OASPA Board Members are appointed via an annual election process and serve for a term of 3 years. Learn more about our board members.| OASPA
The Articles of Association were set in 2011 and updated in 2013, and formally states the business of OASPA, and the responsibilities of the board and members.| OASPA
The OASPA Board of Directors comprises 11 members who serve for a term of 3 years. There is a rotation system of terms and each year an election is held to| OASPA
OASPA members pass the 1m articles annual output milestone for the first time in a calendar year! Learn more about this milestone in our latest blog.| OASPA
In June 2025, three cross-sector, multi-stakeholder workshops took place as part of OASPA’s ‘Next 50%’ effort.| OASPA
The Toolkit was launched in June 2023 in English and French by DOAJ, OASPA and an international independent board of editors. It is now also available in| OASPA
We have now launched our Next 50% project, with a primer document that frames a fresh conversation about the future of open access.| OASPA
OASPA is launching a major new project for 2025, bringing together publishing organisations with those who pay for, fund and invest in scholarly| OASPA
The OASPA 2025 annual conference will take place at Irish College Leuven, Belgium from 22 - 24 September 2025. Find out more.| OASPA
Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science has recently become a member of OASPA as a small professional publisher, further enriching the growing community of members. To gain more insight into their recent affiliation with OASPA and to learn more about them, we conducted an interview with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Thuan Nguyen, Editor-in-Chief. […]| OASPA
In October 2024, a collaborative online-session for publishers from East Africa was co-organised by the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) and OAPEN, along with the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA), and French research institutes in Africa (LAM and IFRA) supported by the National Centre for Scientific Research in France (CNRS). The session covered […]| OASPA
In 2023 OASPA carried out a strategic review and developed the first formal strategic plan that we have worked to. Implemented at the start of 2024, we are| OASPA
Each year, OASPA surveys its members about their publication output. This year, we are delighted to continue to work with Delta Think who have helped us by| OASPA
Early in 2024, OASPA set out to release recommended practices to increase (financial) equity in open access (OA) publishing. Learn about the open consultation.| OASPA
OASPA is calling for feedback on the draft recommended practices to increase equity in open access. Take a look at this post to find out more.| OASPA