Registrations now open for the 2021 OASPA Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing - September 16, 2021
Registration is now open for the 2021 OASPA Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing. The conference takes place online from September 21 – 23, 2021. The full program is now available. The 2021 online conference ‘Designing 21st Century Knowledge Sharing… Read More
Dr. Franck Vazquez, former MDPI CEO, to lead Frontiers’ strategic partnerships - September 16, 2021
Publishing industry veteran and a former chief executive officer of MDPI, Dr. Franck Vazquez, has been appointed to lead Frontiers’ strategic partnerships. Dr. Vazquez will spearhead the direction of Frontiers’ global partnership program, enabling growth into new communities, markets, and regions. He brings… Read More
FinELib Consortium agreements allow for open access to more and more scientific articles - September 16, 2021
Researchers from Finnish universities and research institutions, can now publish their articles open access owing to the FinELib Consortium agreements. A total of 2929 open articles were published in 2020. The number of open access articles increases as more and more researchers utilise the open access benefits… Read More
Ex Libris Library App now live at the University of Amsterdam - September 16, 2021
Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, has announced that the University of Amsterdam (UvA) is now live with the Ex Libris Library Mobile™ app, just in time for the new academic year. The Ex Libris Library Mobile app, powered by Ex Libris campusM, will… Read More
Heidi Fraser-Krauss succeeds Paul Feldman as Jisc CEO - September 16, 2021
Heidi Fraser-Krauss will replace Paul Feldman to take over as the CEO of Jisc. Paul Feldman is retiring after more than six years at the helm. Moving from a role as executive director of corporate services at the University of Sheffield, Fraser-Krauss has since held a variety of leadership roles… Read More
Eight academic institutions adopt EBSCO FOLIO’s ERM for electronic resource management - September 15, 2021
Eight universities in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States have adopted EBSCO FOLIO ERM from EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO). The libraries either moved from existing electronic resource management (ERM) tools or instituted their first ever ERM. The sites that have recently… Read More
