UK Government AI and copyright consultation update removes preference for text and data mining exception - March 25, 2026
The UK Government has issued an update confirming a move away from a proposed copyright exception that would have allowed technology companies to train AI models on copyrighted content without a license. The shift reflects positions advocated by Cambridge and other copyright holders and relates to the… Read More
Jisc signs two-year open access agreement with MDPI - March 25, 2026
MDPI has entered into a new two-year agreement with the UK’s Jisc consortium, extending access to the publisher’s Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP) through the end of 2027. The agreement enables more than 60 UK institutions to participate in the program,… Read More
CAS announces 2026 Future Leaders program cohort - March 25, 2026
CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society focused on scientific knowledge management, has announced the 2026 cohort of the CAS Future Leaders™ program. Selected from a competitive global applicant pool, the cohort comprises early-career scientists working across disciplines such as cheminformatics, synthetic biology,… Read More
OpenAIRE and Institut Pasteur partner to expand open science training across Europe - March 25, 2026
OpenAIRE and Institut Pasteur have formalized a strategic collaboration through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) focused on advancing Open Science training and strengthening research capacity across Europe. The partnership combines OpenAIRE’s expertise in open scholarly communication infrastructure with Institut Pasteur’s leadership in biomedical research… Read More
China publishes global journal list for medicine and life sciences to support research evaluation - March 25, 2026
China has released a global high-quality journal list covering medicine and life sciences, marking a step toward developing an independent framework for academic journal evaluation. The list was jointly compiled by Dongbi Technology Data Co., Ltd., the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and Shanghai… Read More
Knowledgespeak Editorial – Accessibility by Design: Why Scholarly Publishing Must Shift Upstream - March 24, 2026
Accessibility in scholarly publishing is often treated as a production responsibility, particularly in the context of digital accessibility standards and compliance requirements. It is at this stage that content is checked, tagged, and adjusted for usability across assistive technologies. Yet this framing overlooks a critical reality. Most accessibility issues in… Read More
