Wolters Kluwer launches Expert AI enhancements to CoursePoint+ for nursing education - December 17, 2025
Wolters Kluwer Health has announced the introduction of Lippincott® CoursePoint+ with Expert AI to support nursing students’ learning needs. Nursing students face challenges that include applying theoretical knowledge to assignments, learning complex terminology, and retaining information from extensive reading. Wolters Kluwer Health has introduced… Read More
CAUL reaches in-principle agreement with Elsevier on new academic publishing deal - December 17, 2025
The Council of Australasian University Librarians (CAUL) has reached an in-principle agreement with global academic publisher Elsevier. The in-principle agreement represents the final renegotiated agreement with the four largest international academic journal publication companies and marks a shift toward fairer, more sustainable, and more… Read More
Frontiers whitepaper reports widespread AI use in peer review and calls for policy updates - December 17, 2025
Frontiers has published a whitepaper reporting that 53% of peer reviewers now use AI tools and outlining the need for publishing policy to adapt. The whitepaper, titled 'Unlocking AI’s untapped potential: responsible innovation in research and publishing,' reports that AI has rapidly become part… Read More
Austrian KEMÖ consortium extends open access publishing agreement with MDPI - December 17, 2025
The Austrian library consortium Kooperation E-Medien Österreich (KEMÖ) has renewed an open access publishing agreement with MDPI, extending the partnership through the end of 2027. The Medical University of Vienna and the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, have joined the agreement… Read More
ResearchGate and SPIE expand Journal Home partnership to cover full open access portfolio - December 17, 2025
ResearchGate and SPIE have announced a Journal Home partnership that will include all of SPIE’s open access journals. The agreement is intended to increase visibility, readership, and author engagement across SPIE’s open access (OA) portfolio. The partnership enables seamless sharing of… Read More
OCLC launches Colombia Discovery Catalog to unify national library resources - December 17, 2025
OCLC has launched the Colombia Discovery Catalog, a national group catalog designed to improve discoverability and sharing of library resources across Colombia. The catalog provides a unified view of collections held by participating libraries and supports access through a single-search interface. More than 40… Read More
