ALA announces $1.25M emergency fund for libraries impacted by COVID-19 - April 12, 2021
The American Library Association (ALA) will make $1.25M available in emergency relief grants to libraries that have experienced substantial economic hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic. The ALA COVID Library Relief Fund invites public, school, academic, and tribal libraries across the United States and US Territories to… Read More
American Society of Nephrology renews its journal hosting with HighWire - April 12, 2021
Scholarly publishing technology provider HighWire has announced that the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) has chosen to renew its hosting with HighWire. ASN and HighWire have had a long partnership approaching two decades, working together to meet ASN’s mission of transforming kidney research through… Read More
Springer Nature Group is carbon neutral for emissions associated with its offices, fleet and flights, says its latest Sustainable Business Report - April 9, 2021
Springer Nature Group has published its fourth annual report on its progress as a Sustainable Business. The report, which covers environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance, shares the steps being taken to champion open science, support delivery of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals,… Read More
Elsevier launches browser-based QUOSA to enable R&D collaboration while teams are dispersed due to COVID-19 - April 9, 2021
Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, has launched a fully browser-based literature management solution, QUOSA, to help life science companies centralize the process of collecting and sharing scientific information while driving copyright compliance. Accessing the right research can be difficult as it is… Read More
ResearchGate and Wiley announce content pilot to facilitate discovery of research, starting with Open Access - April 9, 2021
ResearchGate and Wiley have announced a pilot that will make articles published in selected Wiley journals available on the ResearchGate platform. The pilot aims to save authors time, enhance the visibility and discoverability of their peer-reviewed research, and measure the impact of their work.… Read More
Karger Publishers and Iceland Consortium sign transformative Open Access agreement - April 9, 2021
Scientific and medical publisher Karger is the first scientific publisher to sign a transformative Open Access (OA) agreement in Iceland. The contract provides access to all Karger e-journals (including backfiles) and enables OA publishing with no additional cost to authors. As it is a truly national license,… Read More
