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SPARC/DOAJ seal for OA journals SPARC Europe and the Directory of Open Access Journals have launched their Seal for Open Access journals program. From yesterday's announcement:
Comment. I love this idea. As I said in the announcement, I support both conditions for the seal: the CC-BY license and the interoperable metadata. But I also support the way SPARC Europe and the DOAJ are trying to bring about this change: setting a good standard, helping journals reach it, and recognizing those who do. Here's how I put it last November when SPARC Europe and the DOAJ offered a pre-launch glimpse of the program:
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