Moving Forwards on Open Access—Interview with Drs. Saskia de Vries | MDPI Blog

"We recently had the pleasure of speaking with Drs. Saskia de Vries. She is the co-founder and first director of both Amsterdam University Press and Leiden University Press, founder of Sampan–academia & publishing and a notable open access (OA) advocate. Currently involved in several projects, such as the Fair Open Access Alliance including LingOA and MathOA, the Open Library of Humanities (OLH), OpenAIRE, Quality Open Access Market (QOAM) and working closely with various academic institutions and publishers, her main focus is to ensure a competitive OA publication environment. Through our interview, we were able to find out more about her vision for OA, as well as her ongoing projects."