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Beginning January 2026, all ACM publications and related artifacts in the ACM Digital Library will be made #OpenAccess.
https://dl.acm.org/openaccess

Great piece by @… about shadow libraries like Anna's Archive, their metadata and what it means for creating successors after takedowns: «The Lineages and Inheritances of Shadow Libraries and their Documentation»
#openaccess #openscience

The one time you’re too tired to insist on publishing #OpenAccess, thinking, “well, I can still do Green OA to meet the SNSF’s requirements”—you discover upon publication that Every. Single. Clause. in the !@#% contract you signed is actually incompatible with the requirements.
F*cking cartels (Springer, to be precise).

The one time you’re too tired to insist on publishing #OpenAccess, thinking, “well, I can still do Green OA to meet the SNSF’s requirements”—you discover upon publication that Every. Single. Clause. in the !@#% contract you signed is actually incompatible with the requirements.
F*cking cartels (Springer, to be precise).

Plan S – Quo Vadis?
#openaccess
https://blog.scielo.org/en/2025/11/19/plan-s-quo-vadis/
(Versions in Portuguese and Spanish also available)

Plan S – quo vadis? | SciELO in Perspective
By late 2025, Open Access has become mainstream in rhetoric but fragmented in practice. The path forward likely lies not just in enforcing compliance but in diversifying infrastructures—combining global principles with networked regional, scholar-driven implementation.

Das vorherrschende Wissenschaftsmodell ist geprägt von Kolonialismus, Imperialismus, dem Glauben an die Kontrolle des Menschen über die Natur und wirtschaftlichen Zwängen. Es ist weder neutral noch universell.
Wie wäre es mit demokratischeren, bescheideneren und pluralistischeren Wegen des Erkennens und Erforschens der Welt?
Towards Convivial Sciences
Uniting Strands of Critical Inquiry
#OpenAccess

Be part of the conversation about how to #DefendResearch, support #OpenAccess, and protect #Education! Register for next week's SJSU OA Virtual Conference, where I'm very excited …

@… Superb article - & everyone please call on the libraries, universities, arts organisations & NGOs important to you...
#OpenAccess #DigitalSovereignty

Waar gaat het naartoe met "Plan S"?
#openaccess #PlanS #PlanU #SciELO

Plan S – quo vadis? | SciELO in Perspective
By late 2025, Open Access has become mainstream in rhetoric but fragmented in practice. The path forward likely lies not just in enforcing compliance but in diversifying infrastructures—combining global principles with networked regional, scholar-driven implementation.