COAR announces strategy to modernize the global repository network - July 19, 2021
The trend towards open science / open scholarship is strengthening and expanding. The COVID-19 pandemic has made open scholarship a top priority for governments and the research community around the world and there is a growing recognition about the need for greater equity in scholarly communications, as underscored in the… Read More
Library Publishing Coalition and the IFLA Library Publishing Special Interest Group partner to survey landscape of publishing in libraries worldwide - July 19, 2021
The Library Publishing Coalition (LPC) and the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) Library Publishing Special Interest Group (LibPub SIG) have partnered to survey the landscape of publishing in libraries across the globe. LPC is seeking submissions for its 9th annual Library Publishing Directory.… Read More
Dr Fiona Godlee to step down as The BMJ’s editor-in-chief - July 19, 2021
Dr Fiona Godlee is stepping down as editor-in-chief of The BMJ at the end of this year, after more than 16 years in the role. Fiona first joined BMJ as an assistant editor in 1990 and became editor-in-chief in March 2005, the first woman to lead the… Read More
RLUK’s new research report explores the development and delivery of VRRs and VTSs amongst archives, special collections, and museums - July 19, 2021
Research Libraries UK (RLUK) has published a major research report exploring the development and delivery of Virtual Reading Rooms (VRRs) and Virtual Teaching Spaces (VTSs) amongst archives, special collections, and museums. New Frontiers of Digital Access: The development and delivery of Virtual Reading… Read More
Dr. David Peden named inaugural Editor-in-Chief of new AAAAI journal - July 19, 2021
Dr. David Peden, past president of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, will serve as the academy’s first editor-in-chief of a new open-access publication - The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: Global (JACI: Global). Peden, who also serves as Senior Associate Dean for… Read More
University of Buckingham Press unveils UBP Open Books - July 19, 2021
University of Buckingham Press (UBP) has announced the launch of UBP Open Books, a new open access books imprint. New titles will be published on a gold open access basis under a CC-BY-NC licence to ensure all digital editions are available equally and openly to a global… Read More
