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SCOSS, what’s next? Help them decide.

Over several years, SCOSS has successfully supported two pledging rounds for Open Science Infrastructures to help the beneficiary organisations become more sustainable. SCOSS are about to announce a third cycle and find themselves in the position of both looking back at what they have achieved and thinking forward, about SCOSS’s future. “What’s next?” they ask. Before…

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FinELib, the consortium for Finnish universities, will fund DOAJ for a 3-year period based on the SCOSS model

PRESS RELEASE FinELib, the Finnish consortium for universities, research institutions and universities of applied sciences, has agreed to provide funding to DOAJ over a 3-year period. The consortium has promised funds to DOAJ in recognition of the valuable contribution that DOAJ makes to open access and scholarly publishing. The move follows hot on the heels…

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DOAJ reaches its SCOSS funding target within 18 months and sets its sights on new work

(Repost from the SCOSS website.) We are delighted to announce that the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) has reached its funding target to cover its operational costs as were outlined in its SCOSS application. Eight consortia and 175 institutions/organisations from 18 different countries have committed support to DOAJ. “We’d like to thank our supporters….

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Université de Lorraine, the first French institution to provide sustainable funding based on SCOSS recommendations

We are very happy to be able to announce Université de Lorraine as the first French institution to join our growing list of institutions who have committed to provide sustainable funding to DOAJ for a period of three years as recommended by SCOSS. Frédéric Villiéras, vice-provost for research at Université de Lorraine says: “We are…

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Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science (SCOSS) hits half-million Euro funding mark

Thanks to dozens of quick-acting universities and institutions in Australia, Europe & North America, a new effort to secure Open Science infrastructure is off to a strong start. More than 680 000 Euros have been pledged to support DOAJ and SHERPA/RoMEO already. In a press release issued by SPARC Europe on 14th August 2018, Vannessa…

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The Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) and the Council of New Zealand University Librarians sign up as sustainable funders promoted by SCOSS

DOAJ is very pleased for the support received from CAUL and the Council of New Zealand University Librarians (CONZUL) towards a sustainable funding model promoted by SCOSS. These two new additions enlarge the list of institutions who have committed funds to support DOAJ and Open Access. The Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) is pleased to be a…

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The SCOSS initiative: DOAJ receives first funding, from the University of Alberta Libraries.

As reported in November, a coalition has been formed called SCOSS which is running a pilot project aimed at generating a sustaining model of funding for DOAJ and SHERPA/RoMEO. The iniative sets out to attract funding from around the world and it is with great delight that DOAJ can announce it has now received its…

Update on DOAJ’s new library and institutional supporter model
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Update on DOAJ’s new library and institutional supporter model

Libraries are the lifeblood of DOAJ. We were founded at Lund University Libraries in 2003, and our growth and development have been fuelled by the library community, particularly through our crowdfunding model pioneered by Lars Bjønshauge in 2013. We are proud of our shared values and strong connections with the academic library community. Preliminary results…

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Sustaining DOAJ: our new support model for libraries

The momentum towards Open Access publishing is stronger than ever. We are witnessing a remarkable increase in the number of journals flipping to open access and seeing a growth in community-led publishing worldwide (as evidenced by research carried out by PKP on the number of journals using OJS software). Research funders and organisations accelerate the…