Model in Latin America / Segundo Webinar da Série Destacando a Necessidade de Proteger o Modelo de Acesso Aberto Diama...

Registration for Wikimania 2025, happening in Nairobi, Kenya, and online, is now open! Join us from August 6 through August 9 as we celebrate 20 years of Wikimania.This year, in-person capacity is …

We are all familiar with the Budapest Open Access Initiative which offered the initial definition and statement of intent for the open access movement, and

This webinar, co-organized by the BOAI and the National Council of Rectors of Costa Rica (CONARE), will address the worrying trend of diamond journals adopting, or considering to adopt, the APC model....

Este seminario web, coorganizado por la BOAI y el Consejo Nacional de Rectores de Costa Rica (CONARE), abordará la preocupante tendencia de las revistas de acceso abierto que adoptan, o consideran ado...

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We are excited to announce a vacancy for a community manager for the Barcelona Declaration. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the successful realization of the Barcelona Declarati...

Meet the New CC Board Members We’re pleased to introduce four new members to our Board: Alwaleed Alkhaja, Melissa Hagemann, Melissa Omino, and Colin Sullivan.  Familiar faces within the CC community, ...

Do you want to be at the forefront of the heated debate on library functions in the digital and algorithmic information society? Explore legal issues ranging from webharvesting to the use of digital c...