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Auteur Peter Suber

I just mailed the December 2009 issue of the SPARC Open Access Newsletter .  This issue takes a close look at the OA implications of the amended version of the Google book settlement.  The roundup section briefly notes 150 OA developments from November.

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Auteur Gavin Baker

The Netherlands Association of Universities of Applied Sciences ( HBO-raad ) signed the Berlin Declaration (Google translation). A study of of 2700 articles from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that articles published under the journal's hybrid OA option received 25% more citations. German publisher Schattauer launched a hybrid OA option for its journals, with a €1,630 APC.

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Auteur Gavin Baker

OA journal announcements, launches, and conversions spotted in the past week or so: New OA journals: La Révolution française, via Revues.org (announcement) New delayed OA journals: Revue de primatologie (6 month delay), via Revues.org (announcement) Converted to delayed OA: Italique (3 year delay), via Revues.org (announcement) New OA backfiles: Journal of the Polynesian Society (1892-1992), via the University of Auckland Library

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Auteur Gavin Baker

School of Environmental Sciences establishes open access policy, press release, November 26, 2009. According to ROARMAP, this is the first non-library institutional or departmental OA commitment in Canada.

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Auteur Gavin Baker

I'll be out Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving. (As always, the Open Access Tracking Project continues apace.) Happy holidays!