EIFL and Cambridge University Press renew agreement through 2026 - December 18, 2025
EIFL and Cambridge University Press have renewed their agreement for a further year, extending the partnership until December 2026. The renewed agreement continues to provide free and discounted access to Cambridge University Press journals, along with open access publishing opportunities for eligible countries. Under… Read More
The Company of Biologists renews Read & Publish Open Access agreement with IReL - December 18, 2025
The Company of Biologists has renewed the five-journal Read & Publish open access agreement with the Irish Research e-Library (IReL) for a further three years. The new agreement will run from January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2028, building on previous partnerships between the… Read More
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
