UMass Boston’s Healey Library expands open access book publishing - August 26, 2026
UMass Boston faculty will soon have new opportunities to publish their books as open access through pioneering agreements led by Healey Library. The initiative aims to make scholarship freely available worldwide while enhancing the visibility of the university’s research. Healey Library has long supported… Read More
ALA opens call for proposals for 2027 Annual Conference & Exhibition - August 26, 2026
The American Library Association (ALA) has announced the opening of its call for education program and poster proposals for the ALA 2027 Annual Conference & Exhibition, scheduled for June 24–28, 2027, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Annual Conference will address pressing challenges and opportunities… Read More
Company of Biologists renews Read & Publish agreement with SANLiC for three more years - August 26, 2026
The Company of Biologists has renewed its Read & Publish Open Access agreement with the South African National Library and Information Consortium (SANLiC) for a further three years, extending a successful collaboration first established in South Africa with the support of its regional representative,… Read More
American College of Cardiology appoints Dr. Mohamad Alkhouli as Editor-in-Chief of JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions - August 26, 2026
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has named Mohamad Alkhouli, MD, MBA, as the new Editor-in-Chief of JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. Alkhouli, an internationally recognized leader in interventional cardiology and cardiovascular research, brings more than a decade of editorial experience to the role. As Editor-in-Chief,… Read More
EIFL renews agreement with Éclat Engineering - August 26, 2026
EIFL has renewed its agreement with Éclat Engineering, ensuring that libraries and consortia in 36 partner countries will continue to benefit from discounted access to two key products—MyLOFT and MyDiscovery—through December 2029. MyLOFT (My Library on Fingertips) is… Read More
Knowledgespeak Editorial – What Happens to Usage Metrics When AI Does the Reading? - August 25, 2026
A usage report can look perfectly ordinary while the research session behind it has changed. A researcher asks an AI assistant to compare papers before a meeting. The system searches, checks several articles, draws on some of them, and returns an answer. The researcher follows one source. The rest of… Read More
