ALPSP submits formal response to Call for Feedback on Guidance on the Implementation of Plan S - February 7, 2019
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) has submitted a formal response to the Call for Feedback on Guidance on the Implementation of Plan S. ALPSP encourages ALPSP Member organisations also to make their own individual responses before the deadline of February 8 (17:00… Read More
Springer Nature becomes academic research publisher to join England’s Time to Change mental health pledge to support staff wellbeing - January 18, 2019
Springer Nature is joining a growing group of more than 1000 employers in England to sign the Time to Change employer pledge to tackle mental health stigma and discrimination. The first academic research publisher to do so, Springer Nature is making a series of commitments which… Read More
Publishers Association launches new template for agreements between academic publishers and universities - December 19, 2018
The Publishers Association has launched a template for agreements between academic publishers and universities for the deposit of metadata relating to journal articles following input from members of the PA's Academic, Professional and Learning Publishers Council. The template is designed to provide those negotiating such agreements… Read More
University of California and Elsevier in negotiations for academic journals subscriptions - December 17, 2018
The University of California system is currently negotiating the potential renewal of its contracts with scholarly journal publishers, including Elsevier. The Elsevier contract will expire on December 31, 2018. The UC is advocating for an integrated agreement with Elsevier that would cover both subscription charges and… Read More
Wolters Kluwer highlights patients as underutilised resource in fight against sepsis - September 18, 2018
Wolters Kluwer Health has highlighted the critical role of patients, as 4,000 hospitals in the US react to public reporting of sepsis quality scores on Medicare's portal, Hospital Compare, which poses potential reputational and financial risks. Sepsis now accounts for more than 12 percent of all… Read More
A growing number of libraries are increasingly cancelling subscriptions to full suite of publishers’ journals, opting for limited titles to save on costs - June 13, 2018
Florida State University has entered into negotiations with publisher Elsevier to see how it can resolve a pricing issue. Back in April, FSU announced that it would not renew a so-called 'big deal' with Elsevier in 2019, due to its high cost,… Read More
HighWire Founding Director John to lead industry initiative on manuscript exchange - June 8, 2018
Members of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) have approved the 'Manuscript Exchange Common Approach' (MECA) - a major new academic publishing initiative co-led by HighWire Founding Director John Sack. The project will see the industry's leading technology providers work together on… Read More
BMJ provides Ebola resources to support healthcare workers in Democratic Republic of the Congo - May 31, 2018
Following the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, BMJ is providing free access to a range of evidence-based online resources to support healthcare workers with the early detection, diagnosis and management of Ebola. Free information about the Ebola virus and how best… Read More
Changes to FSU’s Elsevier 2019 subscriptions - April 27, 2018
The Florida State University Libraries have announced plans to cancel FSU's comprehensive 'big deal' subscription to Elsevier journals. Instead, the Libraries will subscribe to a subset of most-needed journals, as identified by faculty and usage statistics. This change will take place in… Read More
Scientific journal Nature Methods officially retracts contentious CRISPR study - April 3, 2018
In 2017, a study published in the journal Nature Methods caused controversy in the scientific community after claiming to find over 100 unintended large genetic deletions or insertions related to the CRISPR gene-editing process. The journal has now officially retracted the paper after a thorough review… Read More
