University of the Sunshine Coast opts for Ex Libris Esploro early adopter program - May 21, 2019
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC), in Queensland, Australia, has opted to become an early adopter of the Ex Libris Esploro™ research services platform. Seamlessly integrated with an institution’s research workflows, the Esploro platform increases the impact… Read More
Registrations for 2019 OASPA Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing now open - May 21, 2019
The Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) has announced that registrations are now open for the 2019 Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing, to be held from September 24 – 26, 2019, at the Royal Library in Copenhagen, Denmark. Interested parties can now register at
Royal Society’s digital publishing platform migrated to Atypon’s Literatum platform - May 21, 2019
The Royal Society's digital publishing platform migrated from HighWire to the Literatum platform from Atypon at the end of 2018. The move enabled the Royal Society to host the same high quality content but do so in a way that improves the… Read More
Springer Nature updates policy to encourage preprint sharing for its journals - May 20, 2019
For more than two decades, Nature and its sister journals have supported pre-publication sharing of manuscripts on preprint servers. Nature’s first editorial on this goes back to 1997 — although, back then, the practice was common only among physicists. By making early research findings accessible quickly… Read More
Atairos acquires ownership position in ProQuest - May 20, 2019
ProQuest, a global leader in educational technology, and Atairos, an independent private company focused on supporting growth-oriented businesses, have announced that Atairos will acquire an ownership position in ProQuest. ProQuest will use the proceeds from the transaction to repurchase most of the shares owned by entities… Read More
ConTech 2019 first draft programme released - May 20, 2019
ConTech.Live has announced the release of the ConTech 2019 first draft programme. At ConTech, delegates get ground-breaking insights into the biggest technical revolution to hit the content world since the birth of the internet – the intersection of data science and content. This year… Read More
