US Funding Agency Public Access Plans – Enhanced Resource

Keeping track of the requirements of US federal funding agencies’ public access plans covering publications isn’t an easy task. The plans and their requirements are as varied as the departments and the agencies they serve. But for publishers, compliance officers at academic institutions, researchers, and other stakeholders in scholarly publishing, it has become essential.

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The Optical Society Launches CHORUS

The Optical Society announced that the first wave of federally funded research articles from OSA will be made available today—exactly 12 months after the Department of Energy (DOE) implemented its public access policy. OSA is the second publisher to fully implement CHORUS.

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August Progress Report

Summer 2015 has been busy for CHORUS, as we continue to gain momentum by signing on more funders, partners, and members. On August 18th the Smithsonian Institution released their Public Access Plan, naming CHORUS as an integral part of their solution.  We signed a pilot project agreement with another federal agency, which we anticipate announcing very soon. We’ve been talking with […]

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Smithsonian Names CHORUS as Part of its Public Access Plan

Originally Released on Smithsonian website Smithsonian Launches Public Access Plan for Research   August 18, 2015 – The Smithsonian Institution has released its Plan for Increased Public Access to Results of Federally Funded Research, based on the principles outlined by the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Through the new plan, all applicable publications and supporting […]

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ORCID and CHORUS Partner to Support Researcher Workflow

We are pleased to share the news that CHORUS has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ORCID to support discoverability in scholarly communications. Close collaboration among organizations like CHORUS and ORCID, which provide services that support the flow of research communications, is vital to evolving its interoperable, scalable, and sustainable infrastructure to meet the changing […]

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