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From Signals to Infrastructure: Strengthening the Commons for the AI Era - Creative Commons https://creativecommons.org/2026/05/13/from-signals-to-infrastructure-strengthening-the-commons-for-the-ai-era/
Astronomy & Astrophysics to remain Open Access in 2026 under Subscribe to Open https://www.aanda.org/2026-press-releases/3188-astronomy-astrophysics-to-remain-open-access-in-2026-under-subscribe-to-open
THIS IS HOW WE DO IT - International Best Practices for Diamond Open Access https://eveeno.com/491045241
Science Behind a Paywall: Restricted Access Limits the Promise of Artificial Intelligence - Zheng - 2026 - Learned Publishing - Wiley Online Library https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/leap.2059
FIXING ACADEMIA - Chapter 9 Challenging the Dependence on Commercial Academic Publishers https://fixingacademia.wordpress.com/chapter-9/
GRIOS launches open call for evidence synthesis on Open Science | GRIOS https://www.grios.org/grios-launches-open-call-for-evidence-synthesis-on-open-science/
Trump administration withdraws appeal, securing historic victory for libraries and IMLS | ALA https://www.ala.org/news/2026/04/trump-administration-withdraws-appeal-securing-historic-victory-libraries-and-imls
Call for Volunteers – DOAJ Blog https://blog.doaj.org/2026/04/15/call-for-volunteers/
Analyzing Patreon Science Creators: Supporting and Learning from Independent Researchers https://diversedaily.com/analyzing-patreon-science-creators-supporting-and-learning-from-independent-researchers/
The Public Interest Corpus: Final Report and Path Forward https://authorsalliance.substack.com/p/the-public-interest-corpus-final
The Case for Connecting the Opens. A SPARC Europe Position Paper https://zenodo.org/records/17572650
Ergebnisse der Bedarfserhebung von SeDOA, Teil II: Rahmenbedingungen bei Zeitschriften und weiteren Periodika https://zenodo.org/records/20054064
Schlussbericht zum Vorhaben: Identifikation von Hürden zum Open-Access-Publizieren für Forschende mit schwacher institutioneller Anbindung - epistemische Ungerechtigkeit im wissenschaftlichen Publizieren (IDAHO) https://oa.tib.eu/renate/items/c68c1e07-1b0b-4e00-a29b-20f40162834b
Preserving Openness: A Comparative Review of Archiving Solutions for Open Access Books | Copim Archiving & Preservation Group https://copim.pub/preserving-openness-a-comparative-review-of-archiving-solutions-for-open-access-books/
Dataverse Community Meeting 2026, Preliminary programme https://barcelo.eventsair.com/QuickEventWebsitePortal/dcm2026/programadcm26/Agenda
Open Journals Collective (OJC) Partnership | Center for Research Libraries https://www.crl.edu/open-journals-collective-ojc-partnership
Demystifying Free and Open Source Landscape: Why the software matters and what’s at stake if the foundations crumble - An interview with PKP's Alec Smecher - Public Knowledge Project https://pkp.sfu.ca/2026/03/31/demystify-free-open-source-software-landscape-alec-smecher/
Public Interest Corpus White Paper - April 27 2026 - DRS https://repository.library.northeastern.edu/files/neu:rn3011674
COAR Annual Conference 2026 – registration is open – COAR https://coar-repositories.org/news-updates/maintaining-openness-and-collaboration-in-times-of-uncertainty-coar-annual-meeting-2026/
OApoly – das Spiel rund um offene Wissenschaft https://zenodo.org/records/20050761
Connecting the Opens (IV): Institutional strategies to embed openness in Higher Education https://zenodo.org/records/19737561
The EOSC EU Node: An Evolving Gateway to Open Science in Europe https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en144/special/the-eosc-eu-node-an-evolving-gateway-to-open-science-in-europe
cOAlition S appoints Curt Rice as Director | Plan S https://www.coalition-s.org/coalition-s-appoints-curt-rice-as-director/
SeDOA Innovation Lab (SIL): Your Input, Our Next Steps https://fh-potsdam.limequery.org/889897
Session 6: How can we shape equitable Open Access for longform scholarship? https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/MO_08bKESHS3qP0OOKq3qA
Advancing open research information: The next three years of the Information & Openness focal area - Leiden Madtrics https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/advancing-open-research-information-the-next-three-years-of-the-information-openness-focal-area
Qualitative research can and should be more open and reproducible - LSE Impact https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/05/13/qualitative-research-can-and-should-be-more-open-and-reproducible/
From Commitment to Action: How library consortia fund open infrastructure https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/N7-MSmyiSP2xR3Dk4Uf7QQ
‘Why is publishing so expensive?’ | Journal of Experimental Biology | The Company of Biologists https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/229/6/jeb252490/371198/Why-is-publishing-so-expensive
The OpenAIRE Graph: Enabling Open Research Intelligence Using Open Data https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en144/special/the-openaire-graph-enabling-open-research-intelligence-using-open-data
CURRENT PRACTICES AND FUTURE CHALLENGES IN OPEN PEER REVIEW AMONG CANADIAN SCHOLARLY JOURNALS https://ressh2026.igsg.cnr.it/ConferenceProceedings.pdf
Wikimedia Foundation joins Digital Public Goods Alliance to champion open knowledge infrastructure – Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2026/05/13/wikimedia-foundation-joins-the-digital-public-goods-alliance/
Core Elements of Federal Public Access Policies - SPARC https://sparcopen.org/our-work/public-access-resources/core-elements-of-federal-public-access-policies/
DOAJ Annual Highlights 2025 https://zenodo.org/records/20152107
Opening Keynote: Making the Case to Connect the Opens https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/TYx-bLM7Qi6c5T2nYjx4JQ
Embrace the Open: How do we promote the reuse of OE content? https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/AgSQJw5uQpudCjahjJ7mHg
Clinical Evidence Behind a Paywall: An Analysis of Randomised Clinical Trials Included in Cochrane Reviews - Uribe‐Cavero - 2026 - Learned Publishing - Wiley Online Library https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/leap.2058
Shaping Our Collective Voice Through Advocacy — SSP Pulse Check Report - The Scholarly Kitchen https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/05/01/shaping-our-collective-voice-through-advocacy-ssp-pulse-check-report/
Infographic: the Principles of Open Science Monitoring https://zenodo.org/records/19909954
Research Funders and Organizations Aligning for Open Research: The Preprint Policy Framework https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/XiwS29N3R7-EMLnxFTpD2g
Preserving Under Pressure: The 2016/2017 Data Rescue Movement and the Limits of Emergency Curation | International Journal of Digital Curation https://ijdc.net/index.php/ijdc/article/view/1117
De universiteit als melkkoe – De Groene Amsterdammer https://www.groene.nl/artikel/de-universiteit-als-melkkoe
From text to traceability: RRID integration in Europe PMC – Europe PMC News Blog https://blog.europepmc.org/2026/05/from-text-to-traceability-rrid-integration-in-europe-pmc.html
Visible as Journals, Invisible as Publishers: Limitations of OpenAlex for Analysing University Publishing - Nazarovets - 2026 - Learned Publishing - Wiley Online Library https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/leap.2061
Building toward sustainability: Partnering with the Hyku community on governance and funding https://investinopen.org/blog/building-toward-sustainability-partnering-with-the-hyku-community-on-governance-and-funding/
Why generic indicators for research culture don’t work - Research on Research https://researchonresearch.org/why-generic-indicators-for-research-culture-dont-work/
PHOTOS: With Book Bans on the Rise, Pressley Introduces Bill to Fight Back, Promote Inclusive Literature - Ayanna Pressley https://pressley.house.gov/2026/04/07/photos-with-book-bans-on-the-rise-pressley-introduces-bill-to-fight-back-promote-inclusive-literature/
