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Swiss institutions pledge 320,250 euros to DOAB and OAPEN, PKP, and OpenCitations

29 Jul 2021 -

After the pledge to DOAJ and Sherpa Romeo co-funded by swissuniversities in 2020, 18 institutional members and customers of the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries have now pledged funding to three services currently being promoted by SCOSS: DOAB and OAPEN, PKP, and OpenCitations. Over the next three years, the support will total 131,250 Euros for DOAB and OAPEN, 99,750 Euros to PKP, and 89,250 Euros to OpenCitations, for a combined total of 320,250 Euros.

What’s next? Help us shape SCOSS’s future

22 Jun 2021 -

Over the last several years SCOSS has successfully supported two pledging rounds for Open Science Infrastructures helping them become more sustainable. We are about to announce organizations included in the third cycle and we find ourselves in the position of both looking back at what we have achieved and thinking forward, about SCOSS’s future.

Yes, you MAY! SCOSS social media campaign for Open Science Infrastructures

2 Jun 2021 -

COVID-19 has adversely affected pledging for the recent SCOSS infrastructures, which is why we have proclaimed May and June as the Months of Contributing to Open Science Infrastructures (OSIs).

Peter Suber talks to SCOSS about the importance of supporting Open Infrastructure now

19 Apr 2021 -

SCOSS invited Peter Suber to speak to us about the importance of Open Infrastructure. We talked about the role of OSIs in the scholarly communication ecosystem and the lessons we learnt about Open Science and Scholarship in general in times of the global pandemic.

Canadian Institutions pledge 185,250 Euros to DOAB, PKP, and OpenCitations via CRKN

27 Oct 2020 -

ARL on How SCOSS Is Strengthening Global Open Access and Open Science Infrastructure

22 Oct 2020 -

The American Association of Research Libraries (ARL) just published a blog post on How SCOSS Is Strengthening Global Open Access and Open Science Infrastructure. As stated by ARL's Judy Ruttenberg, Senior Director of Scholarship and Policy, "2020’s global health crisis, with associated physical access restrictions and financial hardship, has brought the value of open into sharp relief. Attending to at-risk open science infrastructure now, through initiatives like SCOSS, helps secure a competitive market for scholarly innovation. If we cede the market exclusively to large commercial entities, those entities will control the direction of open scholarship and open access."

SCOSS meets major milestones: DOAJ reaches funding goal

13 Oct 2020 -

Representing the Middle East, Qatar National Library joins SCOSS

24 Aug 2020 -

Australian and New Zealand libraries commit to Open Infrastructure

2 Jul 2020 -

Eleven universities from Australia and New Zealand just made a one-year pledge of 22,275 euros to DOAB/OAPEN, OpenCitations and PKP with the prospect of pledging more next year. We are grateful to the Council of Australian University Librarians CAUL for facilitating this at a difficult time. This pledge demonstrates Australia’s and New Zealand’s commitments to Open Access and Open Science and to supporting important infrastructure in this time of need.

Finding a place for Open Infra funding

16 Jun 2020 -