Lean Library acquired by management group to accelerate growth - December 18, 2025
Sage has sold Lean Library, a suite of tools designed to streamline access to library content and services, to a management group with product expertise, entrepreneurial leadership, and a tech-first operating model. The transaction positions Lean Library to operate as a standalone business focused on accelerating growth… Read More
EIFL and Cambridge University Press renew agreement through 2026 - December 18, 2025
EIFL and Cambridge University Press have renewed their agreement for a further year, extending the partnership until December 2026. The renewed agreement continues to provide free and discounted access to Cambridge University Press journals, along with open access publishing opportunities for eligible countries. Under… Read More
CAUL reaches in-principle agreement with Elsevier on new academic publishing deal - December 17, 2025
The Council of Australasian University Librarians (CAUL) has reached an in-principle agreement with global academic publisher Elsevier. The in-principle agreement represents the final renegotiated agreement with the four largest international academic journal publication companies and marks a shift toward fairer, more sustainable, and more… Read More
ResearchGate and SPIE expand Journal Home partnership to cover full open access portfolio - December 17, 2025
ResearchGate and SPIE have announced a Journal Home partnership that will include all of SPIE’s open access journals. The agreement is intended to increase visibility, readership, and author engagement across SPIE’s open access (OA) portfolio. The partnership enables seamless sharing of… Read More
Hiroshima University and Taylor & Francis sign MOU to promote open research practices - December 16, 2025
Hiroshima University and Taylor & Francis have signed a five-year memorandum of understanding to promote awareness and adoption of open research practices. The memorandum of understanding establishes a partnership running from 2025 to 2030 and is intended to support Hiroshima University researchers in complying… Read More
BHRUT adopts Wolters Kluwer’s UpToDate Enterprise Edition to support clinical decision-making - December 12, 2025
Wolters Kluwer Health has announced that Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT), an acute care provider serving East London and Essex, has implemented UpToDate® Enterprise Edition. The clinical decision support (CDS) system is intended to support healthcare administrators… Read More
University of Toronto Press and Canadian Society for Civil Engineering establish strategic publishing partnership - December 12, 2025
The University of Toronto Press (UTP) and the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) have entered into a strategic publishing partnership under which UTP will publish the Society’s Conference Proceedings beginning in 2026. The agreement brings together two organizations with a shared commitment to… Read More
ResearchGate and IWA Publishing launch Journal Home pilot to enhance global water research discovery - December 12, 2025
ResearchGate and IWA Publishing have introduced a Journal Home pilot designed to support high-quality authorship and readership across 12 water research and environmental science journals in the IWA Publishing portfolio. The initiative aligns with IWA Publishing’s mission to deliver insights and… Read More
Wolters Kluwer and ABMS partner to advance healthcare quality and safety with Ovid Synthesis - December 11, 2025
Wolters Kluwer Health and the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Portfolio Program have established a collaboration that has enabled Ovid Synthesis to serve as an official quality improvement workflow platform for physicians and medical specialists. Through this agreement, quality improvement… Read More
The Physiological Society and Wiley sign multi-year publishing agreement for physiology journals - December 10, 2025
The Physiological Society and Wiley have signed a new publishing agreement for The Journal of Physiology and Experimental Physiology that has extended their partnership through 2036. The agreement continues a collaboration that began in 2003 and is intended to support the publication of research… Read More
