CHORUS Progress Report, April 2015

by Sara GirardApril 2, 2015All, CHORUS Updates

As of this month, CHORUS is providing access to and information about tens of thousands of articles reporting on federally funded research. CHORUS was also named by the US Department of Energy as part of its public-access solution. The significant progress we’ve made in the eight months since we moved into full production mode is […]

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CHORUS Reports on Significant Progress as US Agencies Focus on Public Access Policy Implementation

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

STATEN ISLAND, NY. April 2, 2015. CHORUS (Clearinghouse for the Open Research of the United States), a cost-effective and sustainable public access solution, today issued a Progress Report on its first eight months in full production mode, which also coincides with the period since CHORUS was named by the US Department of Energy (DOE) as […]

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CLOCKSS and CHORUS Partner to Support Perpetual Public Access to Articles Reporting on US Funded Research

by Sara GirardMarch 30, 2015All, News & Press Releases

Stanford, CA and Staten Island, NY March 30, 2015. The CLOCKSS Archive, a not-for-profit joint venture between the world’s leading academic publishers and research libraries, has entered into an agreement with CHORUS (Clearinghouse for the Open Research of the United States), the not-for-profit, cost-effective, and sustainable public access solution, to support the archiving, preservation, and […]

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Fred Dylla on the NSF Public Access Plan

by Sara GirardMarch 30, 2015All, Articles, News & Press Releases

In an article published today, Fred Dylla, AIP Executive Director and CEO and CHORUS Board Member, comments on the public access plan released by the National Science Foundation on March 18th.  The agency will use a branded version of DOE’s PAGES portal, supported by CHORUS.       Access the article on the AIP website…    

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New Year, New Members & More…

by Sara GirardJanuary 14, 2015All, CHORUS Updates

2014 was groundbreaking for CHORUS, a year in which we met or exceeded all of our milestones. Member publishers are now routinely and systematically identifying content with CrossRef’s FundRef tags, adding license information and making content publicly available on their platforms. CHORUS has an agreement in place with Portico for long-term preservation and expects a […]

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News from CHORUS

by Sara GirardDecember 2, 2014All, CHORUS Updates

ONLY A FEW SPACES LEFT… Don’t delay… Anyone interested in finding out more about how CHORUS works and how to participate should sign up for our in-person Technical Implementation Workshop on 18 December 2014 at the AAP’s NYC offices at 71 Fifth Avenue, 2nd Floor. Can’t make it? We’re holding another Technical Implementation Workshop on […]

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A Conversation with CHORUS’ Howard Ratner and SHARE’s Judy Ruttenberg

by Sara GirardNovember 5, 2014All, Articles

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/ 

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CHORUS is now a 501(c)(3)!

by Sara GirardOctober 20, 2014All, CHORUS Updates

Mail from the IRS doesn’t always bear good news, but we welcomed the letter we received last week: CHORUS is officially a charitable organization, having been granted 501(c)(3) status by the US Internal Revenue Service. The designation, which is retroactive to October 1, 2013, when CHOR incorporated, means that we have met the rigorous standards […]

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