Today, we’re releasing free public OA.Reports for thousands of major research funders to help discover publications they’ve funded, understand how open their research is, and increase the impact of their investments.

After a couple of years of working to support institutions implementing their OA policies, we're so proud to see OA.Report, our development partner, and one of our collaborators featured in Nature. We appreciate Nature bringing attention to the progress being made in more effectively implementing OA policies. Read the full story on Nature's website.

Besides building the tools that make OA.Works work, team Data Wrangler Natalia Norori also uses the tools as she explores research in migration and epidemiology. In this talk at the UN, Norori dives into the difference between open and equitable, using her life experience as a Nicaraguan scientist who has been impacted by migration. Video Fast forward to hour 3, minute 35 to see Natalia’s talk.

Eight years ago we got our start building the Open Access Button. Since then, we’ve built ShareYourPaper, InstantILL, and our organization. We have wonderful partnerships with librarians, and new tools in the pipeline. It’s time for our name to reflect the momentum and direction of our work. Enter, OA.Works. Since the beginning we've been driven by the belief that open access works – so while our name is changing – who we are is not.

This month, we released ShareYourPaper.org for Libraries. Leila Sterman co-designed ShareYourPaper.org and the version for libraries as the Scholarly Communication Librarian and an Assistant Professor at Montana State University Library. As 2020 came to an end, Jake Orlowitz caught up with her. How did you get started in librarianship? What's your current role? It was a meandering path to scholcomm.

We’re thrilled to announce that Arcadia, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin, has generously committed to continue its support of our work with a four-year, $1,870,000 grant.

It’s a big day for us, Jake Orlowitz is joining the project to help us grow awareness and usage of our tools while deepening our relationship with the library community. Jake has been prolific as a builder, strategist, and author working to advance Open Access, in partnership with libraries.

Notice anything different? We’ve moved to a new blogging system, welcome! It’s more than twice as fast, aligns with our values by protecting your privacy, and most importantly is a better place to learn about our work.

We’re incredibly proud that one of our tiny team, Natalia Norori, has been profiled by Forbes as a young leader for her work with us and her project Health Data Sharing Is Caring. We’ve been lucky to work with Natalia for years to lead implementation of our request system and self-archiving work, including Shareyourpaper.org.

This isn’t a post about what we’re doing in response to COVID-19. Instead, we’re sharing how we planned to respond as an act of transparency to our community. It’s also an opportunity to get feedback, and we hope that it’s something that others can use to guide their thinking.