CHORUS Plenary Session Video Posted

by CHORUSFebruary 27, 2014All, CHORUS Updates

The video from the CHORUS Plenary Session held on February 6, 2014 at the PSP Annual Meeting in Washington DC has been posted to our new video section. The excellent session was moderated by Alicia Wise (Elsevier) and speakers included Howard Ratner (CHORUS), Carol Anne Meyer (CrossRef), Mark Martin (US Department of Energy) and Susan […]

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CHORUS Signs its 100th Signatory

by CHORUSFebruary 19, 2014All, News & Press Releases

Publishers’ solution to increase public access to scholarly journals receives broad-based support February 19, Washington, DC – Support for the Clearinghouse for the Open Research of the United States (CHORUS) reached a milestone with the endorsement of its 100th signatory. CHORUS is offered by the publishing community as a solution to federal agencies, research institutions, […]

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CHORUS Presents at Annual PSP Conference – February 6, 2014

by CHORUSFebruary 11, 2014All, CHORUS Updates

There was a great plenary panel discussion “CHORUS: A Collaborative Approach to Public Access” at the annual PSP Conference “Managing Innovation: Meeting the Challenges of Change” in Washington DC on February 6. The panel included: Susan King, Senior Vice President, Journals Publishing Group, American Chemical Society; Mark Martin, Assistant Director Program Integration, Office of Scientific […]

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Howard Ratner Appointed Executive Director of CHOR, Inc.

by CHORUSJanuary 15, 2014All, News & Press Releases

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 […]

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CHORUS Seeking Lead Developer

by CHORUSJanuary 9, 2014All, CHORUS Updates

CHORUS has a position open for a Lead Developer to join our start-up team. The Lead Developer will be responsible for the design, systems analysis, implementation, and maintenance of components of our rapidly growing, mission-critical Web application serving the scholarly communication, academic and funding agency markets. They will be a full stack developer working on the […]

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CHORUS Pilot Services

by CHORUSJanuary 9, 2014All, CHORUS Updates

CHORUS launched Phase 1 of its pilot services back on September 30, 2013 and is actively adding new publishers for Phase 2. Find out more! These services have been featured during numerous webinars and conferences. We would love to hear what you think about these services. Contact us here.   | Contact us | CHORUS is a service […]

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What is CHORUS?

by CHORUSJanuary 9, 2014All, CHORUS Updates

CHORUS is a not-for-profit public-private partnership to increase public access to peer-reviewed publications that report on federally funded research. Conceived by publishers, CHORUS: Provides a solution for agencies to comply with the OSTP memo on public access to peer-reviewed scientific publications reporting on federally-funded research Builds on publishers’ existing infrastructure to enhance public access to […]

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Howard Ratner Speaks on CHORUS and ORCID (SSP Scholarly Kitchen Podcast)

by CHORUSOctober 16, 2013All, CHORUS Updates

(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 […]

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