SPARC to transition to independent nonprofit status effective June 1 - June 2, 2025
SPARC will officially become an independent nonprofit organization on June 1, 2025, transitioning from its current status as a fiscally sponsored project of the New Venture Fund. The organization has completed incorporation as a charitable nonprofit in Washington, DC, and has submitted an application for 501(c)(3) tax-exempt… Read More
Roger Schonfeld appointed Managing Director of JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services - June 2, 2025
ITHAKA has announced that Roger Schonfeld will lead JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services as its managing director. JSTOR Digital Stewardship, launched in April 2025, is a digital collection stewardship service designed to help libraries and archives describe, preserve, manage, and share their unique collections at… Read More
SPARC Europe awarded grant to advance Open Education and Connect Open movements - June 2, 2025
SPARC Europe has received a significant two-year general operating support grant from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, building on five years of dedicated work in Open Education within Higher Education. The funding will enable SPARC Europe to expand its Open Education initiatives and… Read More
Clarivate and CAPES expand research partnership to broaden national access to academic and scientific resources - June 2, 2025
Clarivate Plc, a global provider of research intelligence, and CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior) have renewed and expanded their long-standing partnership to enhance access to academic and life sciences information across Brazil. The new five-year agreement extends Clarivate’s data and… Read More
Wolters Kluwer acquires IntelliLearn, enhancing nursing education solutions - May 30, 2025
Wolters Kluwer Health has announced the acquisition of IntelliLearn Pty Ltd., a provider of online courseware solutions tailored to nursing schools in Australia and the United States. Under the agreement, IntelliLearn will be integrated into Wolters Kluwer’s Health, Learning, Research & Practice (HLRP) business,… Read More
Big Ten Academic Alliance and Springer Nature finalize first unlimited open access publishing agreement in the Americas - May 30, 2025
The Big Ten Academic Alliance and Springer Nature have announced the establishment of a two-year Open Publishing Agreement, marking the publisher’s first unlimited and uncapped open access publishing arrangement in the Americas. The agreement grants authors at participating Big Ten Academic Alliance institutions the… Read More
