On November 18, 2025, we’re shutting down the Open Access Button and InstantILL. These products helped to create a world where Open Access (OA) is easy to discover wherever you are, and where interlibrary loan (ILL) systems have been strengthened to support big deal cancellations. Shutting down products is always a difficult decision, but robust alternatives now exist to help ensure their legacy continues.

Late last year, I sat down with our friends at the Research Organization Registry (ROR) and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) to discuss how OA.Report uses ROR IDs to support HHMI with OA policy compliance checking. Read the case study This was a fantastic opportunity to celebrate the critical role and success of ROR IDs and persistent identifiers (PIDs) in general.

Twelve years ago, a 2 a.m. email kickstarted the Open Access Button, OA.Work’s first scrappy attempt at making Open Access easier and more equitable. To mark this milestone, I wanted to share some of what we’re celebrating on this birthday, including some of the team’s recent achievements, where we are today, and the fact that our days now end at more humane hours… though my newborn hasn’t quite received the memo yet.

Here are three quick things we think you should know This week, our Advisory Committee approved OA.Works' Articles of Governance. Articles of Governance set the rules for how organizations like ours are run, and so, despite the unusual name, they’re critical to understand. Today, we’re sharing ours with the community as we deepen our commitment to building open-source, values-driven, non-profit tools for the long term.

Today, we’re releasing free public OA.Reports for thousands of major research funders to help discover publications they’ve funded, understand how open their research is, and increase the impact of their investments.

Today, we’re happy to announce that you can join the OA.Report for libraries pilot! If you’re interested in joining: read on and get in touch! Get in touch 💡 About OA.Report OA.Report is an open-source tool that identifies research outputs organizations have supported, analyzes their openness (including OA policy compliance), and then streamlines taking action to make results more open.

We’re thrilled to share that Wellcome has contracted OA.Report to support data analysis linked to their Open Access Policy! 💡 About OA.Report OA.Report is an open-source tool that identifies research outputs organizations have supported, analyzes their openness (including OA policy compliance), and then streamlines taking action to make results more open.

We’re thrilled to share that The Michael J.Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) has signed up to use OA.Report to help implement its Open Access Policy. 💡 About OA.Report OA.Report is an open-source tool that identifies research outputs organizations have supported, analyzes their openness (including OA policy compliance), and then streamlines taking action to make results more open.

We’re thrilled to share that Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has signed up to use OA.Report to help implement its Open Access Policy. 💡 About OA.Report OA.Report is an open-source tool that identifies research outputs organizations have supported, analyzes their openness (including OA policy compliance), and then streamlines taking action to make results more open.

We’re thrilled to share that Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) is investing in new OA.Report features and increasing it’s usage of the tool after a successful 6-month pilot. 💡 About OA.Report OA.Report is an open-source tool that identifies research outputs organizations have supported, analyzes their openness (including OA policy compliance), and then streamlines taking action to make results more open.

After a couple of years of working to support institutions implementing their OA policies, we're so proud to see OA.Report, our development partner, and one of our collaborators featured in Nature. We appreciate Nature bringing attention to the progress being made in more effectively implementing OA policies. Read the full story on Nature's website.