• Science Europe, cOAlition S, OPERAS, and French National Research Agency (ANR) Publish “Action Plan for Diamond Open Access”

According to infoDOCKET “Science Europe, cOAlition S, OPERAS, and the French National Research Agency (ANR) present this Action Plan to further develop and expand a sustainable, community-driven Diamond OA scholarly communication ecosystem. It proposes to align and develop common resources for the entire Diamond OA ecosystem, including journals and platforms, while respecting the cultural, multilingual, and disciplinary diversity that constitutes the strength of the sector...”

MORE LIBRARY AND PUBLISHING NEWS FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCE

• ACRL publishes the Community College Library Series – Assessment/Reference and Instruction

• Duvall Hecht, Who Popularized Audiobooks as Founder of Books on Tape, Dies at 91

• Directory of Open Access Books Joins the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA)

• Knowledge Unlatched and Laudato Si’ Rearch Institute Make a Collection of at Least 11 Books on Integral Ecology Open Access

• JSTOR Partners With TypeCite to Make Citations Easy

• Library of Congress Shares Information About Its By the People Initiative

• OASPA & Make Data Count Workshop Report: What Are Publisher Experiences of Data Citation and What Can We Do to Help?

• Europeana Aggregators’ Forum Activity Report 2021

CONFERENCES, MEETINGS, AND WEBINARS

• NISO Plus 2022: The Name Doesn’t Say It All – Information Today reports that “For the third consecutive year, the NISO Plus conference provided what its name only hints at. Held virtually over 3 days, Feb. 15–17, 2022, it delivered an informative and thought-provoking multinational survey of the roles that collaboration, conversation, and standardization play in our constantly changing worldwide information environment…”

• Shaping The Future at Evergreen Conference in June – According to Library Technology Guides “The 2022 Evergreen International Online Conference will be held June 13 – 16, offering three days of presentations and discussions for users of the Evergreen system and those interested in finding out more about the software and its community. Registration is now open, with the early bird discount ending on April 18. Shaping the Future is the theme for this year’s conference, fitting since librarians using Evergreen design and produce the open source system for the library community.”