#AcademicJournal metadata... an important topic when you're trying to collect all the #DiamondOA journals in Europe (ddh.diamas.org) because only certain journals qualify. Challenges around metadata standardization, exchange and interoperability led to the creation of JMEF. This paper explains: https://zenodo.org/records/17406780
Another community of academics fed-up with the publisher Wiley:
“We do not believe that Wiley is currently providing an environment that allows the editors to do their editorial work according to the standards of the academic community and free from the negative influence of commercial and profit-oriented interests,”
!!! From "Big Deals" to #OpenScience !!!
The Université de Lorraine cancelled Springer (2017) & Wiley (2023) – and reinvests the savings in Open Science.
€500,000 is spent annually on infrastructures, support services and scholar-led Diamond OA – guided by a broad, representative committee.
🎧 Hear more in this #podcast with @fresseng and https://mastodon.social/@jflutz
#scholarled #DiamondOA #UniLorraine #AcademicPublishing #OpenAccess #scholcomm
Lorraine Model
🌍💎 #ALMASI is the first project to gather Europe, Africa & Latin America to develop a globally aligned, nonprofit, high-quality & sustainable scholarly communications ecosystem. Find out more here: https://buff.ly/4jWfeDl#DiamondOA
#ALMASI’s first working groups started this week! SPARC Europe looks forward to building on our work with the #OADiamond Journals Study & DIAMAS Project as one of 15 partners from 10 countries in Europe, Africa & Latin America. 🧵1/2
SPARC Europe is delighted to announce the publication of our 2024 Annual Report.
This marks the completion of our strategic plan before we embark on a new strategy for 2025-2028.
Read our 2024 Annual Report here: https://buff.ly/40XIlOb 🧵1/2
Highlights of our work in 2024 include
✅ Continuing to facilitate https://conosc.org/
✅ Researching #OAbooks policy-making across the ERA with #PALOMERA
✅ Contribution to #RetainYourRights & #Copyright reform with https://www.knowledgerights21.org/
✅ Efforts to understand & guide action for sustainable #DiamondOA with https://diamasproject.eu/
✅ Leadership of #OpenScienceMonitoringInitiative @osmi
✅ Our new project to make the case for a stronger, more integrated open agenda https://sparceurope.org/connecting-the-worlds-of-open-science-and-open-education/ 2/2