Operational Diamond OA Criteria for Journals
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The DIAMAS and CRAFT-OA projects are happy to present their operational criteria for selecting Diamond OA journals to the community. This set of criteria has been issued to facilitate the identification of Diamond OA journals within the projects’ framework and services. What are the operational criteria for Diamond OA journals? The Diamond OA criteria for […]
National overviews on sustaining institutional publishing in Europe
The richness of Diamond Open Access (OA) publishing is characterised by its diversity: from the wide-ranging disciplines it serves in multiple languages to the types of organisations and networks involved in developing, running or maintaining it. Institutional publishing is sustained in diverse ways across the European Research Area. Understanding the state of Diamond Open Access […]
Introducing DOAS: The Benchmark for Diamond Open Access Quality
The Diamond OA Standard (DOAS) is a new tool brought to you by the DIAMAS project to promote quality in Diamond open access (OA) publishing. Serving as both a technical guide and a practical benchmarking resource, DOAS combines comprehensive guidelines with a self-assessment tool to elevate standards in scholarly publishing. We have published a factsheet […]
What does DIAMAS offer to libraries?
Academic libraries play important roles in the Diamond Open Access ecosystem. Libraries provide infrastructure and services, as well as training and expert support to institutional publishers, but they can also be publishers in their own right. DIAMAS seeks to support them in these roles. Knowledge and guidance Evidence-based research on the landscape of Diamond […]
The DIAMAS Common Access Point
A suite of tools and resources to support Diamond OA Publishing Irakleitos Souyioultzoglou1, Sona Arasteh2,1 1 OPERAS AISBL 2 Max Weber Stiftung POSTER Opening collaboration for community-driven scholarly communication (OPERAS2024) Conference, Zadar, Croatia, 24-26 April 2024 Cite as: Souyioultzoglou, I., & Arasteh, S. (2024). The DIAMAS Common Access Point: a Suite of Tools and Resources […]
Understanding the financial sustainability of institutional publishers and service providers in Europe
One of the main tasks of the DIAMAS project is to investigate the financial sustainability of institutional publishing in Europe and to provide recommendations that will help Diamond Open Access (OA) publishers and service providers become more sustainable. A new DIAMAS research report that has recently been published draws on the results of a literature […]
Request for Proposals: Technical Design and Development of the DIAMAS Common Access Point
Founded in 1971 and based in The Hague, LIBER is Europe’s largest research library network. Currently, LIBER is involved in the EU Horizon Europe-funded project, “Developing Institutional Open Access Publishing Models to Advance Scholarly Communication–DIAMAS”: https://diamasproject.eu For the needs of the project, LIBER will procure the Common Access Point (CAP) for Diamond Open Access (OA) […]
DIAMAS Results: Institutional Publishing Landscape Survey
On 31/01/2024 the DIAMAS project releases the results of its Institutional Publishing Landscape Survey. The key findings are presented in a synopsis – available here. The publication of the survey results marks a significant milestone for DIAMAS and for Diamond Open Access. There is now a clear and intelligible picture of the European landscape of […]
Open Consultation: Refining the Extensible Quality Standard in Institutional Publishing (EQSIP)
One of the key initiatives within the DIAMAS project is the development of the Extensible Quality Standard in Institutional Publishing (EQSIP). We are happy to announce that the new version of EQSIP is nearing completion, set to be finalised in the coming weeks. The EQSIP has evolved through two significant stages. Its initial iteration, the […]
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 […]