CLA Announces Support for Higher Education Sector Copyright Licensing Agency relaxes copyright licence rules to support sector through COVID-19 crisis. UK higher education institutions have been given greater access to scanned book content and can also copy an increased amount from many print…
Society Street 2020 News Society Street Virtual: Our Society Street event in Washington DC on the 26 March turned into a virtual event at very short notice and we had a lively day with many more participants than would have been able to attend the in-person event. People told us they appreciated…
Coronavirus Hub: Free resources & advice from MemberWise Memberwise has compiled a comprehensive programme of help/support to enable you to continue to optimise membership focused activity during this challenging time. When looking for Coronavirus advice for membership organisations, remember,…
New resource for books added to Think. Check. Submit. The Steering Committee of Think. Check. Submit. is delighted to announce a new addition to its resources: a checklist for authors wishing to verify the reliability and trustworthiness of a book or monograph publisher. Drawing on existing…
AI to enable fast-track review of COVID-19 research proposals An Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool to help funders identify specialists to peer-review proposals for emergency COVID-19 research has been developed. It aims to help fast-track the allocation of funding, and in turn, accelerate the…
IOP Publishing signs OA publishing agreement with CERN Researchers from CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, can now publish open access with IOP Publishing at no cost, after the two organisations struck a new ‘publish and read’ agreement. The agreement enables authors from CERN…
cOAlition S publishes updated criteria for Transformative Journals 8 April 2020 Following a public consultation cOAlition S announces updated criteria for Transformative Journals. cOAlition S endorses several strategies to encourage subscription publishers to transition to full and immediate…
67 Bricks named as key STM platform provider 67 Bricks is proud to be named among the key science, technology and medical (STM) platform providers in Outsell’s latest industry report, released on 9 April 2020. As publishers rush to mobilise access to their scientific research and accelerate…
Plan A launch and call for signatories The Open Scholarship Initiative (OSI) announced the launch of Plan A today, an international, multi-stakeholder effort to reform the future of scholarly communication. The goals and outputs of this plan are designed to inform and align with UNESCO’s efforts…
Roger Horton appointed new BMJ chair of the board BMJ is delighted to announce the appointment of Roger Horton as its new chair, effective from Monday 20 April 2020. BMJ is a global healthcare knowledge provider that publishes one of the world’s most cited general medical journals, The BMJ, as…
