January 13, 2011
Scholar’s work highlights power of Open Access and community engagement
To go beyond the confines of academia and engage with the community to improve their lives through research, Ventura R. Pérez launched an interdisciplinary open-access journal dedicated to the study of violence and the impact it has on society. A biological anthropologist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Pérez adopted an open-access model to share insights into the causes of violence directly with the communities affected, in addition to making the research available to scholars. For his efforts, Pérez is honored as the first Innovator of 2011 by SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition).

January 9, 2011
Announcing Scientific Reports, a new open access publication
Press Release from Nature Publishing Group

January 7, 2011
Reminder: SPARC-ACRL forum at ALA tomorrow
This forum will paint a picture of the rapidly changing – and maturing – open-access publishing sphere, illustrate the growing range of options and approaches that are emerging, and help the library community to make sense of what it all means for you and your campus.

January 4, 2011
First WikiLeaks, Now ScienceLeaks
from NCTimes.com Blogs

January 3, 2011
January '11 Issue of the SPARC Open Access Newsletter
By Peter Suber, this issue recaps Open Access in 2010.