Following on the compact to support OA journals (which Cornell signed) and on Harvard's OA fund to implement it, Cornell is launching an OA fund. George Lowery, New funds help faculty publish in open-access journals, Cornell Chronicle, September 15, 2009.
On the heels of the Harvard-led compact to support OA journals: Stuart Shieber, Harvard’s new open-access fund, The Occasional Pamphlet, September 15, 2009. From the HOPE fund site: See also this interview with Shieber from Harvard University Library Notes.
A Compact for Open-Access Publication, press release, September 14, 2009. See also coverage by Library Journal, The Wired Campus, and Inside Higher Ed. More information: Of the initial compact signatories, only Berkeley previously had an OA fund. Berkeley's existing fund, though, was established as a pilot; at least three-quarters of the initial funding already have been obligated.
A few days ago, PLoS Medicine posted an announcement that, as part of celebrations for the journal's 5th anniversary, it was holding a contest for best OA article in medicine from the past 5 years, with a list of nominees. Today, the original announcement had been pulled and this update was posted on the journal's blog: Susan Jones, PLoS Medicine’s 5th anniversary competition – update, Speaking of Medicine, September 15, 2009.
Nature Publishing Group, Introducing Cell Death & Disease - a new open access journal for 2010, press release, September 14, 2009.
The OA journal PLoS ONE won the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers' 2009 award for Publishing Innovation. The award was announced at the ALPSP annual conference (Oxford, September 9-11, 2009).
Sorry for the radio silence yesterday. I was traveling and thought I'd have a chance to blog, but didn't. (As always, though, OATP marches on.) I'll do my best to catch up and keep you current.
Harry Ransom Center, Harry Ransom Center Introduces Edgar Allan Poe Digital Collection, press release, September 4, 2009.
Iryna Kuchma, Open access to research information included into the Olvia declaration of the Universities in Ukraine, eIFL, September 8, 2009.
EBSCO Publishing, EBSCO Publishing Makes Evidence-Based Flu Resources Freely Available, press release, September 9, 2009. See also our past post on OA info on H1N1 from DynaMed.
Daniel Bennett and Adam Harvey, Publishing Open Government Data, W3C working draft, September 8, 2009. W3C is the World Wide Web Consortium, the standards organization for the Web.