Umass Amherst Libraries in deal with PLOS to cover OA publication fees - November 1, 2021
UMass Amherst Libraries, through its membership with the NERL Consortium of academic and research libraries, has signed a three-year agreement with the non-profit, open access publisher Public Library of Science (PLOS), providing UMass Amherst researchers with no or reduced fee publication… Read More
OpenAthens opens applications for Best Publisher User Experience Award - November 1, 2021
OpenAthens, which enables easy access to knowledge through single sign-on, has opened applications for the Best Publisher User Experience Award. The awards, now in its third year, put the spotlight on publishers striving to put their users at the heart of their service design. The industry accolade… Read More
Taxonomy Boot Camp 2021 to be held virtually - November 1, 2021
Taxonomy Boot Camp Connect 2021 will be held virtual this year. The virtual conference will be held during the week of November 15 - 17, 2021. Taxonomy Boot Camp Connect 2021 is the world’s leading conference dedicated to exploring the successes, challenges, methodologies and products for taxonomies.… Read More
Charles University becomes first Czech institution to adopt Ex Libris Alma Library Services and Primo Discovery - November 1, 2021
Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, has announced that Charles University (CU)—a prominent research university based in Prague—is the first institution in the Czech Republic to select the Ex Libris Alma® library services platform and Primo® discovery solution. All of the CU library services will be unified under… Read More
China leads the way in researching clean energy innovation to achieve net zero, reveals new Elsevier study - October 29, 2021
Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, has unveiled a comprehensive study on the state of global clean energy research. The study reveals that China is leading the way in research to achieve net zero, with its funding agencies supporting the single largest… Read More
EDP Sciences and TU Delft announce publish and read transformative agreement - October 29, 2021
EDP Sciences has signed a transformative agreement with the Dutch university TU Delft. The agreement covers 2022-2024 and allows corresponding authors from TU Delft to publish a number of open access articles each year in any EDP Sciences journal without paying article processing charges (APCs). In… Read More
