Third annual ESG Report highlights commitment to sustainability and social responsibility - January 8, 2025
Building on its dedication to advancing scientific research and supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), IntechOpen has published its third annual Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report. This report underscores the organization's ongoing efforts to integrate ESG principles into its operations and… Read More
EIFL renews EBSCO eBooks agreement, extends discounted access through 2027 - January 8, 2025
EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries) has announced the renewal of its agreement with EBSCO Information Services, securing discounted access to the EBSCO eBooks Academic Subscription Collection for an additional three years. The agreement, which now extends until December 2027, reaffirms EIFL’s… Read More
Ex Libris unveils AI innovations transforming libraries in 2025 - January 8, 2025
Ex Libris™, a part of Clarivate™, is marking the start of 2025 by spotlighting its latest AI-driven innovations designed to enhance library services and user experiences. A newly launched dedicated webpage highlights the cutting-edge tools developed in collaboration with the academic community, showcasing the company’s commitment to… Read More
University of Groningen partners with PeerJ to advance open access publishing - January 8, 2025
The University of Groningen has joined PeerJ's Annual Institutional Memberships (AIMs) program, enabling its researchers to publish open access (OA) articles without paying individual article processing charges (APCs). This partnership underscores the university's commitment to making research freely accessible to the global community, particularly for publicly funded… Read More
CAS and PetroChina Shanghai Advanced Materials Research Institute announce collaboration to accelerate new materials discovery and innovation - December 24, 2024
CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society specializing in scientific knowledge management, and PetroChina Shanghai Advanced Materials Research Institute Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the world’s third-largest oil company, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), have entered into a strategic collaboration to accelerate the research and discovery… Read More
Springer Nature highlights transformative agreements’ impact on global open access growth - December 24, 2024
A new white paper released by Springer Nature reveals the transformative impact of Transformative Agreements (TAs) in driving global open access (OA) publishing, with some countries experiencing increases in OA uptake of up to 78% within the first year of implementation. Titled “Accelerating open… Read More
