OpenAthens collaborates with QxMD to bolster medical institutions’ offering OpenAthens, the single sign-on solution for libraries, is pleased to announce a collaboration with QxMD and its app Read. Together the tech companies will support medical institutions and further education establishments…
BIC launches its new Green BIC Brunch series BIC is the dedicated book industry supply chain organisation in the UK and as such, the environment is naturally high on our priorities for 2020 and beyond. Following on from the success of our Building a Greener Business webinar held in March this…
cOAlition S: Making full and immediate Open Access a reality cOAlition S develops “Rights Retention Strategy” to safeguard researchers’ intellectual ownership rights and suppress unreasonable embargo periods Publishers commonly require authors to sign exclusive publishing agreements which…
Competition for SYP members: Win free tickets to the ALPSP Virtual Conference & Awards 2020 ALPSP is excited to offer Society of Young Publishers (SYP) members six free places to the ALPSP Virtual Conference and Awards 2020 this September, worth up to £200 each! The event will take place from…
Silverchair Partners with IFIS to Support Research in the Sciences of Food & Health Silverchair announced today a partnership with IFIS to host content from their renowned FSTA database. FSTA is the key resource for searching over sixty years of research in the sciences of food and health. This…
UK Government assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic At this uncertain time, many learned societies and publishers are understandably concerned about the future and how to manage the inevitable impact on their financial position. It is being reported widely that university budgets are being…
Survey on diamond open access journals commissioned by cOAlition S Help us get to know the open access journals and platforms that are free for readers and authors You are invited to participate in a survey dedicated to gaining in-depth understanding of open access journals that don’t charge…
The Impact of COVID-19 on the UK Publishing Industry Research with UK publishing leaders reveals the dramatic impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on all aspects of the industry Research conducted with publishing leadership during the first stages of the Coronavirus pandemic in May and June shows…
OECD Wins Inaugural University Press Redux Sustainability Award The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has won the inaugural University Press Redux Sustainability Award for its SDG Pathfinder. Launched by the Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP)…
OpenAthens celebrates 25 years’ enabling access to knowledge World-leading identity and access management specialist OpenAthens is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The Bristol-based organisation will mark the milestone with a range of celebratory activities over the next few months which will…