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Joseph Serene, Professor Emeritus of Physics at Georgetown University, former Treasurer/Publisher of the American Physical Society, and a founding member of CHORUS, passed away on May 1, 2021. Joe’s broad experience with scientific authors, scholarly publishers, funding agencies, and government were an essential element in launching CHORUS’ initial programs. His CHORUS colleagues remember Joe and […]

Five directors were elected to the CHORUS/CHOR, Inc. Board of Directors at the Annual Members Meeting, 23 April  2021. New to the board are: Michael Levine-Clark (University of Denver) and Diane Sullenberger (PNAS). Returning to the CHORUS board are: Jack Ochs (ACS), Jon Glover (Wiley), Dawn Melley (IEEE).  All will serve a three-year term ending […]

The third CHORUS Forum convened over 180 publishers, researchers, librarians, and research funders last week on 23 April 2021 around the topic “Making the Future of Open Research Work.” The first session, moderated by David Crotty from Clarke & Esposito, looked at new models for sustainable and robust open access publishing. Session participants Scott Delman […]

The Association of American Universities (AAU) and the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) have released a Guide to Accelerate Public Access to Research Data. The APARD Guide is envisioned as a resource for administrators to accelerate progress and articulate how research outputs are aligned with the research institution’s mission. It will outline the major steps […]

CHORUS Forum: Making the Future of Open Research Work. There are many ways that infrastructure players (like CHORUS) can support the scholarly communications community as stakeholders work together to advance innovation in open science. Publishers are introducing new models to make more content open access. How do they connect metadata about their customers, researchers, and […]

In response to feedback from the 198 attendees at the JST/CHORUS session at the 2020 Japan Library Fair and Forum in November, a follow-up virtual seminar has been arranged on 24 February 2021 at 10:00 AM Japan time for a panel discussion and Q&A to ask the original presenters more detailed questions on the implementation […]

In January 2021, a group of 135 people representing funders, publishers, societies, and academic institutions gathered virtually to participate in the second CHORUS Forum. They came together to examine problems around connecting research data to content and learn more about existing and developing solutions. The purpose of the event was to advance ongoing collaboration across […]

Nominations to the CHORUS Board are due February 12, 2021. The CHORUS Board of Directors was elected by our membership last May during our Annual Members Meeting. We are now seeking your nominations for seats on the CHORUS Board that will be voted upon at the next CHORUS Annual Members Meeting scheduled for April 23, […]

CHORUS is pleased to help spread the word about the new focus of Metadata 20/20. On the relaunched website, Metadata 20/20 states “As we move into 2021 and beyond, Metadata 20/20 is officially shifting its focus to support a community driven and owned action plan.” The updated website launched 27 January 2021. One of the […]