Posts by Jim Dooley
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UC Libraries Expand Support for Diamond Open Access with Strategic Investments in the Open Journals Collective and Biogeography
The University of California Libraries announce new systemwide investments in the Open Journals Collective (OJC) and the Diamond Open Access journal Biogeography. Together, these new investments reflect UC Libraries’ ongoing commitment to advancing open, equitable, and community-governed approaches to Diamond OA scholarly publishing. At a time when the limitations of both subscription-based systems and author-pays open access models are increasingly apparent, Diamond Open Access offers a viable and necessary alternative. By removing financial barriers for both readers and authors, it aligns with the mission of public research universities to make knowledge broadly accessible. It also supports bibliodiversity by enabling a […]
