If you missed SHARE, CHORUS, & Open Access: Your Questions Answered — the October 21st webinar sponsored by SAGE during OA Week — you can now link to it, along with a Q&A transcript that includes added material not covered during the one-hour public event: https://connection.sagepub.com/blog/sage-connection/2014/11/05/share-chorus-and-open-access-your-questions-answered/
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 2014 — Howard Ratner, well known in the scholarly publishing community for his leadership work in technical services and standards, has been appointed as Executive Director of the new CHOR, Inc. not-for-profit organization. As Director of Development, Ratner successfully led the CHORUS (Clearinghouse for the Open Research of the United States) proof […]
(From SSP Scholarly Kitchen) In this episode, Howard Ratner, Director of Development at CHORUS, provides a status report on the project, a partnership between publishers and federal agencies to facilitate public access to federally funded research; talks about opportunities for synergies between CHORUS and other public-access vehicles; discusses next steps on the project; and also […]
Howard Ratner, who is well-known in scholarly publishing for his leadership work in technical services and standards, has joined CHORUS as Director of Development in its start-up phase to lead the proof of concept — a conceptual design framework — and pilot stages for all stakeholders. Most recently CTO and Executive Vice President, Nature Publishing Group, he […]
Don’t miss Howard Ratner at these sessions on November 7th at Charleston: METADATA 2020: a holistic approach to metadata improvements for scholarly communications; COLLECTIVE ACTION: community approaches in scholar communications; STOPWATCH SESSION: monitoring open access with CHORUS
Learn more about the role standards, metadata and persitent identifiers play in making the infrastructure of scholarly communication work. Howard Ratner will be presenting at CSE and SSP conferences in May.
Free online meeting 13 July 2022 @ 8:00 – 9:00 PM US EDT 14 July 2022 @ 10:00 – 11: 00 AM Australian EST #chorusaccess CHORUS will be presenting at the ALIA Virtual Showcase. Registration is open to everyone. Speakers will describe how CHORUS is a global not-for-profit organization which helps funders, institutions, publishers, and […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has signed a participation agreement with CHORUS to expand public access to the results of its funded research. This agreement fortifies the relationship between CHORUS, its members, and NASA, in support of the NASA Plan for Increasing Access to the Results of Scientific Research. “I am thrilled that […]
CHORUS and ChemRxiv have signed a one-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to pilot a preprint dashboard service. By using persistent identifiers, CHORUS will create a dashboard for ChemRxiv that connects preprints to funders and datasets as well as information related to public accessibility and other key metadata to be added later. The Preprint Dashboard will […]
CHORUS Forum: What Article Version Best Supports Research Integrity? 25 February 2022 – Free online meeting 11 AM – 1 PM EST #CHORUSForum During the past few years, confidence in the integrity of scientific research has come into question. The use of preprints and unpublished materials has been on the rise. What does the […]
