May 2024

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Scholarly Communications

An update on publishing, our institutional repository, and the development of new open source research tools.

Open Access Publishing Fund opens soon!

Applications for grants from Boston College’s Open Access Publishing Fund will open on June 3rd! Faculty, students and staff are encouraged to apply. Open access can be expensive, so the…

OSTP Federal Research Funding update

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has received funding from Congress to continue its implementation of the Nelson Memo. This memo requires any federal agency that…

Medical Humanities Journal of Boston College

The Scholarly Communications team had a chance to ask some questions to the editors of the Medical Humanities Journal of Boston College! The undergraduate journal is sponsored by the Institute…

OA Policy Changes at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has recently announced a “refreshed” Open Access Policy, to start in 2025. There is a lot to unpack. The headline change for publishers is…

American Library Association Book: Scholarly Communication Librarianship and Open Knowledge

In 2023, the American Library Association published Scholarly Communication Librarianship and Open Knowledge; discussing the current landscape for for librarians in academia and including case studies and a more modern…

Coalition for Diversity and Inclusion in Scholarly Communication (C4DISC)

Earlier this year, the Coalition for Diversity and Inclusion in Scholarly Communication (C4DISC) held their first community meeting. The main mission of the coalition is “to work with organizations and…

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