AAP responds to Audible, asks court to enjoin planned infringement of literary works - August 26, 2019
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has asked the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to enjoin Audible, the world’s largest digital audiobook distributor, from providing its audiobook consumers with the entire machine-generated text of literary works without any authorisation from,… Read More
UC faculty urges Elsevier to restart negotiations - August 9, 2019
A group of prominent University of California faculty will step away from the editorial boards of scientific journals published by Elsevier until the publishing giant agrees to restart negotiations. The negotiations, which stalled in February, left the 10-campus system without subscriptions to… Read More
Public Library Association condemns Macmillan Publishers library lending model - August 1, 2019
The Public Library Association (PLA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has joined its parent organisation in denouncing Macmillan Publishers’ new library eBook lending model. Under the new model, scheduled to take effect November 1, a library may purchase only a single copy of… Read More
Three leading medical writing organisations release ‘Joint Position Statement on Predatory Publishing’ - July 29, 2019
‘Predatory journals’ pose a danger that could undermine the quality, integrity, and reliability of published scientific research, a new joint statement from three leading organisations, professional in medical writing and publication planning, has warned. The American Medical Writers Association (AMWA), European Medical… Read More
The British Academy publishes commentary on cOAlition S’s final version of Plan S - July 29, 2019
The British Academy has published a new commentary on cOAlition S’s final version of ‘Plan S’ for open access publishing, and once again voiced concerns over the initiative. Plan S aims to ‘accelerate the transition to full and immediate open access to scientific publications’. ‘cOAlition… Read More
Despite one-year delay Plan S may still be too rushed, warn researchers - June 10, 2019
The funders behind Plan S – an ambitious set of policies that aims to speed up the transition to open access publishing – recently released updated guidelines that delay implementing the plan for a year and provide more clarity on transformative publishing agreements. The revisions have attracted mixed reactions from… Read More
Stakeholders across all scientific disciplines urged to make data open and accessible - June 5, 2019
Institutions, science funders, data repositories, publishers, researchers and scientific societies from all scientific disciplines must work together to ensure all scientific data are easy to find, access and use, according to a new commentary in Nature by members of the Enabling FAIR Data Steering Committee. The Enabling FAIR Data… Read More
Springer Nature issues comments on revised Plan S guidance - June 3, 2019
Springer Nature has welcomed the inclusion by cOAlition S of some of their most recent feedback in its revised guidance. Springer Nature is satisfied to see public recognition of the role that transformative deals play in speeding up the transition to Open Access. The global… Read More
cOAlition S releases revised guidance on Plan S implementation following public feedback exercise - May 31, 2019
cOAlition S has released revised guidance on Plan S implementation which has been approved by all coalition members. Since its launch in September 2018, Plan S has reinvigorated the global debate on Open Access to scholarly publications. cOAlition S is appreciative… Read More
Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) presents sector overview - March 29, 2019
In view of their central role in society, universities are expected to provide transparency and accountability. In an effort to meet this need, an overview of key data on education, research and impact, staff and finances has now been created for each individual sector and university. Following months of intensive… Read More
