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 […]
DIAMAS welcomes the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
In today’s academic landscape, the heavy reliance on closed infrastructures impacts the transparency and accessibility of scientific information. Despite efforts to monitor and incentivise open science, much of this work uses closed data systems that typically have low levels of data sovereignty and carry the risk of path dependencies. This practice often leads to biased […]
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 open access 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
