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 […]
Diamond OA by & for research performing organisations: towards co-designed recommendations
The DIAMAS project is developing a set of actionable Diamond OA policy recommendations and guidelines for institutional leaders. These will be published in March 2025 and will be accompanied by recommendations for funders, sponsors and donors (FSDs) and regional, national and international policymakers. Together, the recommendations represent a key project deliverable, aimed at raising awareness […]
DIAMAS Conversation series for libraries: Advancing diamond OA in Europe
Libraries are vital pillars of the Diamond Open Access (OA) ecosystem, providing infrastructure, services, and expert support to institutional publishers. Many libraries are also publishers in their own right. To engage libraries in advancing Diamond OA in Europe, the DIAMAS project launched a Conversation Series for libraries. Throughout the series we will explore opportunities to […]
Webinar with CRAFT-OA: Shaping Diamond Open Access
DIAMAS and CRAFT-OA organised a webinar on 16 May 2024 on Shaping Diamond OA: Criteria for Journals. What criteria make a journal a Diamond Open Access (OA) journal? This 90-minute webinar, jointly hosted by CRAFT-OA, shed light on the requirements that define Diamond OA journals by engaging with their community. An operational definition of Diamond […]
Workshop: The road towards Diamond Open Access
Friday 12 April 2024, 13.45-16.15 GMT, Swansea University, Swansea, UK In the context of the EU-funded DIAMAS project, the European University Association will organise an in-person workshop on “The road towards Diamond Open Access” on Friday 12 April 2024 from 13.45 to 16.15 BST at Swansea University, United Kingdom. In the ever-evolving landscape of scholarly […]
WEBINAR: Community-driven Publishing with PALOMERA & CRAFT-OA
On Tuesday 27th February, DIAMAS organised a webinar with sibling projects CRAFT-OA and PALOMERA. Each project is working towards an equitable future for scholarly communication and the webinar offered an opportunity for each to share the most recent developments in their work, while encouraging participants to join a discussion to share their feedback. CRAFT-OA empowers regional […]
