Search is on for new steward to deliver Plan S open access, as Smits bows out

peter.suber's bookmarks 2019-03-04

Summary:

"Robert-Jan Smits finished his one year mandate as the European Commission’s open access envoy last week and will be replaced for now by Robert [Kiley], head of open research at the Wellcome Trust, until a long-term coordinator for the Plan S open access initiative is appointed.

Smits, who is leaving the Commission to become president of the Eindhoven University of Technology, says there is a shortlist of two candidates to take over the position on a permanent basis...."

Link:

https://sciencebusiness.net/news/search-new-steward-deliver-plan-s-open-access-smits-bows-out

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Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » peter.suber's bookmarks
Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » infodocketGARY's bookmarks

Tags:

oa.new oa.plan_s oa.science_europe oa.leadership oa.interviews oa.publishers oa.funders oa.wellcome oa.europe oa.people

Date tagged:

03/04/2019, 07:46

Date published:

03/04/2019, 09:50