Call for Posters – The Future of Diamond OA Publishing in Europe and Beyond
The DIAMAS project invites poster submissions from the scholarly community for the DIAMAS conference The Future of Diamond OA Publishing in Europe and beyond, which will be held in Brussels on June 3rd. This is a great opportunity for individuals and institutions across Europe and beyond to showcase their work and connect with the Diamond […]
ANNOUNCEMENT: DIAMAS Conference 03/06/25
SAVE THE DATE! DIAMAS will host its final project conference in Brussels, Belgium, 03/06/2025 The one-day event will review the main achievements of the DIAMAS project, cover the state of Diamond OA, and look ahead to how the European Diamond Capacity Hub will support and promote Diamond publishing. The conference will also showcase how DIAMAS […]
Public Launch: European Diamond Capacity Hub
On 15/01/25 the European Diamond Capacity Hub (EDCH) was launched in Madrid, Spain, at the headquarters of FECYT at MUNCYT (Museo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología). The European Diamond Capacity Hub (EDCH) aims to strengthen the Diamond OA community in Europe by supporting European institutional, national and disciplinary capacity centres and Diamond publishers and service […]
Conversation Series for Libraries: Toolsuite & Guidelines for open access publishing
The third event in the DIAMAS Conversation Series was held on 24 January 2024. It presented the DIAMAS Toolsuite and Guidelines – a set of tools and resources to support Diamond Open Access (ΟΑ) and the Diamond Open Access Standard (DOAS), as well as a set of sustainability resources. Launched in October 2024, DIAMAS Toolsuite […]
Creating actionable recommendations and guidelines for Diamond OA
Date: 18 November 2024, Zoom, 13:00-15:00 CET Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAsceqvqT4vEt37acj1ptBPksyXFBijiAHo#/registration The discussion on open science and the future of scholarly communication is increasingly focused on community-driven models that are equitable by nature and design. Political support for and public sector engagement in such models have both grown in recent years. One such model is ‘diamond’ open […]
Webinar: Strength through collaboration in Diamond OA publishing
For Open Access Week 2024, the DIAMAS project organised a webinar on the topic of ‘collaboration’ in Diamond open access publishing on 23 October 2024. The webinar presented some successful examples of collaboration in Europe. It began with a short introduction to Diamond OA collaborations by Mikael Laakso (TSV), followed by engagement, discussion, and experience […]
Regional Workshop for Editors & Publishers of Open Access Journals
A regional online workshop for editors and publishers of OA journals in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia was organised on 30 October 2025. It was dedicated to Open Journal Systems (OJS), free open-source software that facilitates the management and publishing of scholarly journals, and plays an important role in the […]
DIAMAS Conversation series for Libraries: Standards and Tools to Elevate Diamond OA Publishing
The second edition of the DIAMAS Conversation Series for libraries, held on 24 September 2024, focused on the standards and tools crafted to enhance the quality, efficiency and sustainability of Diamond OA publishing. The Diamond Open Access Standard (DOAS), a comprehensive quality framework for Diamond OA publishers, was introduced and the DOAS self-assessment tool, which […]
WEBINAR: Seeking to make the life of the learned society publisher easier
The DIAMAS and PALOMERA projects hosted a webinar on Tuesday 10 September 2024 to engage learned societies and learn how to best support their publishing operations. The learned society journal is the archetype of community-led scholarly publishing, a sector that serves many academic communities, cultures and languages. Learned societies are therefore at the heart of […]
Engage in (Co-)Designing Policymaker Guidelines & Recommendations with DIAMAS
The discussion on open science and the future of scholarly communication increasingly focuses on community-driven models that are equitable by nature and design. Political support for and public sector engagement in such models have gained more ground in recent years. One such model is Diamond Open Access, a scholarly communication model in which research outputs […]
