Help our cyclists in their mad dash to meet fundraising target In just under a month four members of our editorial team, Helen, Matt, Ruth and Joe will take part in Computer Aid’s Cycle Chile tour. They will tour the Andes in Patagonia in the beautiful Lake District to raise money for the Kenyatta University… Read more »
Patent offices in developing countries are to be offered free or low-cost access to a range of online scientific journals from the end of the year. The Access to Research for Development and Innovation (aRDi) scheme was launched by the UN World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in partnership with some major global publishers of scientific… Read more »
WHO published a feature entitled Open access: a giant leap towards bridging health inequities, in their August 2009 edition of the Bulletin of the World Health Organisation. In this article the authors urge the United Nations and other international organizations to give strong support to the open access movement as a means of advancing health… Read more »
The BMC-series dominated the news in the past month. Research ranging from walking bats to the age-prioritized use of antivirals during an influenza pandemic proved to be popular stories in the international media. A BMC Infectious Diseases article in which researchers warned that antiviral drugs ‘should not be wasted on the elderly’ was featured in… Read more »
Open Repository is happy to announce a new case study on the OpenRepository.com website for the Irish Health Service Executive (HSE). This as the Irish Times publishes an Article on Open Access: "The Government funded new OA archives at Irish universities while simultaneously requiring Government-funded research to end up in them. Suber would like to… Read more »
Graham and Michael attended the 2nd Repository Fringe in Edinburgh, July 30th and 31st. It was a great opportunity to meet and discuss all things repository with fellow developers, administrators and users of repositories, with delegates coming from all over the UK and some from further afield. An excellent wrapup of the event can be… Read more »