The Royal Society sets 75% threshold to ‘flip’ research journals to OA in the next five years - May 17, 2021
The Royal Society, in an exciting new chapter for its scientific publishing, sets out how it will transition its primary research journals to open access and make more of its world-leading research available to all. Following a review by its Council, the Royal Society has committed to… Read More
New national agreement helps universities in the UK assess journal agreements with publishers - May 17, 2021
SCONUL, the professional association for academic and research libraries and Jisc, have negotiated a national agreement with not-for-profit Our Research. The agreement will help individual SCONUL members in the UK to use Unsub, a data analysis and dashboard tool that enables… Read More
ARL membership convenes online for Spring 2021 Association meeting on “The Big Pivot: Disruption, Discovery, Transformation” - May 17, 2021
Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member representatives, guests, and staff convened for the 178th Association Meeting via video-conference on April 20–29, 2021. Meeting participants discussed “The Big Pivot: Disruption, Discovery, Transformation” in four sessions, each targeting a timely, critical issue: the dissemination of misinformation… Read More
The SSP Annual Meeting: make plans to visit the Marketplace Gallery - May 13, 2021
The SSP Annual Meeting is scheduled for May 24-27, 2021. Over the past year, many benefits of virtual conferences have become clear. With no need to travel, colleagues are able to attend regardless of geographic location, ability to travel, commitments at home, etc., and many conferences have… Read More
Taylor & Francis’ new book publishing concept combines traditional print and Open Access books model with F1000’s Open Research model - May 13, 2021
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis Group has launched the pilot of a new book publishing concept, Open Plus Books, that fuses the traditional print and Open Access books model with F1000’s Open Research publishing model. United by their shared goals of amplifying and democratizing research, this first… Read More
Springer Nature acquires full ownership of British Journal of Cancer - May 13, 2021
Springer Nature has acquired full ownership of the prestigious British Journal of Cancer (BJC). Launched in 1947 as a general oncology journal, BJC publishes across the full spectrum of cancer research, covering molecular cell biology, genetics, translational research, clinical studies and epidemiology. Since the 1980s it has… Read More
