BMC Medical Physics
5 June 2008
BioMed Central is launching BMC Medical Physics, which will publish research on the latest advances in medical physics.
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Human Genomics and Proteomics
2 June 2008
SAGE and Hindawi have launched the first title from their open-access joint venture.
Seal sets standards for open-access journals
19 May 2008
The SPARC Europe Seal for Open Access journals intends to address the confusion that sometimes surrounds the use and reuse of material published in OA journals.
Harvard law faculty votes for open access
8 May 2008
HLS unanimously votes to make faculty member's scholarly articles available online for free.
SPARC Europe Award for Leo Waaijers
30 April 2008
Dr Leo Waaijers has won the 2008 SPARC Europe Award for Outstanding Achievements in Scholarly Communications.
New web resource for Canadian researchers
14 March 2008
A Canadian version of the researcher-focused web resource Create Change is launched by CARL and SPARC.
Publisher views to access are changing
11 March 2008
Traditional academic publishers are changing their attitudes to copyright and the deposit of articles in a publicly-accessible repository.
Jan Velterop leaves Springer
10 March 2008
Jan Velterop is leaving Springer to pursue a new career as CEO of KnewCo.
Open Science Directory developed
2 March 2008
EBSCO, IOC and Hasselt University join forces to create the Open Science Directory.
Open-access repository for Harvard faculty
1 March 2008
Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences votes for greater worldwide access licence
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