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New Year, New Members & More…

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 […]

CHORUS Moves Forward!

Important CHORUS milestones were achieved since Friday: The DOE’s announcement that it will be collaborating with CHORUS as part of its effort to public access to peer-reviewed articles reporting on DOE-funded research. CHORUS’ move from our pilot phase into production. These are important steps, but they are just a beginning. The CHORUS team is working […]

CHORUS Goes Live Into Production!

Today, July 31, 2014, CHORUS achieves another milestone and enters into production as planned. What does this mean? It means that CHORUS is now open and ready for business. Adding to our Signatory options, CHORUS now offers several participation options, at different levels of engagement: Publisher and Affiliate Memberships; Funder Partnerships; and Academic Supporters. Publisher […]

Howard Ratner Appointed Executive Director of CHOR, Inc.

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 […]

The Next CHORUS Deadlines

We will share the Proof of Concept beginning August 30. This is the conceptual framework outlining the services to be delivered in the Pilot. We will launch the Pilot at the end of September. This will allow us to demonstrate what has been built. We will offer a comprehensive CHORUS presentation at the STM/International Association […]

Howard Ratner Joins CHORUS to Guide Start-Up Phase

Howard Ratner, who is well-known in scholarly publishing for his leadership work in technical services and standards, has joined CHORUS as Director of Development in its start-up phase to lead the proof of concept — a conceptual design framework — and pilot stages for all stakeholders. Most recently CTO and Executive Vice President, Nature Publishing Group, he […]