• The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) has launched a new platform with improved searching features. DOAJ now contains 8869 journals with 4550 journals searchable at the article level.
• The Research Councils UK (RCUK) policy on open access came into effect from the 1st April 2013. The policy states that all peer-reviewed published research articles and conference proceedings funded by RCUK must be open access.

• Sage Open has reduced their open access article processing fee to $99 per article. Announcement Jan 24th 2013
• The Max Planck Society and De Gruyter Sign Agreement for Open Access Book Publishing. Press release Jan 24th 2013
• World Allergy Organization Journal is now open access has published its first open access articles with BioMed Central.

The latest article on Open Access(OA) in the Conversation by Danny Kingsley summarises the differences between the NHMRC and ARC policies on O

The Guardian reported this week on a new study in the BMC Medicine on open access (OA) and academic publishing. The primary aim of the study was to "measure the volume of scientific articles published in full immediate OA journal from 2000 to 2011" (Laakso & Bjork 2012). Further to this, the study also measured the share of open access articles which included publications th

Writing? Under 35? Written at least 30,000 words? Interested in The Australian/Vogel's Literary Award?

Staff members have had an exciting week sharing Fryer's collections with UQ students.

Graduate Student Week at UQ from the 10-14 September, with an intensive program of skills training presentations, workshops and networking sessions.

Topics include:

Demystifying Open Access: Going for Gold and Greener Pastures

Frank Moorhouse won the Fiction category of the Queensland Literary Awards last night for his book Cold light, the final in his Palais de Nations trilogy. In accepting the prize, Mr Moorhouse said:

At the recent Friends of Fryer event on Tuesday the 14th of August, an informative panel gathered to discuss histories of Women's Writing at the University of Queensland Press.