News & Events

The Scholarly Communication News Archive contains summaries of press releases about prominent news developments. The heading of each item links to the full text of that story.

New Open Access Monograph Series in Classics

The Department of Classics at UC Berkeley has announced the launch of "California Classical Monographs," a new open access series that will enable wide dissemination of distinguished, peer-reviewed scholarly monographs in Classics.
Collections, Humanities, News for Faculty, News for Graduate Students, Scholarly Communication
October 16, 2012

Open Access Week Events - October 22-28

The UCSB Library is hosting two events in conjunction with Open Access Week, a worldwide initiative to raise awareness about new models of scholarly publishing.
Events, Lectures & Talks, News for Faculty, News for Graduate Students, Open Access, Scholarly Communication
October 15, 2012

Getty Research Portal Opens Up Access to Art History Resources

The Getty Research Institute has launched the new Getty Research Portal, providing global access to digitized art history texts in the public domain.
Arts Library, Humanities, News for Faculty, News for Graduate Students, News for Students, News for Undergraduates, Scholarly Communication
June 7, 2012

White House Petition on Open Access to Research

Sign the people's petition in support of public access to federally funded scientific research. For White House consideration 25,000 signatures are needed by June 21.
Government Information Center, News for Faculty, News for Students, Open Access, Scholarly Communication
May 31, 2012

UCSF Implements Open Access Policy

The UCSF Academic Senate has voted to make electronic versions ofcurrent and future scientific articles freely available to the public.
Collections, News for Faculty, News for Graduate Students, Open Access, Scholarly Communication, Sciences & Engineering
May 25, 2012

What is Open Access and Why is the World Bank's Open Access Policy So Significant?

Effective July 1, the World bank will be adopting an Open Access Policy. "What the World Bank's Open Access Policy Means for Development" is a liveblog and webcast scheduled for Monday May 21, from 9:30-11am PST.
Collections, Events, Government Information Center, News for Faculty, News for Graduate Students, Open Access, Scholarly Communication, Social Sciences
May 15, 2012

Digitize, Democratize: Libraries and the Future of Books May 3, 5pm, HSSB 6020

A talk by Robert Darnton (Director of the University Library, Harvard)on the Digital Public Library of America.
Lectures & Talks, News for Faculty, News for Students, Open Access, Scholarly Communication
May 1, 2012

eScholarship Book Publishing Solutions Webinar May 3, 2pm, Library Room 1575

The California Digital Library has established a relationship with Lulu.com to provide print and e-book distribution services for University of California research units. Find out more about it at the Webinar.
Collections, News for Faculty, News for Graduate Students, Open Access, Scholarly Communication
April 27, 2012

Launch of the Directory of Open Access Books

OAPEN has recently launched the Directory of Open Access Books. Read the article for more information.
Collections, News for Faculty, News for Graduate Students, Open Access, Scholarly Communication
April 12, 2012

UC Open Access Policy To Be Debated

In the Spring of 2012, the faculty of the University of California will be discussing an Open Access policy for the university. Read more to learn more about this important discussion.
News for Faculty, Open Access, Scholarly Communication
April 2, 2012