Biomedical Research Center of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and Frontiers sign publishing agreement - April 3, 2023
The journal Acta Virologica will move to gold open access publisher Frontiers in April, as part of an agreement signed by the Institute of Virology from the Biomedical Research Center of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (BMC SAS). The agreement is Frontiers’ first… Read More
GALILEO opts for FOLIO Library Services Platform - April 3, 2023
GALILEO has selected FOLIO as its new Library Services Platform (LSP), with plans to share FOLIO with 86 libraries from 26 colleges and universities across the University System of Georgia (USG) and the Georgia Archives. GALILEO will utilize EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) for implementation… Read More
Conversion to OA using equitable new model sees upsurge in usage of expert scientific knowledge - April 3, 2023
Non-profit science publisher Annual Reviews has successfully converted the first fifteen journal volumes of the year to open access (OA) resulting in substantial increases in downloads of articles in the first month. Through the innovative OA model called Subscribe to Open (S2O), existing institutional customers continue… Read More
New national cataloging platform for libraries in Japan launched using OCLC’s Syndeo - April 3, 2023
The National Institute of Informatics has successfully launched a new national cataloging platform for 1,300 libraries in Japan. OCLC's Syndeo metadata software services were implemented to modernize the NACSIS-CAT/ILL service, which supports cataloging and interlibrary loan in Japan, and to facilitate national and international… Read More
Project MUSE and its participating publishers offer free access for low-income countries - April 3, 2023
As part of its mission to promote the broad dissemination of essential humanities and social science scholarship, and in support of equity in access to scholarly resources, Project MUSE and its participating publishers have announced a program to provide free access to selected journal titles in many… Read More
Springer Nature and EMBO partner to publish the EMBO Press suite of journals - March 30, 2023
EMBO Press has chosen Springer Nature to be their new publishing partner, effective January 1, 2024. Authors who publish in EMBO Press journals will benefit from the global reach of Springer Nature’s leading journals. In addition, authors will have the option to transfer manuscripts… Read More
