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Negotiations [http://www.vsnu.nl/news/newsitem/11-negotiations-between-elsevier-and-universities-failed.html%20] between Dutch universities and scholarly publishing giant Elsevier regarding unaffordable subscription fees and open access have ‘ground to a halt’. In other Elsevier news, two of its major brands, Cell Press and The Lancet, have joined forces to launch a

What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week? We’ve been actively promoting our Thunderclap campaign [https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/16981-open-access-button-launch?locale=en], and have been fortunate to receive incredible support, reaching over one million people. Thank you to all who added their

What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week? We’re launching [https://blog.oa.works/2014/10/02/launching-the-new-open-access-button-push-button-get-research-make-progress/] the new Open Access Button on Tuesday October 21st! Our website and app as it is now is will temporarily disappear, don’t worry though

The past 18 months has been incredible. We have gone from an idea to a really useful, workable bookmarklet which has helped track thousands of people running into paywalls. Our bookmarklet was great, we love it but we want to grow and make the Open Access Button better, we’re

Melanie believes that the use of the Open Access Button will create an important narrative and raise awareness regarding open access.This week we interviewed Melanie Dulong de Rosnay [http://www.iscc.cnrs.fr/spip.php?article1558], a permanent researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS [http:

“What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week?” The Royal Society, the national academy of science in the UK, has launched Royal Society Open Science [http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/?utm_source=social_media&utm_medium=hootsuite&utm_campaign=standard] , a new open

“What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week? ” The Open Access Button [https://blog.oa.works/2014/09/18/support-diego-gomez-join-the-global-open-access-movement/] has joined with the Electronic Frontier Foundation [https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/09/support-diego-gomez-and-join-global-open-access-movement] , Creative Commons [https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/43746] and

Diego Gomez currently faces up to eight years in prison for doing something thousands of researchers do every day: posting research results online for those who would not otherwise have a way to access them. Support Diego Gomez, Sign our petition [https://act.eff.org/action/let-s-stand-together-to-promote-open-access-worldwide] . In many parts

This is a weekly series highlighting Open Access Button users from around the world, discussing their work, and sharing their stories. If you would like to participate, please email oabutton@gmail.com. This week we caught up with Timothée Poisot, a computational ecologist, whose research focuses on understanding how species

“What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week ?” Ernesto Priego, a lecturer in Library Science, City University London and Open Access advocate, pointed out at his interview [https://blog.oa.works/2014/09/08/the-library-of-the-21st-century-through-its-online-repository-is-transforming-the-role-of-academic-publishing-enabling-access-is-what-librarians-do/] with the Open Access Button the importance of libraries

The last year and a half has been incredible. We have gone from nothing to a really useful, workable bookmarklet which has helped track thousands of people running into paywalls. Most of it thanks to volunteer developers (and others), who poured their souls into getting this project off the ground.

What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week? Graham Steel, an Open Access Button user and a tireless advocate for Open Access talked with the Open Access Button team about why he believes that paywalls stifle innovation and progress in science [https://blog.oa.

This is a weekly series highlighting Open Access Button users from around the world, discussing their work, and sharing their stories. If you would like to participate, please email oabutton@gmail.com. We caught up with Graham Steel, a tireless advocate for Open Access who believes in sharing information as

What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week? The Open Access Button has announced that it will be launching the new Button during Open Access Week 2014 and is looking for partners to host launch events [https://blog.oa.works/host-a-launch-satellite-event/]. Science Advances, a

After the launch of the Open Access Button Beta last November, we have had many requests for a Button that works for mobile. With the launch of the next Open Access Button [https://openaccessbutton.org/] later this year, the Open Access Button is getting a mobile app. This work is

What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week? Paleontology doctoral student and Open Access advocate, Jon Tennant, talked with the Open Access Button team about why open access to research matters to him [https://blog.oa.works/2014/08/19/every-time-you-hit-a-paywall-thats-a-publisher-announcing-that-their-role-is-to-prohibit-the-progress-of-science-as-much-as-possible/] . Look for more

This is a weekly series highlighting Open Access Button users from around the world, discussing their work, and sharing their stories. If you would like to participate, please email oabutton@gmail.com. [caption id=”attachment_1166" align=”alignright” width=”224"] Jon uses the Open Access Button, because he

What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week? Graduate student Patricia San Jose talked with the Open Access Button team about why she joined the fight for open access [https://blog.oa.works/2014/08/11/patsanjose/] and why open science is essential. Look

This is the first of a weekly series highlighting Open Access Button users from around the world, discussing their work, and sharing their stories. If you would like to participate, please email oabutton@gmail.com. [caption id=”attachment_1159" align=”alignright” width=”300"] Patricia San Jose, a graduate

What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week? The Open Access Button launched the Open Access Button Action Centre [http://act.openaccessbutton.org/] this week. Want to help the team promote open access initiatives and combat paywalls? Join us: sign up today! Are you