From: Amanda Page <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 07:57:01 -0500

Thanks Ann.

For those who have interest in academic societies and publishing, we
recently updated the Society Open Access Research Catalog, which tracks
fully OA journals affiliated w or published by academic societies. It is a
ongoing catalog.

https://cyber.harvard.edu/hoap/Societies_and_Open_Access_Research



On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 8:18 PM LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>>
> Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 20:03:01 -0500
>
> Marcia McNutt, distinguished scientist with extensive publishing
> experience and now Chief Executive of the National Academy of Sciences (US)
> offers an opinion piece on Plan S.  The link has been widely circulated,
> but if you haven't paused to read the piece, please make the time.
>
> *Opinion: “Plan S” falls short for society publishers—and for the
> researchers they serve*
>
> "The proposal known as Plan S has the admirable aim of achieving full OA
> across a wide swath of journal publications. But the path currently
> suggested has serious drawbacks that could jeopardize nonprofit science
> societies.
>
> [SNIP]
>
> https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/01/24/1900359116
>