AIP Publishing launches pilot of AIP Fusion as a model for open science - October 7, 2025
AIP Publishing has announced the launch of a pilot for AIP Fusion, a services-based model intended to change how institutions access and contribute to scientific research. The pilot is scheduled to begin in 2026 with a select group of institutions and library consortia. AIP… Read More
Jisc launches library lens toolkit for digital transformation - October 3, 2025
Jisc has introduced a digital transformation library lens, a strategic toolkit designed to help academic libraries strengthen their role in shaping digital change across higher education. Developed with input from the Society of College, National, and University Libraries (SCONUL), Research Libraries… Read More
ACRL publishes Text and Data Mining Literacy for Librarians - September 29, 2025
The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has released Text and Data Mining Literacy for Librarians, a new volume edited by Whitney Kramer, Iliana Burgos, and Evan Muzzall. The book highlights how academic libraries are advancing literacy in text and data mining (TDM)… Read More
Microbiology societies launch global climate strategy - September 29, 2025
An international coalition of microbiology societies and organizations has introduced the first joint global strategy to integrate microbial science into climate policy, innovation and public discourse. The plan was launched on May 23, 2025, at the Global Strategy Meeting on Microbes and Climate Change in Washington, D.C., and published simultaneously… Read More
CATL and Springer Nature announce the launch of the journal Watt to connect science and industry - September 26, 2025
21C Lab, CATL’s innovation arm focused on next-generation battery technologies, and Springer Nature have announced the launch of Watt, an international journal on energy and carbon-neutrality research. The first issue is scheduled for February 2026. The journal’s aim is to support… Read More
NISO opens draft revision of KBART Phase III for public comment - September 26, 2025
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has released a draft revision of the Knowledge Bases and Related Tools (KBART) Phase III Recommended Practice (NISO RP-9-202X) for public comment through November 10, 2025. KBART, first introduced in 2010, provides a standard for transferring holdings metadata from content providers… Read More
ACM launches AI Letters journal - September 25, 2025
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has announced the launch of ACM AI Letters (AILET), a new open access journal now accepting submissions. The publication is designed to provide a rapid review and dissemination model for short, impactful communications in artificial intelligence. The journal… Read More
EIFL launches Guide and Campaign to support ROR ID Adoption - September 24, 2025
Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL) has released a new guide and launched a campaign to help research institutions in its partner countries obtain or update Research Organization Registry (ROR) identifiers. The guide, ‘How to check whether your organization has a ROR… Read More
JAMA Network launches JAMA+ Women’s Health - September 19, 2025
The JAMA Network has introduced JAMA+ Women’s Health, a digital resource designed to broaden access to peer-reviewed content on women’s healthcare. The new resource will curate scholarship from across JAMA and its 12 affiliated journals, providing visibility for studies that focus on or include… Read More
EBSCO expands linked data capabilities with Scholarly Graph - September 18, 2025
EBSCO Information Services has expanded its linked data initiative with new features powered by the EBSCO Scholarly Graph (ESG), a linked data framework designed to connect scholarly entities such as people, publications, and topics. ESG structures relationships across nearly 900 million entities and 3.8… Read More
