In conjunction with Open Access Day, the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association, OASPA, announced its official launch yesterday. "The mission of OASPA is to support and represent the interests of Open Access (OA) journals publishers globally in all scientific, technical, and scholarly disciplines through an exchange of information, setting of industry standards, advancing business and publishing models, advocating for gold OA journals publishing, education and the promotion of innovation," says Open Access News.
Membership in OASPA is open to both scholar publishers and professional publishing organizations, and founding members include BioMed Central, Co-Action Publishing, Copernicus, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, PLoS, and others.
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