Heather Joseph
Open Access advocate, food lover, insomniac, runner, Deadhead, baseball fanatic, mom. Also frequently jetlagged.
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Feedback on the draft implementation guidance of Plan S
Launched in September 2018, cOAlition S is an initiative of an international consortium of research funders to make full and immediate Open Access to research publications a reality. It is built around Plan S, which consists of one target and 10...
Nine routes towards Plan S compliance – updated
by Jeroen Bosman & Bianca Kramer Changes in Plan S compliant options as of May 31, 2019 On May 31, cOAlition-S, the group of funders responsible for Plan S, published the updated Plan S princip…
Dead & Company: Live from Wrigley Field in Chicago 6/15/19 Set I Opener
Tune in starting at 6:30 PM CT for Dead & Company’s first song at Wrigley Field in Chicago! Head over to 2nu.gs/OrderDC to order the full show. Want more liv...
Public Forum: Action Items for Implementing the Federal Data Strategy
The Data Coalition and the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) are co-sponsoring a joint public forum on the Federal Data Strategy’s draft 2019-2020 Action Plan on Monday, July 8.
10 attorneys general sue to block T-Mobile-Sprint merger
Ten Democratic attorneys general from nine states and Washington, D.C., on Tuesday filed a lawsuit to block the $26 billion T-Mobile-Sprint merger, arguing that combining two of the country's four largest mobile carriers could harm
Open Markets Director of Enforcement Strategy Testifies on Regulating Digital Platforms
Open Markets Director of Enforcement Strategy Sally Hubbard testified before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law.
Evidence Works: Cases Where Evidence Meaningfully Informed Policy
Policymakers and elected officials should implement evidence in their policymaking to be better informed and be more successful in their work.
White House Releases Draft Federal Data Strategy Action Plan
Heather Joseph
White House has released their Federal Data Strategy, complete w/draft Action Plan for Year 1. Sound principles and practices, and pretty solid proposed actions. Plus: they are taking comments till July 5th.
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How will the emerging generation of scholars transform scholarly communication?
Presenting evidence from the Harbingers Study, a three-year longitudinal study of Early Career Researchers (ECRs), David Nicholas assesses the extent to which the new wave of researchers are drivin…
Building shareyourpaper.org to make self-archiving the simplest way to increase a paper’s impact.
Introducing shareyourpaper.org, the simplest way for authors to legally self-archive and for your library to fill your repository.
Open Access Button
Free, legal research articles delivered instantly or automatically requested from authors.
16 Things OMB Wants Agencies to Accomplish in the Data Strategy's First Year
Agencies and other stakeholders have until July 5 to comment on the draft action plan, which includes hard deliverables for all of government.
A Statement from ScholarLed on Knowledge Unlatched’s “Open Research Library”
It has to be asked: is it, in fact, a public and universal community “good” that all OA books be aggregated in one, central repository?
Nick Cave - The Red Hand Files - Issue #43 - I'm a songwriter. I'm seriously blocked. Do u have any spare lyrics I can have?
Dear David,Sure, here are some lyrics for you. They are a little on the dark side and pretty obscure, and perhaps a bit too heavy on the old Frederick...
New tool and dataset make permissions checking easier, faster, and clearer for libraries.
Together with librarians, we’re building a new way to perform permissions checking that is backed by a modern approach and informed by a…
Dr. John, Hall of Fame master of New Orleans voodoo rock, dies
Dr. John, born Malcolm John Rebennack Jr., fused rock, funk, jazz and voodoo mysticism into time-tested albums and hits like "Right Place Wrong Times."
Why we must all support policy that keeps the internet open and accessible
This week, the Wikimedia Foundation was invited to provide opening remarks for the third annual Global Conference of the Internet Jurisdiction and Policy Network in Berlin, Germany. This conference…