cOAlition S forms Advisory Panel to further develop the Journal Comparison Service - March 16, 2023
An Advisory Panel has been formed by cOAlition S, comprising of publishers, librarians, library consortia, and funders to help further develop the Journal Comparison Service (JCS). The purpose of the Panel is to review the JCS Frameworks (Information Power and FOAA)… Read More
The Microbiology Society and the Indian Institute Of Science Bangalore sign transformative agreement - March 16, 2023
The Microbiology Society and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore have announced a transformative Publish and Read agreement that will take effect in 2023. This marks the Microbiology Society's first agreement of its kind in India, continuing its goal to support open access publishing for microbiologists… Read More
PLACE: A collaborative initiative connecting publishers with experts and resources to improve scholarly publishing practices - March 16, 2023
A new online forum has been created for organizations seeking to adopt best practices in scholarly publishing. The Publishers Learning and Community Exchange (PLACE) provides a space where publishers can access information from multiple agencies in one place, ask questions of experts, and engage in conversations with other publishers. PLACE… Read More
Transforming open access: publishers and funders join forces in pilot project - March 16, 2023
Thirteen publishers and twelve research funders are collaborating in a new project aimed at advancing open access (OA) publishing. The project, which began earlier this year, builds on the collaborative work done in the OA Switchboard community and previous pilots in 2022. Participants in… Read More
Susan Patton joins the Society for Scholarly Publishing as Program Director - March 16, 2023
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) has announced the appointment of Susan Patton to their team as Program Director. Patton will work collaboratively with SSP’s programming-focused committees, Executive Director, and Board in setting a strategic direction for developing all educational programming of the Society. As Program… Read More
SciBite unveils Workbench, makes data curation simple and intuitive - March 15, 2023
SciBite, an Elsevier company that offers semantic technology solutions, has launched a new tool called Workbench that simplifies the process of curating data to terminology and ontology standards. This new tool can help organizations implement a FAIR approach to data management,… Read More
