Springer Nature and swissuniversities: "Swiss Researchers to Lose Access to Prestigious Journals over Open Access" https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/sci-tech/swiss-researchers-to-lose-access-to-prestigious-journals-over-open-access/45444620
"Article Processing Charges: Mirroring the Citation Impact or Legacy of the Subscription-Based Model?" https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/qss_a_00015
"The Pricing of Open Access Journals: Diverse Niches and Sources of Value in Academic Publishing" https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/qss_a_00016
OSTP Recommendation: Letter from Senator Thom Tillis Chair of the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property Section to the Secretary of Commerce and the White House Chief of Staff https://copyrightalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Tillis-12.12-Ltr-to-DOC-and-OMB-re-Scientific-Journals.pdf
Association of American Publishers: "Coalition of 125+ Scientific Research and Publishing Organizations Sends Letter to Administration" https://newsroom.publishers.org/researchers-and-publishers-oppose-immediate-free-distribution-of-peer-reviewed-journal-articles/
Canadian Association of Research Libraries: Institutional Repository Statistics: Reliable, Consistent Approaches for Canada http://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/orwg_report1_irstats_en.pdf
"Statement from the UC Libraries in support of MIT’s Framework for Publisher Contracts" https://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/2019/12/uc-libraries-support-mit-framework/
"Congress to Renew Open Textbook Pilot Grant Program with $7 Million Appropriation" https://sparcopen.org/news/2019/congress-renews-open-textbook-pilot-grant-program-with-7-million/
"From Meow to ROAR: Expanding Open Access Repository Services at the University of Houston Libraries" https://doi.org/10.7710/2162-3309.2309
"cOAlition S response to Springer Nature’s Open Letter on Transformative Journals" https://mailchi.mp/d8e50da6d2a4/coalition-s-response-to-springer-natures-open-letter-on-transformative-journals
Springer Nature: "Alternative Conditions Needed in Order for cOAlition S’s proposal for Transformative Journals to Succeed" https://group.springernature.com/gp/group/media/press-releases/alternative-conditions-needed/17508260
OSTP Recommending No OA Embargo?: "Politics and Open Access" https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2019/12/16/politics-and-open-access/
"Library Supported Open Access Funds: Criteria, Impact, and Viability" https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/eblip/index.php/EBLIP/article/view/29623
Couperin Deal: "Elsevier Deal with France Disappoints Open-Access Advocates" https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/12/elsevier-deal-france-disappoints-open-access-advocates
Non-Government Organisations and OA Mandates: "NGOs’ Experiences of Navigating the Open Access Landscape " https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.17359.2
"Meta-Research: Releasing a Preprint Is Associated with More Attention and Citations for the Peer-Reviewed Article" https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.52646
"Springer Nature and the Association of Universities in the Netherlands Partner to Explore How Open Research Can Accelerate Progress Towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals" http://www.stm-publishing.com/springer-nature-and-the-association-of-universities-in-the-netherlands-partner-to-explore-how-open-research-can-accelerate-progress-towards-the-un-sustainable-development-goals/
Elsevier and CSU: "Sac State and CSU Renegotiating Contract with ScienceDirect Database Provider" https://statehornet.com/2019/12/sac-state-and-csu-renegotiating-contract-with-sciencedirect-database-provider/ Background: https://www.csulb.edu/university-library/article/csu-elsevier-negotiations
A Consensus Definition Reached for Biomedical Sciences: "Predatory Journals: No Definition, No Defence" https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03759-y
"Leaked Dutch Contract with Elsevier Raises Significant Alarm Bells " https://sparcopen.org/news/2019/leaked-dutch-contract-with-elsevier-raises-significant-alarm-bells/
"Attitudes of North American Academics toward Open Access Scholarly Journals" https://preprint.press.jhu.edu/portal/sites/ajm/files/20.1dalton.pdf
"NIH to Host Informational Webinar on the Draft NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing and Supplemental Draft Guidance on Dec. 16" https://datascience.nih.gov/news/nih-to-host-webinar-dec-16
Open Source: "Making It Easier to Be Open: Johns Hopkins Engineers Innovative Platform for Repositories" https://sparcopen.org/news/2019/making-it-easier-to-be-open-johns-hopkins-engineers-innovative-platform-for-repositories/ Source code: https://github.com/OA-PASS
"Jisc and IOP Publishing Secure New Transitional Open Access Agreement for UK Universities" https://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/jisc-and-iop-publishing-secure-new-transitional-oa-agreement-for-uk-universities-09-dec-2019
"The Open-Factor: Toward Impact-Aligned Measures of Open-Access eBook Usage" http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/3336451.0022.104
