MDPI joins United2Act in global effort to combat paper mills - March 25, 2024
MDPI, a leading academic publisher, has announced its participation in the United2Act initiative, a collaborative endeavor aimed at addressing the pervasive issue of paper mills in academic publishing. United2Act brings together stakeholders from across the publishing industry to collectively tackle the challenge posed by… Read More
University Press publishers set to convene in montréal for annual meeting - March 25, 2024
The Association of University Presses (AUPresses) has announced plans for its highly anticipated 2024 Annual Meeting, scheduled to take place in the vibrant city of Montréal, Quebec, from June 11th to 13th. With the preliminary program now available and registration officially open, anticipation is… Read More
TLI Investigator Dr. Wei Yan named Editor-in-Chief of the Andrology journal - March 25, 2024
The Lundquist Institute has announced that Dr. Wei Yan, a distinguished professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and Lundquist investigator, has been appointed by the American Society of Andrology and the European Academy of Andrology as the new Editor-in-Chief of Andrology, the highly-respected… Read More
SANLiC and Taylor & Francis forge path to open access for researchers in Sub-Saharan Africa - March 22, 2024
In a ground-breaking initiative aimed at fostering open access (OA) publishing and advancing scholarly communication in Sub-Saharan Africa, the South African National Library and Information Consortium (SANLiC) and academic publisher Taylor & Francis have unveiled a transformative three-year agreement. Marking Taylor & Francis' inaugural… Read More
International Open Access Week 2024 continues focus on “Community over Commercialization” - March 22, 2024
As the global academic community gears up for International Open Access Week 2024, the theme announced for this year, "Community over Commercialization," signals a steadfast commitment to prioritizing the collective interests of researchers and the public over profit-driven models. Building upon the momentum generated by last… Read More
NISO’s draft Interoperable System of Controlled Digital Lending Recommended Practice now open for public comment - March 22, 2024
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced that its draft Interoperable System of Controlled Digital Lending (IS-CDL) Recommended Practice (NISO RP-44-202X) is now available for public comment through April 21 at the project website, https://www.niso.org/standards-committees/is-cdl. Libraries often need to lend digital surrogates… Read More
