WEBINAR ANNOUNCEMENT: Navigating Europe’s Institutional Publishing Landscape
We invite you to an insightful event which looks at the European Landscape of Institutional Publishing. Join us for a thought-provoking, 90-minute webinar where we will unveil the findings of our Institutional Publishing Landscape survey on Wednesday 7th February at 10:00 (CET). Our research delves deep into the intricacies that define the organisation, structure, and […]
Improving the Efficiency & Quality of Institutional Publishing: Reflections from the OS Fair
On 27 September 2023 DIAMAS hosted the Open Science Fair 2023 Workshop: Improving the Efficiency and Quality of Institutional OA Publishing. The workshop addressed a range of challenges faced by institutional Open Access publishers, paying special attention to ‘diamond’ publishing models that are scholar-led and do not charge fees to readers or authors. In this […]
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 […]
