Each year, a new set of creative works enters the public domain as they reach the ripe old age of 95. This year’s group was born in 1928, and includes […]
Public Domain Day
OA Week: Five Action Items Researchers Can Take Today
Interested in getting more eyes on your publications? Avoiding paywalls for the articles you want to read? Asserting rights to read and reuse your own work? Read on for five […]
Open Access Week 2023
On October 23 – 29, 2023, Johns Hopkins Libraries will celebrate International Open Access Week with libraries and researchers across the world. This year’s theme is “Community over Commercialization,” emphasizing […]
ACRL Pittsburgh – March 15-18, 2023
The Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) conference in Pittsburgh, the City of Bridges, was a phenomenal experience in multiple ways. While the weather was cold and blustery and […]
Where Are the Comics?!
Until fairly recently, the presence of comic books and graphic novels in the world of academia would be debated. However, the place of comic books and graphic novels in academia […]
Have you heard about NIH’s new Data Management and Sharing Policy?
What is it? Starting on January 25, 2023, NIH’s Data Management and Sharing Policy went into effect. Researchers who submit an application to NIH for research that results in the […]
White House Announces New Open Access Guidelines for Federally-Funded Research
On August 25, 2022, the White House issued a press release and a detailed memorandum announcing groundbreaking new guidance on public access to federally-funded research. These measures are intended to […]
Johns Hopkins Libraries Announce Recipients of First TOME Monograph Subvention Grants, Invite Applications for 2022/23 Grants
Faculty authors in the humanities and social sciences are invited to apply for grants of up to $15,000 to support the publication of open-access digital monographs The first five recipients […]
Johns Hopkins Libraries Participating in Open Access Pilot
Earlier this month, Johns Hopkins University became a participating institution in the open access pilot agreement between NERL—a consortium of America’s leading research institutions, including Hopkins—and Elsevier. The university is […]
NERL Update: Libraries Work Toward an Open and Equitable Future
An April post described how the NERL Consortium (Johns Hopkins University is a Core Member) issued a public statement describing how they will negotiate with publishers for a better deal for […]