What’s new in OA & scholarly publishing globally General NewsWe support UNESCO Recommendation
The UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science has been adopted by the UNESCO 41st Assembly. Open Access Australasia has made a joint statement of support with CAUL.
 The Recommendation has seven key objectives around open science: - Promoting a common understanding of open science, associated benefits and challenges, as well as diverse paths to open science
- Developing an enabling policy environment for open science.
- Investing in open science infrastructures and services;
- Investing in human resources, training, education, digital literacy and capacity building for open science;
- Fostering a culture of open science and aligning incentives for open science;
- Promoting innovative approaches for open science at different stages of the scientific process;
- Promoting international and multi-stakeholder cooperation in the context of open science and with view to reducing digital, technological and knowledge gaps.
Three year strategy: SCOSS
 After consultation including surveys, interviews and focus groups, the global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS) has published its 3-year strategy. The 2022-2024 strategy outlines three primary goals for SCOSS for the coming years:
- Promote the sustainability of Open Science Infrastructure through funding and support
- Raise global awareness about the value of non-commercial Open Science Infrastructure through advocacy and connection building
- Build and maintain trust in Open Science Infrastructure through vetting and selection
Download the strategy document for more information.
In the SCOSS consultation run in summer 2021, the community identified three types of Open Science Infrastructure to prioritise for funding: - Open publishing services, tools and platforms
- FAIR Open Access repository services
- Open research data infrastructure and services
The SCOSS Board recognizes these types as priorities in this call. At the same time, it remains open to receiving applications coming from other types of services that address other themes.
Read more on how to apply here. Applications are due by 28 February 2022.
Scottish Universities Open Access Press
Scottish Confederation of University & Research Libraries are collaborating in to establish a publishing press that is owned and managed by the participating Higher Education Institutions. Launch is anticipated in 2022/23. Read more. Liber strategy for EU 2023-2027
 The proposed framework consists of 5 vision elements with 12 strategic priorities. Of the 5 elements, 2 are fundamental: these two are interconnected with all strategic priorities of the 3 aspirational vision elements, one of which is advancing open science. Read more.
cOAlition S starts work on Journal Comparison Service
The service is aimed at helping the research community better understand publishing fees and whether they are commensurate with the services delivered. Read more Reports
State of Open Data report for 2021
 The State of Open Data are a series of surveys and reports analysing the current trends in open research data. They are a result of a collaboration between Figshare, Digital Science, Springer Nature and other leading industry and academic representatives.
This collection groups together the surveys, the data, the code, the reports, infographics and posters relating to the 2021 State of Open Data.
Reproducibility report from UK’s Knowledge Exchange
 The Art of Publishing Reproducible Research Outputs: Supporting emerging practices through cultural and technological innovation report explores current practices and barriers in the area of research reproducibility, with a focus on publication and dissemination. 50 stakeholders from 12 countries including funders, research institutions, learned societies, publishers and infrastructure & service providers were consulted to find the answers to these questions:
- What are the main benefits and barriers of publishing reproducible research outputs?
- What are the roles of the different stakeholders involved?
- How expensive are reproducibility checks?
- What kind of digital tools and infrastructure are needed to publish reproducible research output?
Research on Research report on pandemic  The Scholarly communication in times of crisis: The response of the scholarly communication system to the COVID-19 pandemic report looks at the impact of COVID-19 on academic publishing & illustrates that achieving speed and quality in scholarly communication is an essential and shared responsibility. It found the pandemic highlighted the importance of increasing promotion of openness in general. “Efforts to promote open science, particularly open access of published outputs and open sharing of data, need to be further intensified.”
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