Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers set to launch Palliative Medicine Reports in Spring 2020 - February 7, 2020
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers will launch Palliative Medicine Reports, a new peer-reviewed open access companion to the highly regarded Journal of Palliative Medicine, in Spring 2020. All articles in Palliative Medicine Reports will be published open access to ensure broad and rapid distribution and visibility… Read More
KU Selection Committee 2020 calls for new library members from across the globe - February 7, 2020
Knowledge Unlatched (KU) makes scholarly content freely available to everyone, while contributing to the development of the Open Access (OA) infrastructure. With support from around 600 libraries worldwide, KU has already made 1,500 books and 23 journals freely available in Open Access to over four million… Read More
OUP to develop PISA 2024 Science Framework - February 6, 2020
Academic publisher Oxford University Press has won a competitive tender by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to develop the Science Framework for PISA 2024. The OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is widely acknowledged as the benchmark for evaluating education systems across… Read More
McGraw-Hill selects Proctorio to deliver remote proctoring and browser locking capabilities within its digital course materials - February 6, 2020
Through a new agreement with Proctorio, McGraw-Hill, a leader in learning science and digital learning tools, will offer remote proctoring and browser locking capabilities for assessments in its McGraw-Hill Connect® digital learning platform for college courses. These services will be available for… Read More
The Company of Biologists and MALMAD announce three year transitional OA agreement - February 6, 2020
The Company of Biologists and MALMAD, an Israeli consortia of leading universities, have announced a three year transitional OA agreement from January 2020. The Company of Biologists are the first publisher to agree a Read and Publish deal with MALMAD that permits researchers at participating institutions… Read More
Brill and Dutch Universities reach transformative agreement - February 6, 2020
UKB, the Dutch consortium of university libraries, and international scholarly publisher Brill have reached a Transformative Agreement for the years 2020 and 2021. The agreement provides reading access to Dutch researchers at 9 institutions and allows for unlimited Open Access publishing in all Brill journals. Brill’s… Read More