The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has published a special issue of Information Standards Quarterly (ISQ) on building open access infrastructure. Guest edited by Liam Earney, head of Jisc's Library Support Services, the issue features articles from a variety of perspectives, including publishers, universities, and open access experts. Browse the table of contents at http://www.niso.org/publications/isq/2014/v26no2/

In Clifford Lynch's contribution to the issue, The Need for Research Data Inventories and the Vision for SHARE, CNI's director describes the potential role of the SHared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE) in the overall scheme of managing research data. The piece is freely available for download at http://www.niso.org/apps/group_public/download.php/13684/PI_Lynch_SHARE_isqv26no2.pdf

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