The September 30, 2010 Edition of the Dramatic Growth of Open Access is now available on The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics.

Preliminary results of the Open Access Journals Support research project were presented at the Canadian Association of Learned Journals (CALJ) AGM, June 1, 2010, in Montreal. Abstract Describes preliminary results of the pan-Canadian Open Access Journals Support in Canada survey of university libraries and presses conducted in spring 2010. The majority of respondents are involved [...]

digitalculturepress, a joint initiative of the University of Michigan Press and the Scholarly Publishing Office of the University of Michigan Library, offers an innovative model of providing books free online, with an optional (paid) print of demand. Several of their book series – such as Technologies of the Imagination, the New Media World, and the [...]

This DOAJ Media and Communication list for research purposes is released as open data, or more accurately ~

Update April 24: I just realized that the ICA’s Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication is open access (on the Wiley site). Quotable from Wolfgang Donsbach, Finance Committee Report, International Communication Association 2007 Annual Report (downloadable from the ICA website): “Publications…yield a surplus of between $500,000 – $600,000 because expenses for the editors’ offices stay far below [...]

I just released the March 31, 2010 issue of the Dramatic Growth of Open Access. DGOA is a quarterly series that I have been working on for the last few years which aims to illustrate, at a macro level, the growth of open access journals, archives, and OA mandate policies. Highlights: DOAJ is now at [...]

What is open access? While there are many flavors of open access, and many related movements including open data, open education, and open government, open access refers primarily to the scholarly peer-reviewed journal literature – the works that scholars give away for free. Here is the definition of open access from the Budapest Open Access [...]

Devon Greyson, Kumiko Vézina, Heather Morrison, Donald Taylor, Charlyn Black (2009). University Supports for Open Access: A Canadian National Survey. Canadian Journal of Higher Education 39:3. Abstract The advent of policies at research-funding organizations requiring grantees to make their funded research openly accessible alters the life cycle of scholarly research. This survey-based study explores the [...]

Freedom for scholarship in the internet age:  OCULA Spotlight Presentation, Thursday, February 25, 2010, Ontario Library Association Conference, Toronto, Ontario. My powerpoint and detailed notes for my OCULA spotlight speech at the Ontario Library Association Superconference, Freedom for scholarship in the internet age, is available for viewing or downloading from the link above. In brief, [...]