Knowledge E partners with BibliU to bring BibliU’s digital textbook platform to the Middle East - February 11, 2021
Knowledge E has partnered with BibliU, a pioneering learning content management platform that makes digital textbooks and learning resources more accessible and affordable to academics, institutions, librarians, and students. As part of the partnership, Knowledge E aims to bring BibliU’s digital textbook platform to the Middle East,… Read More
Duke University Press offers journal publishing services to nonprofit scholarly publishers - February 10, 2021
Duke University Press has partnered with nonprofit scholarly journal publishers and societies to provide journal services including subscription management, fulfillment, hosting, and institutional marketing and sales in a collaboration called the Scholarly Publishing Collective (SPC). Beginning in 2021, the SPC will provide subscription management and fulfillment… Read More
PLOS adopts Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink® for Scientific Communications to manage Community Action Publishing model - February 10, 2021
The Public Library of Science (PLOS) has announced that it is using RightsLink® for Scientific Communications (RLSC) to manage its Community Action Publishing (CAP) model, which aims to eliminate author APCs in order to make its Open Access (OA) journals truly Open to Read… Read More
OUP reaches Read & Publish agreement with FinELib - February 8, 2021
Oxford University Press (OUP) and FinELib, a consortium of Finnish universities, research institutions, and public libraries, have reached an agreement for Read & Publish access to OUP’s journals collection. The agreement came into effect on January 1, 2021 and lasts for 3 years. It allows scholars at… Read More
Springer Nature Group acquires Dentallect - February 5, 2021
Bohn Stafleu van Loghum (BSL), part of Springer Nature Group, has this week completed the acquisition of Dentallect, a Netherlands-based e-learning platform that specialises in training for dental assistants. Dentallect’s c;ourses are used in dental practices and vocational institutions across the Netherlands and… Read More
AIP Publishing acquires University Science Books - February 5, 2021
AIP Publishing, a subsidiary of the American Institute of Physics, has acquired University Science Books (USB), a high-quality publisher of textbooks and course materials for upper level undergraduate and graduate courses that span the physical sciences. The acquisition supports AIP Publishing’s mission to serve the physical… Read More
University of Toronto Press adds ebooks to JSTOR’s EBA program - February 5, 2021
The University of Toronto Press, a longtime partner in the Books at JSTOR program, has joined JSTOR’s Evidence-Based Acquisition (EBA) model. It is contributing more than 4,400 backlist ebooks to EBA. Founded in 1901, University of Toronto Press is one of the largest university presses in… Read More
Bentham Science joins ORCID as member organisation - February 5, 2021
Bentham Science has joined the Membership Program offered by ORCID to facilitate its stakeholders including the authors, Editorial Board Members, and their affiliating institutions. Through the ORCID Membership, Bentham Science endeavors to ensure that the researchers have a trustable connection with their published works,… Read More
Springer Nature signs joint letter with other publishers on Rights Retention Strategy - February 4, 2021
Springer Nature has signed a joint letter with over 50 other publishers on Rights Retention Strategy. Each of the signatory publishers and societies have long been committed to Open Research and the broadening of Open Access options for researchers. They offer a wide variety of paths to… Read More
IET Conference Proceedings available on IEEE Xplore - February 3, 2021
The Institution of Engineering and Technology’s IET Conference Proceedings will continue to be available on IEEE Xplore. The agreement enables subscribers to IEEE Xplore access to thousands of proceedings from key conferences, from 1872 onwards, as well as access to the IET’s E&T magazine. The… Read More
