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The forum which was held on 18 June 2025 focused on accessibility in scholarly communications. Panelists discussed responsibilities, challenges, and case studies. Judy Russell (University of Florida) who moderated the discussion and Lettie Conrad (Independent Researcher & Consultant) mentioned the need for shared responsibility in accessibility, highlighting legal frameworks like the ADA and the EU’s […]

During the Metadata Gone Wrong – What to Fix and Why It Matters Workshop held on 24 April 2025, speakers spoke about issues with metadata.  The biggest takeaway was the need to identify pathways and introduce solutions to fix errors or omissions upstream and build infrastructure to minimize the introduction of metadata errors going forward. […]

Directors were elected to the CHORUS/CHOR, Inc. Board of Directors at the Annual Members Meeting held on 10 April 2025. Newly elected to the board is Allyn Molina (Wiley). Returning to the CHORUS board are: Jenny Peng (OUP), Mark Doyle (APS), Scott Delman (ACM).  All will serve a three-year term ending in 2028.  The board […]

CHORUS, the pioneering not-for-profit driving open research forward, marks a significant decade of breaking down barriers in scholarly communication. What started as a vision in 2014 has developed into a global partnership connecting researchers, libraries, funders and publishers in an unprecedented collaboration. Over 10 transformative years, CHORUS has revolutionized how research is shared, assessed, and […]

At the recent Japan Library Fair on November 20, 2024, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and CHORUS partnered to bring together six expert speakers to discuss the “Many Paths to Open Access”. CHORUS has been partnering with JST since 2017, bringing important conversations and international presence to the Japanese library community each year. In […]

In May 2023, the NISO Information Policy & Analysis Topic Committee approved the Work Item “Recommended Practice for Operationalizing OA Business Processes.” A Working Group was formed, starting work in December 2023. They delivered the “NISO Open Access Business Processes Charge and Work Plan” in April 2024, approved in May 2024. The final Recommended Practice […]

In the fast-paced world of scientific research, where discovery and innovations occur daily, and scientific advancements propel society forward, there’s a critical but often overlooked component: research integrity. At its core, research integrity has a handful of ethical principles and values: honesty, objectivity, transparency, accountability, and fairness.  At the CHORUS forum on July 24th, a […]

CHORUS Forum, “Linking from Datasets to Content,” featured speakers discussing strategies, technologies, and best practices for effectively connecting data to the content it represents. Referencing a pre-forum poll that collected registrants’ views on the challenges and opportunities of linking datasets to content, moderator Shelley Stall shared some of the most common challenges: Simplifying the linking […]

CHORUS is pleased to announce that Optica Open has signed with CHORUS for the CHORUS Preprint Dashboard and Reporting Service. The CHORUS Preprint Dashboard and Reporting Service connects preprints to funders and datasets as well as information related to public accessibility and other key metadata. The dashboards provide non-ambiguous links between the preprint and published […]

At last month’s CHORUS Forum on Navigating the Future of Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) in Scholarly Publishing speakers presentations covered a lot of ground regarding benefits and challenges with PIDs but what stood out were:  Burdens: Researchers spending too much time on admin tasks and difficulties conducting analysis Benefits: Ability to track metrics and make reliable […]