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InstantILL powers global COVID-19 response in partnership with IFLA
InstantILL powers global COVID-19 response in partnership with IFLA
In April we shared the incredible response we’d seen in RSCVD’s first week supporting resource sharing for those affected by COVID-19…
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Sep 1, 2020
Forbes profile one of our team, Natalia Norori.
Forbes profile one of our team, Natalia Norori.
We’re incredibly proud that one of our tiny team, Natalia Norori, has been profiled by Forbes as a young leader for her work with us
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Jul 23, 2020
How we planned for a pandemic
This isn’t a post about what we’re doing in response to COVID-19. Instead, we’re sharing how we planned to respond as an act of…
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Jul 6, 2020
cOAlition S chooses Shareyourpaper.org Permissions for Plan S Journal Checker Tool
After an extensive competitive search, we’re proud to announce that cOAlition S, an international consortium of research funders working…
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Jul 3, 2020
Alberto Espay’s journey with Shareyourpaper.org
Alberto Espay’s journey with Shareyourpaper.org
We’ve been lucky enough to have many people review our tools over the years, and we appreciate them all. However, we’ve never had one…
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Jun 26, 2020
Making it easy to know how to self-archive a paper with a new API, tools, and new website.
Making it easy to know how to self-archive a paper with a new API, tools, and new website.
There are major updates to our tools and data to make permissions checking easier, faster, and clearer for libraries on our new website.
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May 29, 2020
Supporting Resource Sharing during COVID-19 with IFLA
Supporting Resource Sharing during COVID-19 with IFLA
If your library’s ability to do resource sharing (i.e. ILL or document delivery) has been impacted by COVID-19, help is at hand…
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Apr 30, 2020
With Shareyourpaper.org it’s easy to make your paper Open Access, for free!
With Shareyourpaper.org it’s easy to make your paper Open Access, for free!
In a few clicks, Shareyourpaper.org can help authors share their Coronavirus research and, in fact, any research.
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Apr 7, 2020
Thanking libraries who sustain us.
Thanking libraries who sustain us.
Today, we’re releasing a showcase for institutions that are enabling our work
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Mar 9, 2020
Get To Fulltext Ourselves, not GetFTR.
There’s a reason why commercial players are scrambling to launch such services: to maintain control.
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Dec 5, 2019
Testing the Future of Self-Archiving
Testing the Future of Self-Archiving
Today we’re treated to a post by Leila Sterman, our partner at Montana State, on using user testing to build Shareyourpaper.org. If you…
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Dec 2, 2019
InstantILL Recognized at Premier ILL Conference
InstantILL Recognized at Premier ILL Conference
While building InstantILL, alongside our partners at IUPUI University Library, we documented our engineering work and unusual partnership…
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Nov 25, 2019
Sustainability Without Scarcity: Our New Business Model with Equity at the Core.
Sustainability Without Scarcity: Our New Business Model with Equity at the Core.
For change, not for profit.
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Oct 23, 2019
Partnering with Montana State to make self-archiving simple with Shareyourpaper.org.
Partnering with Montana State to make self-archiving simple with Shareyourpaper.org.
“We’re excited to finally build everything we’ve learned from mediated deposit into a simple tool, rather than a dozen workarounds, this…
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Oct 23, 2019
InstantILL released in beta, with a new website.
InstantILL released in beta, with a new website.
We’re beginning InstantILL’s Beta, and releasing a new website at InstantILL.org. Now you can learn about InstantILL and try it yourself…
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Oct 22, 2019
Streamlined, more powerful APIs for the Open Access Button
The Open Access Button has just released an updated API that will make it simpler both to find and access an article (through publicly…
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Oct 22, 2019
Planning for good things to come to an end
Today, we’re sharing our draft plan for succession and contingency planning. Fear not, we’re not going anywhere soon.
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Oct 22, 2019
InstantILL is being rolled out at IUPUI. Here’s how it works.
InstantILL is being rolled out at IUPUI. Here’s how it works.
Now we’re working to make sure other libraries, big and small, can use it.
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Jul 10, 2019
Building shareyourpaper.org to make self-archiving the simplest way to increase a paper’s impact.
Building shareyourpaper.org to make self-archiving the simplest way to increase a paper’s impact.
Introducing shareyourpaper.org, the simplest way for authors to legally self-archive and for your library to fill your repository.
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Jun 7, 2019
New tool and dataset make permissions checking easier, faster, and clearer for libraries.
New tool and dataset make permissions checking easier, faster, and clearer for libraries.
Together with librarians, we’re building a new way to perform permissions checking that is backed by a modern approach and informed by a…
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Jun 7, 2019
New, powerfully simple library tool to deliver articles. No subscription needed.
New, powerfully simple library tool to deliver articles. No subscription needed.
Partnership with IUPUI University Library brings InstantILL to life.
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Mar 13, 2019
Using the Open Access Button in EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) and EBSCOHost Databases
Using the Open Access Button in EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) and EBSCOHost Databases
Bringing greater awareness of open access, helping our patrons, and enhancing the image of the library.
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Mar 5, 2019
How to support fellow scholars at UC
How to support fellow scholars at UC
The University of California (and many other universities) have canceled their subscription to Elsevier to help change academic publishing…
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Mar 4, 2019
Encouraging authors to self-archive with tried and tested templates
Encouraging authors to self-archive with tried and tested templates
Tried and tested templates to get authors educated and enthusiastic about self-archiving.
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Feb 25, 2019
Alma users get a new tool to make it easier to deliver Open Access in ILL
Alma users get a new tool to make it easier to deliver Open Access in ILL
This year, we released DeliverOA to make it easier to find self-archived Open Access versions of articles and deliver them inside ILL…
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Nov 27, 2018
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