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The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (“CSIRO”), an Australian Government Agency, and CHOR, Inc. (CHORUS) have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a workflow to measure and monitor the use of CSIRO resources and facilities. CHORUS and CSIRO will work together on a three-year Pilot Project that brings together stakeholders from across the […]

CHORUS Forum: Improving Scholarly Publishing Metadata 29 September 2022 @ 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EDT – Free online meeting #CHORUS Forum When metadata is omitted or incorrectly entered during a scholarly publishing workflow it can have serious consequences for the findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability of that item. Transmitting incorrect metadata to others through […]

CHORUS and AGU held a lively forum on Friday, 17 June 2022 to discuss how to make the interoperability and reusability data goals of FAIR a reality. This forum was sponsored by ACS Publications, AIP Publishing, Royal Society of Chemistry, SPIE, and Silverchair. Shelley Stall, Senior Director for Data Leadership at AGU, moderated the event. […]

Free online meeting 13 July 2022 @ 8:00 – 9:00 PM US EDT 14 July 2022 @ 10:00 – 11: 00 AM Australian EST #chorusaccess CHORUS presented at the ALIA Virtual Showcase. Registration was open to everyone. Speakers described how CHORUS is a global not-for-profit organization which helps funders, institutions, publishers, and the public see, […]

NASA researchers who publish in a CHORUS member’s journal can now more easily satisfy the Agency’s requirements for public access. In a recent communication with their researcher community, NASA noted that they will leverage CHORUS data and infrastructure to increase access to NASA-funded research. CHORUS is currently tracking more than 33,000 articles reporting on NASA-funded […]

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has signed a participation agreement with CHORUS to expand public access to the results of its funded research. This agreement fortifies the relationship between CHORUS, its members, and NASA, in support of the NASA Plan for Increasing Access to the Results of Scientific Research. “I am thrilled that […]

CHORUS Forum: Making FAIR’s Interoperability and Reusability Data Goals Possible 17 June 2022 @ 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EDT – Free online meeting #CHORUS Forum Since their publication in 2016, the FAIR Data Guiding Principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) have become clear and enabling goals to work towards in any work or policies around […]

Datasets are an important piece of the scholarly ecosystem. Linking datasets to published research helps increase their visibility and encourages further exploration and use. CHORUS members and participants can now download dataset reports directly from their dashboards. The dataset reports provide a view into the metadata associated with the dataset from DataCite (datacite.org) and  makes explicit […]

Four directors were elected to the CHORUS/CHOR, Inc. Board of Directors at the Annual Members Meeting, 25 April 2022. New to the board are: Scott Delman (Association of Computing Machinery). Returning to the CHORUS board are: Mark Doyle (American Physical Society), Jenny Peng (Oxford University Press), Judith C. Russell (University of Florida).  All will serve a […]

The Japan Science & Technology Agency (JST) has posted their revised JST Policy on Open Access to Research Publications and Research Data Management (JST Open Science Policy) at the end of April 2022 (see bottom of Strategy Page). According to the JST website, “This policy defines JST’s basic stance on Open Access to research publications […]