JSTOR Stewardship introduces alt text tools for image collections - August 25, 2026
JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services has launched new tools and workflows to support alt text creation for image‑based materials across digital collections. With this release, Tier 2 and Tier 3 participants in JSTOR Stewardship can author, edit, export, and publish alt text directly on JSTOR. Tier 3 charter… Read More
Norway renews nationwide use of Wolters Kluwer Health’s clinical decision support tool - July 24, 2026
Wolters Kluwer Health has announced that Norway’s health system has extended its use of the UpToDate Enterprise Edition across more than 50 public hospitals, covering 11,000 beds in over 20 trusts. This renewal continues a 15‑year collaboration with Helsebiblioteket, now part… Read More
IGI Global Scientific Publishing introduces AI Assistant Research Tool for research discovery - July 24, 2026
IGI Global Scientific Publishing has launched an AI Assistant Research Tool, now available through its e‑Book Collection. The tool is designed for academic libraries and their patrons, enabling users to search, refine topics, and build research pathways within a scholarly platform while allowing librarians to retain control… Read More
BMJ Best Practice expands Comorbidity decision support in United States clinical workflows - July 20, 2026
BMJ Best Practice has expanded its Comorbidities Manager to include 75 acute clinical topics, embedding evidence-based guidance for patients with multiple conditions into clinicians’ daily workflows. The expanded coverage addresses high-burden conditions such as heart failure, type 2 diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic kidney disease, atrial… Read More
Wolters Kluwer introduces AI-enhanced UpToDate Enterprise Edition to EMEA healthcare systems - June 5, 2025
Wolters Kluwer Health announced the launch of its AI-enhanced UpToDate® Enterprise Edition for healthcare systems and hospitals across the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region, with availability starting in the third quarter of 2025. This clinical decision support (CDS) solution is tailored specifically… Read More
IOP Publishing launches GetFTR browser extension to simplify full-text access for authors and readers - June 5, 2025
IOP Publishing (IOPP) has introduced a new browser extension called Get Full Text Research (GetFTR), aimed at facilitating easier access to and sharing of research outputs by authors and readers across the web. This free extension enables authors publishing with IOPP to enhance the visibility and discoverability… Read More
BISG introduces ‘Find a Rightsholder’, a key resource for the publishing industry - June 5, 2025
The Book Industry Study Group (BISG), led by its Rights Committee chaired by rights expert Kris Kliemann, has launched Find a Rightsholder, an innovative tool designed to assist the publishing community in locating rights and permissions contacts for publishers in the U.S. and U.K.… Read More
Lifestyle behavior assessment tools integrated into Epic electronic health records - May 19, 2025
The American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) has announced the integration of a standardized set of lifestyle assessment tools into Epic, a widely used electronic health records (EHR) platform in U.S. acute and ambulatory care. The tools, designed to evaluate key lifestyle factors affecting chronic disease, are… Read More
Updated equity assessment tool for scholarly communication models released following community review - May 15, 2025
The updated version of the “How Equitable Is It?” tool for assessing equity in scholarly communication models has been officially released following a period of community consultation. First introduced in beta at the OASPA conference in September 2024, the tool has undergone substantive revision in response to… Read More
New tool launched for financial sustainability health check of Diamond OA publishers - September 27, 2024
Institutional publishers and service providers operating within the Diamond Open Access (OA) publishing model now have a valuable new tool to assess their financial sustainability. The Diamond OA Sustainability Check tool has been launched as part of the DIAMAS project, led by SPARC Europe.… Read More
