Discover how AI and other technologies are changing the way content businesses work - June 18, 2020
New technologies are transforming the way publishing works. Content creation, dissemination and consumption face a multiplicity of new opportunities and challenges. Attendees to the ConTech Forum on June 9th saw many examples of this transformation and reacted overwhelmingly positively to the quality of the presentations. ConTech… Read More
No large barriers for repository platforms in complying with Plan S, notes COAR survey - June 18, 2020
In April/May 2020 the COAR, in consultation with cOAlition S, conducted a survey of repository platforms to assess their current ability and intention to support Plan S requirements and to identify any specific challenges related to their implementation. The survey found that… Read More
EBSCO Information Services and IWA partner to support FOLIO open source Library Services Platform - June 18, 2020
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and IWA have partnered to support libraries adopting the open-source provider FOLIO Library Services Platform (LSP). EBSCO and IWA will work together to provide reliable hosting and support services to libraries in Finland and the Scandinavian region. … Read More
Sheridan PubFactory and Scholarly iQ partner to launch Reporting and Business Intelligence Platform - June 18, 2020
Sheridan PubFactory has announced a new partnership with industry-leading analytics and reporting specialist Scholarly iQ (SiQ). This addition to its expanding network of partner associations enables the launch of a dedicated Reporting and Business Intelligence Platform for PubFactory, offering the opportunity for… Read More
New OA publishing partnership between The IET and Wiley creates leading portfolio of Engineering OA journals - June 17, 2020
John Wiley & Sons Inc., a global leader in research and education, and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) have announced their open access (OA) publishing partnership, transitioning the IET journal program to gold open access from January 2021. Under… Read More
Springer Nature and the University of California announce MOU for a transformative agreement - June 17, 2020
Open access (OA) publisher Springer Nature and the University of California (UC) have agreed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a transformative agreement (TA). The agreement, which is the largest transformative open access agreement in North America to date, and the first… Read More
