• JSTOR and university press partners announce Path to Open Books pilot

Library Technology Guides reports that “JSTOR, part of the non-profit ITHAKA, and a cohort of leading university presses announced today Path to Open, a program to support the open access publication of new groundbreaking scholarly books that will bring diverse perspectives and research to millions of people. Launching as a pilot, Path to Open libraries will contribute funds to enable participating presses to publish new books that will transition from licensed to open access within three years of publication. The initial pilot will produce about one thousand open access monographs. …”

MORE LIBRARY AND PUBLISHING NEWS FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES

• Wiley and Joint University Librarians Advisory Committee sign new OA agreement to promote research accessibility

• OCLC’s Capira library services recognized with 2023 Modern Library Awards

• OASPA Rolls Out a Checklist to Help OA Publishers Implement UNESCO Open Science Principles

• New Library Impact Research Report From ARL: “Improving Primary Source Literacy Learning Outcomes Through a Community-Centered Archives Approach”

• OSTP launches Year of Open Science to advance national open science policies across the federal government in 2023

• University of Kentucky Libraries signs multi-year agreement with Skilltype

• OpenAthens receives 5th platinum award in 2023 Modern Library Awards

CONFERENCES, MEETINGS & WEBINARS

Registration Now Open For 3rd Annual United Nations Open Science Conference (Virtual Event, February 8-10, 2023)

According to infoDOCKET “The 3rd United Nations Open Science Conference [is scheduled] from 8 to 10 February 2023 (9.00 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. New York Time).
It is organized by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library of the United Nations Department of Global Communications in collaboration with the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division of Sustainable Development Goals, and UNESCO’s Division of Science Policy and Capacity-Building. …”