Reflections from the Global Summit on Diamond OA

Prominent Diamond OA stakeholders gathered in Toluca, Mexico, from 23-27th October for the Second Global Summit on Dianomd Open Access. The event brought together multiple voices from around the world to share ideas and build a common vision as momentum continues to build around Diamond publishing. Read the event conclusions here. DIAMAS was represented as […]

Open Access Week Interview: Pilar Rico-Castro

To mark International Open Access Week we have brought you a series of interviews with members of our consortium! Here, we have Pilar Rico-Castro, FECYT, for the last of our three features. The theme of OAWeek – Community Over Commercialisation – is a subject close to the efforts of the DIAMAS project, as we strive […]

Open Access Week Interview: Iva Melinščak Zlodi

International Open Access Week starts today! This year’s theme – Community Over Commercialisation – is a subject close to the efforts of the DIAMAS project, as we strive to support scholar-led publishing initiatives. To mark this year’s OA Week, we spoke with different members of our project team to discuss what the theme of community/commercial […]

Open Access Week Interview: Mikael Laakso

International Open Access Week is in full swing! This year’s theme – Community Over Commercialisation – is a subject close to the efforts of the DIAMAS project, as we strive to support scholar-led publishing initiatives. To mark this year’s OA Week, we spoke with different members of our project team to discuss what the theme […]

REPORT: Best Practices for Institutional Publishing Service Providers

Read the DIAMAS Best Practices Report which compiles quality evaluation criteria and assessment systems for institutional Open Access publishers and service providers collaborating with them DIAMAS plans to improve Open Access publishing practices. To do so, we will create Extensible Quality Standard for Institutional Publishing (EQSIP), which aim to ensure the quality and transparency of […]

Lessons learned from the DIAMAS survey-a-thons

Are you planning to launch a survey? Interested in ways to increase your response rate and the accuracy of data? Eager to raise awareness of your project and engage an audience? In this piece we look back at the various DIAMAS survey-a-thons. These events were a live experiment to support the completion of our OA […]

DIAMAS launches an open call to identify reference materials

As part of its scope to support Open Access Diamond and institutional publishing, DIAMAS is launching a community call! We are looking for resources such as guidelines, best practices, training materials, toolkits, and documentation which address Journal funding; Ownership and governance; Open Science practices; Editorial quality, management and research integrity; Technical service efficiency; Visibility; and […]

WEBINAR: DIAMAS with CRAFT-OA and PALOMERA

On June 20, 2023, DIAMAS will take part in a webinar in collaboration with two other HORIZON Europe-funded projects: CRAFT-OA and PALOMERA. June 20, 2023 1 p.m CEST REGISTER HERE! The three projects work towards an equitable future for scholarly communication, with academic communities at the centre. The webinar will present this vision and introduce […]

DEADLINE EXTENSION – OA Diamond Survey

The deadline for the OA Diamond & Institutional Publishing Landscape Survey has been extended. You now have until 10/05/23 to complete the survey. To provide appropriate resources we need to hear from more IPSPs. Shape the future of Diamond Open Access and provide your feedback before May 10th. We are here to support you with […]

SURVEY-A-THON Series

We are hosting a series of SURVEY-A-THONS to support our OA Diamond and Institutional Publishing landscape survey. The DIAMAS project’s Diamond OA and Institutional Publishing landscape survey has just been launched. It aims to collect information to better understand Institutional Publishing to build capacity across Europe based on evidence and good practice for a more […]