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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Iryna Kuchma <<a href="mailto:iryna.kuchma@eifl.net">iryna.kuchma@eifl.net</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 9, 2021 1:17 PM<br><b>To:</b> eifloa <<a href="mailto:eifloa@lists.eifl.net">eifloa@lists.eifl.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [EIFL-OA] First in-depth report on open access diamond journals just published</p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal">[Forwarded message from <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Vanessa Proudman</span></strong> <<a href="mailto:vproudman@sparceurope.org">vproudman@sparceurope.org</a>>] </p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><div><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear colleagues, </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Apologies for cross-posting.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are pleased to announce the completion of a study on open access diamond journals: namely free to readers and authors. It is the first study of its kind. It was</span><a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/exploring-collaborative-non-commercial-publishing-models-for-open-access/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155cc"> commissioned by cOAlition S</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> and </span><a href="https://www.scienceeurope.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155cc">funded by Science Europe</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> in order to gain a better understanding of the OA diamond landscape. It is the culmination of work undertaken from June 2020 to February 2021 by a consortium of 10 organisations: </span><a href="http://operas-eu.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155cc">OPERAS</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, </span><a href="https://sparceurope.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155cc">SPARC Europe</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, </span><a href="https://www.uu.nl/en" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155cc">Utrecht University</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, </span><a href="https://doaj.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155cc">DOAJ</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, </span><a href="https://en.uit.no/startsida" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155cc">UiT The Arctic University of Norway</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, </span><a href="https://libereurope.eu/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155cc">LIBER</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, </span><a href="https://oaspa.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155cc">OASPA</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, </span><a href="https://enressh.eu/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155cc">ENRESSH</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, </span><a href="http://amelica.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155cc">Redalyc-AmeliCA</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, and </span><a href="http://www.csi.mines-paristech.fr/en/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155cc">CSI</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The in-depth report shines light on a community-driven open access publishing model. The OA diamond model promotes both inclusivity and bibliodiversity as it serves a wide range of disciplines, languages, countries and communities. It makes open access publishing truly accessible to all since it removes some of the financial hurdles that researchers struggle with. For all the characteristics mentioned above, sustaining the OA diamond is of crucial importance. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The findings and recommendations point to clearly defined areas where research funding organisations, institutions, scholarly societies and infrastructures can help OA diamond thrive in the future. We focus on areas to strengthen and sustain OA diamond journals and the ecosystem in which OA diamond journals operate and aim to assist these journals in complying with Plan S. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Key findings of the report:</span></b></p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A vast archipelago (estimated at 29,000) of relatively small journals exists and serves a wide range of communities</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">OA diamond journals are on the road to full compliance with Plan S</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Scientific strengths and operational challenges exist in a mix of areas from legal structures to technical capabilities to editorial processes or funding models</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">OA diamond journals largely depend on volunteers, universities and government to operate</span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Key recommendations:</span></b></p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Streamline technical support</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ensure compliance with Plan S</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Build capacity</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Increase effectiveness</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sustain and invest in the future</span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Kick-start actions:</span></b></p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Prepare an International Workshop and Symposium on OA diamond within 6 months to initiate a global conversation among different stakeholders</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Set up an OA diamond Funding Strategy within 1 year to implement funding recommendations</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Build the OA diamond Capacity Center within 2 years to support the implementation of recommendations</span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We invite you to read </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4558704" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155cc">the report </span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">and separately published set of </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4562790" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155cc">recommendations</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> and to look at the additional materials that we have shared with the community for further research and reuse: </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4553103" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155cc">the study dataset</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, the </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4562816" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155cc">references library</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, and the crowdsourced </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4562828" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155cc">Journals Inventory</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.</span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Download</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> a 2-page summary of the report’s main takeaways </span><a href="https://sparceurope.org/download/9434/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155cc">here</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The study group looks forward to facilitating a discussion with the OA diamond community and its stakeholders in the coming weeks about our proposed approach. Please check this web page </span><a href="https://www.operas-eu.org/the-oa-diamond-journals-study" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155cc">https://www.operas-eu.org/the-oa-diamond-journals-study</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> for updates on upcoming events</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Best wishes, Vanessa</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">***************</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Vanessa Proudman</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Director, SPARC Europe</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">@SPARC_EU</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><a href="https://www.sparceurope.org" target="_blank">https://www.sparceurope.org</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal">-- <br>--- [EIFL-OA] mailing list - <a href="mailto:eifloa@eifl.net">eifloa@eifl.net</a> - <a href="https://eifl.net">https://eifl.net</a><br>--- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to <a href="mailto:eifloa+unsubscribe@eifl.net">eifloa+unsubscribe@eifl.net</a><br>--- <br>To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to <a href="mailto:eifloa+unsubscribe@eifl.net">eifloa+unsubscribe@eifl.net</a>.</p></div></body></html>
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