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Author Peter Suber

In two weeks (on July 1) I'll significantly curtail my blogging.  The blog itself will continue, and Gavin will continue at something like his current pace.  But I'll start my new position at the Berkman Center and will only be able to post sporadically.

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Author Peter Suber

Malcolm Read, Executive Secretary of JISC, has been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his 16 years at JISC, including his leadership on OA.  From today's press release: PS:  Also see our past posts on Read, focusing specifically on his OA work.

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Author Peter Suber

I just moved my list of OA journal funds to the Open Access Directory (OAD) for community editing.  Richard Poynder posted a version of it last week and called for help in completing it.  I join the call, and hope that readers with new or better information can improve the list.

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Author Gavin Baker

The Journal of Young Pharmacists is a new peer-reviewed OA journal published by the InPharm Association and Medknow. (Thanks to Vikas Anand.) There are no article-processing charges. The inaugural issue is now available. Reuse for "reasonable non-commercial purpose" is permitted with attribution.