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CDR needs global policy coordination

The global effort to remove carbon dioxide from Earth’s atmosphere needs global policy coordination. SCI’s Global CDR Forum is being...

EU ditches old Plan S, backs new Plan S

EU policymakers have picked up a new cause: supporting so-called "diamond" open access. But does this make sense?

UNESCO’s open science plan moves forward

UNESCO's open science plans are moving forward. While these plans aren't precisely aligned with OSI's recommendations, there is common ground.

SCI 2022 Annual Report

This report contains a summary of SCI's projects and finances for fiscal year 2021.

SCI 2021 Annual Report

This report contains a summary of SCI's projects and finances for fiscal year 2020.

UN General Assembly approves UNESCO policy

The UN General Assembly has unanimously approved UNESCO's open science recommendations.

UNESCO approves open science draft

UNESCO's open science policy draft was approved on May 11, 2021. The policy now moves on to a vote by...

TSK post: A unified approach to open

Some are perfectly happy with our community’s progress to date on open and are confident we’re heading in the right...

SCI 2020 Annual Report

This report contains a summary of SCI's projects and finances for fiscal year 2020.

Open science roadmap recommendations to UNESCO

Today, OSI released its open science recommendations for consideration by UNESCO, representing the culmination of five years of OSI’s international...

Making the case for common ground

It's hard to envision a system more global and integrated than research. For this reason alone (and there are many...

OSI’s Plan A launched

The Open Scholarship Initiative officially launched Plan A today. Plan A is OSI's 2020-25 action plan, synthesizing the significant themes...

OSI debates Plan A

Since late 2019, OSI participants have been discussing what our "Plan A" should look like (this is a working title---the...

UNESCO to lead UN-wide open science effort

OSI will play a role in this effort, with our exact responsibilities to be determined (OSI is named on page...

So, we’ve been a little busy…

For the past several years, OSI has soaked up all of SCI's time. We're starting to broaden out again---stay tuned!

OSI summit teams map out action plan

During 2018 and 2019, OSI's summit group (led by Scott Plutchak in 2018) developed a strong plan for moving OSI...

Introduction to the OSI Policy Perspective series

This report on Plan S and the future of global solutions to open is the first in a series of...

An overview of the Plan S debate

‘Plan S’ sets out ten principles, many of which have been foreshadowed in previous policy documents and developments. Nevertheless, when...

Plan S explained

Open scholar and journalist Richard Poynder recently published an interview with Robert-Jans Smits, the Open Access Envoy of the European...

Key themes from SciELO at 20

Last week, ScieELO celebrated its 20th anniversary by hosting more than 600 leaders from across scholarly communication (including 10 from...

10 years on and where are we at? COASP 2018

Last week, the 10th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing (COASP) was held in Vienna. Much was covered over the...

On the EPA’s proposed rule to strengthen transparency in science

OSI is a very diverse group, including over 400 leaders from 24 countries, 250 institutions and 18 scholarly communication stakeholder...

Defining the foundations of open scholarship

What do the foundation of open scholarship look like at a really granular level? Exactly what is open scholarship, how...

Achieving open science by design

How do we get to a future where open science is the norm? The US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering...

Deceptive publishing: Summarizing the OSI conversation

The demise of Beall’s list has left a void in scholarly communications. Contested as his original lists were, they brought...