LIBER appoints Alexander Hasgall as Executive Director - February 3, 2026
LIBER has announced the appointment of Alexander Hasgall as Executive Director, effective March 1, 2026. In this role, Hasgall will coordinate and implement strategic actions, manage the LIBER Office and Foundation, and represent European research library members at the European level. Hasgall joins LIBER from the Swiss… Read More
AgriEngineering journal now indexed in CABI Digital Library - February 3, 2026
AgriEngineering has been accepted for coverage in the CABI Digital Library, expanding the journal’s visibility within a global research platform that provides access to more than 16 million authoritative articles. The CABI Digital Library covers a wide range of subject areas, including agriculture, environmental… Read More
Pensoft and University of Zurich sign open access publishing agreement - February 3, 2026
Pensoft and the University of Zurich have signed a strategic open access agreement that enables researchers from participating institutions to publish their findings in Pensoft’s peer-reviewed journals without paying individual Article Processing Charges (APCs). The agreement covers five research and medical institutions: the University… Read More
Global Reporting Standard for AI disclosure in research consultation opens - January 30, 2026
The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) has released the report ‘Recommendations for a Classification of AI Use in Academic Manuscript Preparation’ in September 2025 to address differences in how Artificial Intelligence use is disclosed. Transparency regarding the use of Generative… Read More
BMJ Group appoints Chief Executive Officer of BMJ Publishing - January 30, 2026
BMJ Group has appointed Niels Peter Thomas as Chief Executive Officer of BMJ Publishing, effective April 15, 2026. In this role, he will oversee global publishing operations for the healthcare knowledge organization, including The BMJ, nearly 70 specialty journals, and the Events, Careers, and Learning businesses, and… Read More
SPIE joins UN Sustainable Development Goals Publishers Compact - January 30, 2026
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has become a signatory to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Publishers Compact alongside other organizations in the publishing community. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) consist of 17 goals addressing sustainability issues that… Read More
