AIP Publishing Makes Research Publicly Available via CHORUS

by Susan SpilkaOctober 15, 2015All

AIP Publishing announced that from this month federally funded research articles it publishes in its journals will begin to be made publicly available through CHORUS. Over the next twelve months, AIP Publishing will make over 900 government funded articles freely available to the public via CHORUS, helping the U.S. government expand access to research funded by the American public.

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The Optical Society Launches CHORUS

by Sara GirardOctober 1, 2015All, News & Press Releases

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

by Sara GirardAugust 24, 2015All, CHORUS Updates

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

by Sara GirardAugust 18, 2015All

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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CHORUS Publisher Implementation Guide v2.0 Released

by Howard RatnerAugust 18, 2015All

The latest version of the CHORUS Publisher Implementation Guide is now posted in our Resources section. Version 2.0 gives many more specific examples of what publishers need to do when working with the CHORUS services. Considerable thanks go to Evan Owens and the entire Technical Working Group for this achievement. Please send any feedback to […]

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ORCID and CHORUS Partner to Support Researcher Workflow

by Sara GirardJuly 13, 2015All, CHORUS Updates, News & Press Releases

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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CHORUS Board Chair Susan King is Named Executive Director of Rockefeller University Press

by Sara GirardJune 2, 2015All, News & Press Releases

We are proud to share the news that Susan King, who chairs CHORUS’ Board of Directors, has joined Rockefeller University Press as its new Executive Director.  Susan joins RUP from the American Chemical Society (ACS) in Washington, DC, where she was Senior Vice President for the Journals Publishing Group since 2008. Susan will continue her leadership of CHORUS. […]

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