University of Northern British Columbia selects OCLC’s WorldShare Management Services - April 27, 2023
The University of Northern British Columbia, in Prince George, has selected OCLC's WorldShare Management Services (WMS) as its new library services platform. The move will improve e-resource management, increase opportunities for collaboration with partner libraries, add flexibility to its system configuration, and allow locally… Read More
Advanced Learning acquires Stylus Publishing - April 26, 2023
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis (T&F) recently announced that its Advanced Learning division acquired Stylus Publishing, a U.S.-based independent publisher specializing in Education and Teaching in Higher Education. T&F’s Advanced Learning Routledge imprint, the world’s leading publisher of academic books, journals, and online resources in Humanities and… Read More
Henry Levy appointed as President of Life Sciences & Healthcare at Clarivate - April 26, 2023
Clarivate Plc, a global leader in connecting people and organizations to intelligence they can trust, has appointed Henry Levy as President, Life Sciences & Healthcare, effective May 1, 2023. Henry joins from Veeva Systems, a global leader in cloud software for the life sciences industry, where he… Read More
ASME and IEEE raise concerns over White House open access proposal - April 26, 2023
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) declared last August that researchers who want to continue to receive federal grants must make all scientific publications resulting from those grants publicly available. While this proposal sounds simple and even laudable, it has far-reaching consequences. Under… Read More
UKB, SURF, and OpenAIRE collaborate to launch Dutch research output search portal - April 26, 2023
UKB, SURF, and OpenAIRE, three prominent organizations in the field of open knowledge, e-infrastructure, and IT innovation, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate in building a search portal for all Dutch research output, soon to be launched at netherlands.openaire.eu.… Read More
Antonia Seymour elected President of the Publishers Association - April 26, 2023
Antonia Seymour, CEO of IOP Publishing, has been elected to the position of President of the Publishers Association. Antonia succeeds Nigel Newton, CEO and Founder of Bloomsbury, who remains an Officer of the Publishers Association. The Presidency transferred at the Publishers Association’s Annual… Read More
