EBSCO Information Services announces ISO 27001 Compliance and Certification across EBSCO product suite - March 15, 2021
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced that ISO (International Standards Organization) 27001 compliancy and certification is now associated with majority of EBSCO proprietary products and services. ISO 27001 is a standard that represents best practices for information security controls. Continued efforts in this area… Read More
The Company of Biologists and University of California announce new transformative OA agreement - March 15, 2021
The Company of Biologists has announced a three-year Open Access agreement with the University of California (UC). This new cost-neutral transformative agreement – which runs from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2023 – covers Open Access publishing in The Company of Biologists’ three hybrid journals (Development,… Read More
New deal to support the Directory of Open Access Journals via Amigos Library Services - March 15, 2021
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and Amigos Library Services have announced a new agreement providing for a broad set of higher education institutions, across the South Central and Southwest Regions of the United States, to support vital open access library infrastructure at a substantial discount.… Read More
Ex Libris partners with DataCite to integrate Esploro the DataCite Service - March 15, 2021
Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, has announced a partnership with DataCite, a global organization that provides persistent identifiers (DOIs) for research outputs and data. The integration between the Ex Libris Esploro™ research information management solution and the DataCite service enables researchers and librarians to seamlessly publish institutional… Read More
Springer Nature acquires Atlantis Press - March 11, 2021
Springer Nature has acquired Atlantis Press, an open access (OA) publisher specialising in conference proceedings and journal publishing, founded in 2006 in Paris. Containing oevr 1,200 conference proceedings, the Atlantis Press portfolio is seen to be a valuable addition to Springer Nature’s book portfolio. It will further… Read More
New open access diamond journals study published - March 11, 2021
A new study of open access journals which are free for readers and authors, known as “diamond journals” has been published. The in-depth report and its recommendations cover diamond journals across the world and provide a better understanding of the open access diamond landscape. Funded by Read More
