Communications As you’ve heard by now (hopefully), the communications tool we’ve been using to-date hasn’t worked for everyone—sorry about that. Our new (and hopefully improved) plan is as follows: Google Groups will be used to distribute and archive conference updates and information. Our group’s email address is osi2[email protected]. Please add this address to your safe...Read More

The inaugural conference of the Open Scholarship Initiative (OSI2016) will be held in Fairfax, Virginia, from April 19-22, 2016. The conference will open with a reception at the Hyatt Fairfax at Fair Lakes on the evening of Tuesday the 19th. Working groups will meet on the campus of George Mason University on Wednesday and Thursday,...Read More

On behalf of the OSI2016 organizing committee, thank you, and welcome! We’re honored and excited that you will be participating in the inaugural conference of the global Open Scholarship Initiative. As you know, OSI is the first effort of its kind—“long overdue” in the words of one delegate, and “a potential game changer” in the...Read More

OSI2016 wrapped up its registration process today. In all, 212 delegates will be participating in this inaugural event for the Open Scholarship Initiative, representing 15 different scholarly publishing stakeholder groups from (approximately) 14 countries around the world, 25 US states, 45 universities, and 35 publishers. The final delegate list may change slightly as a few...Read More