New national cataloging platform for libraries in Japan launched using OCLC’s Syndeo - April 3, 2023
The National Institute of Informatics has successfully launched a new national cataloging platform for 1,300 libraries in Japan. OCLC's Syndeo metadata software services were implemented to modernize the NACSIS-CAT/ILL service, which supports cataloging and interlibrary loan in Japan, and to facilitate national and international… Read More
Project MUSE and its participating publishers offer free access for low-income countries - April 3, 2023
As part of its mission to promote the broad dissemination of essential humanities and social science scholarship, and in support of equity in access to scholarly resources, Project MUSE and its participating publishers have announced a program to provide free access to selected journal titles in many… Read More
Springer Nature and EMBO partner to publish the EMBO Press suite of journals - March 30, 2023
EMBO Press has chosen Springer Nature to be their new publishing partner, effective January 1, 2024. Authors who publish in EMBO Press journals will benefit from the global reach of Springer Nature’s leading journals. In addition, authors will have the option to transfer manuscripts… Read More
K-State libraries secure new open access publishing agreements - March 30, 2023
K-State Libraries has secured three new open access publishing agreements with the following publishers - Company of Biologists, Institute of Physics., and the Microbiology Society. These new agreements offer K-State faculty, staff, and students the opportunity to publish articles as open access in… Read More
EUA hosts inaugural meeting of new Expert Group on Open Science - March 30, 2023
The first meeting of the newly recomposed European University Association Expert Group on Open Science (EGOS) recently took place in Brussels. At its inaugural meeting, EGOS members discussed European open science priorities with Michael Arentoft, Head of the Unit for Open Science at the European Commission’s… Read More
Brock Library enhancing open access publishing support - March 30, 2023
Brock University is modernizing its model of support for open access publishing to make it more equitable and multi-disciplinary. As the publishing landscape rapidly evolves, the Brock University Library is working to better meet the needs of researchers in line with other Canadian research institutions. New… Read More
