"Europe's massive plan to require open access for all science gets two new backers: Wellcome Trust and the Gates Foundation

Europe's massive plan to require open access for all science gets two new backers: Wellcome Trust and the Gates Foundation

Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow 

In September, a consortium of 11 of Europe's largest science funders announced, "Plan S," whereby they would no longer fund research unless the grantees promised that the results would be published in an open access journal, which anyone could read and copy for free. Two more funders quickly signed up after the announcements, bringing the total to 13.

"European countries to end paywalls for publicly funded scientific studies

European countries to end paywalls for publicly funded scientific studies

Stories – WikiTribune by Charles Turner  

Major national funders of scientific research announced that by 2020 they'll stop financing studies published behind paywalls. The open-initiative proposal, known as Plan-S, could dramatically alter how peer-reviewed articles are published. Under the plan,11 national research funders, including UK Research and Innovation, will require scientists who accept their public grants to publish their work in open-access platforms. The plan would exclude roughly 85 percent of peer-reviewed journals that, as of 2017, charge a fee to users to access studies (Universities UK). Plan-S has sparked backlash from scientific publishing companies, which largely support the subscription model.  

"Germany-wide consortium of research libraries announce boycott of Elsevier journals over open access

Germany-wide consortium of research libraries announce boycott of Elsevier journals over open access

Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow  

Germany's DEAL project, which includes over 60 major research institutions, has announced that all of its members are canceling their subscriptions to all of Elsevier's academic and scientific journals, effective January 1, 2017.