AAU's Tobin L. Smith notes in this Science|Business story that White House Office of Science & Technology Policy's new research security guidelines affecting universities are improved from their 2023 draft policy. It will be important that research agencies harmonize their related research security policies. sciencebusiness.net/news/internati…

“Public access to the laws we live under should be a given. Allowing anyone to copyright the law & restrict access (as the PRO Codes Act would do) undermines that right & erodes the public trust. Lawmakers should be ensuring access to our laws, not restricting it.” -Heather Joseph

#OpenSource software is crucial to advance scientific discovery. Today, we’re sharing a comprehensive report highlighting what we’ve learned about our community’s needs + successes from 5 funding cycles bit.ly/3Y7WhFg

Hear from SPARC's own Katie Steen-James on August 7 for Center for Open Science’s webinar on the draft NIH Public Access Policy. Get involved in the public comment process! #OpenAccess #OpenData Register here:cos-io.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Let Readers Read: An Open Letter to the Publishers in Hachette v. Internet Archive: - Sign the Petition! chng.it/QZ7LrzkjMd via Change.org

Delighted to be adding this new role to our team!

I’m pleased to share a draft of my forthcoming essay “The AI-Copyright Trap”. It cautions AI critics against running into a copyright trap in debates over AI-training data. ©️ is the wrong regulatory tool—its proprietary logic will do more harm than good: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

What does it take to walk away from a big deal journal package? What savings did unbundling unlock? What was the campus reaction? In a new series, SPARC profiles libraries that have left big deals to provide insights for those considering a similar move. sparcopen.org/our-work/big-d…

Celebrating what would have been Jerry Garcia’s 82nd birthday today🌹Jerry was born in San Francisco’s Mission District in 1942. Inspired by his musical family, he explored jazz, country, folk, and blues before discovering rock and roll. At sixteen, he swapped an accordion for an

Why, thank you…yes, yes, I will. What better way to mark “The Days Between?”

With all the revisionism going on about the history of open access, this piece helpfully reminds us how the publishing industry prioritised greater revenues in the form of APCs and article volume over a more pragmatic approach of zero-embargo green OA. science.org/content/articl…

Recommended reading. This is a super dooper response to NIH RFI. Too many good points to list them all. 🏅🌟 sparcopen.org/wp-content/upl…

Delighted to be partnering with Authors Alliance on legal pathways to #OpenAccess! sparcopen.org/news/2024/auth…

Rest in peace to astonishing author, activist, and cherished member of the Grateful Dead family, Steve Silberman. “When I started working for the Grateful Dead in 1999, Steve Silberman was around a lot, working on the So Many Roads boxed set throughout the summer. He was so

You don’t need to buy a book. Bring the one you have, or just stop by and say hello. CUL8R! ⚾️

These are the same publishers who claim to be sooooo concerned over authors rights in the context of the Nelson memo….oy. The Bookseller - News - Wiley set to earn $44m from AI rights deals, confirms “no opt-out" for authors

1/7 Academic publishers have now licensed their authors' content for use in AI without an opt out for the authors; these companies make big money and rely on authors and reviewers for mostly free (or severely underpaid) labor. thebookseller.com/news/wiley-set…

I am thrilled to work with our incredible team to leverage informatics & data science at NUCATS Institute to advance discovery and health. Exciting times ahead! More about our new award at news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/2024/08/29/nor… #dreamteam

Some excellent points here about commercial academic publishers and their reliance on free contributions from authors (and editors, and peer reviewers...) for profit. Here, in the case of AI licensing deals.

UPDATE: Internet Archive Responds to Appellate Opinion in Publishers Lawsuit - mailchi.mp/829b4c408e92/e…