Taylor & Francis becomes the latest official supporter of Open Pharma - February 9, 2023
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis has become the latest official Supporter of the Open Pharma initiative. Open Pharma aims to drive positive change in the communication of research funded by the pharmaceutical industry, with workstreams focused on improving the transparency, accountability, accessibility and discoverability… Read More
Frontiers and FIIBAP announce new partnership agreement - February 9, 2023
Spanish funding body Foundation for Biosanitary Research and Innovation in Primary Care (FIIBAP) has entered into a new partnership agreement with gold open access publisher Frontiers. The agreement, which was finalized in December 2022, supports FIIBAP’s mission to promote research and innovation in the… Read More
ARL members invited to host the 2024 Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility in Libraries & Archives (IDEAL) Conference - February 9, 2023
Association of Research Libraries (ARL) members are invited to submit expressions of interest to host the 2024 IDEAL Conference. Formerly the National Diversity in Libraries Conference (NDLC), the conference provides participants with an opportunity to engage in discussions and present research… Read More
Canada’s Federal Science Libraries Network joins transformative agreement between the Microbiology Society and Consortia Canada - February 9, 2023
The Microbiology Society has announced Canada’s Federal Science Libraries Network (FSLN) has joined the successful Publish and Read agreement between the Microbiology Society and four Canadian consortia from 2023. The Publish and Read model will allow affiliated researchers of seven government… Read More
Oxford University Press and China’s largest education press partner to publish three OA journals - February 9, 2023
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced a new agreement with China’s largest education press, Higher Education Press (HEP), to publish three leading open access journals, Protein & Cell, Life Metabolism, and Life Medicine. HEP and OUP have a long history of book licensing together stretching… Read More
The Mellon Foundation awards HathiTrust $1 million grant to enhance core operations - February 9, 2023
HathiTrust, a member-based organization hosted by the University of Michigan, has received a 5-year, $1 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to fund a multi-year effort to strengthen its preservation and access mission. The funding will initially finance three new positions to develop an integrated program… Read More