Atairos acquires ownership position in ProQuest
Long-Term Partnership to Support Continued Growth of Leader in Educational Technology; Cambridge Information Group to Remain Majority Owner
Springer Nature journals unify their policy to encourage preprint sharing
Recognizing the benefits, we move from merely supporting the use of preprint servers to promoting it.
ConTech 2019 first draft programme released
ConTech.Live is pleased to announce the release of the ConTech 2019 first draft programme. At ConTech delegates get ground-breaking insights into the biggest technical revolution to hit the content world since the birth of the internet – the intersection of data science and content.
Knowledge Unlatched and partners launch Open Research Library
Free access to scientific content is often limited due to the fragile technical infrastructure around it: content is stored in a variety of versions at various locations and without any uniform search functionalities.
EUA releases updated mapping of major publishing contracts
The European University Association (EUA) has released its Second Big Deals Survey Report. This updated mapping of major scholarly publishing contracts in Europe comes at a time when the sector is undergoing substantial changes.
ALPSP appoints Chief Executive
ALPSP is delighted to announce the appointment of Wayne Sime as its new permanent Chief Executive. Wayne joined ALPSP as Interim Chief Executive in October 2018.
Open Science essential for new Horizon Europe funding programme
SPARC Europe is pleased with the endorsement, on April 17, by the European Parliament (EP) of the Political Partial Agreement on Horizon Europe, the next research and innovation framework programme.
ConTech Forum 21st June, London: the next technological revolution is here, be part of...
“AI is the ultimate competitive advantage. If you are not implementing it right now it’s not just that you’ll be years behind I would venture to say there are some companies that in 10 years’ time may not exist without these technologies” Michael Puscar – Oiga Technologies, speaking at ConTech 2018.
Springer Nature seeks views on new approach aimed at accelerating the transition to open...
In a blog published today, Springer Nature sets out a new approach to research publishing with the goal of increasing the demand from authors to immediately publish their research open access (OA) and growing the supply of journals able to publish OA, potentially enabling even highly selective journals such as Nature to transition to OA.
Hindawi partners with Dimensions to further enhance the publishing experience for authors and editors
Digital Science and Hindawi Limited are pleased to announce an agreement that will provide Dimensions Analytics and API to Hindawi staff members. Dimensions enables publishers to delve into a breadth of data and metrics to perform invaluable analyses and translate them into actionable business intelligence.
RSC – Author and reviewer hub launched
The Royal Society of Chemistry has launched a new platform designed to assist both authors and reviewers who are submitting to, or providing reviews for, our journals.
270 treasures from the De Gruyter Book Archive made open access
To celebrate the 270th anniversary of the De Gruyter publishing house, the company is providing permanent open access to 270 selected treasures from the De Gruyter Book Archive (DGBA). Over the space of 10 months, 27 titles per month will be made available to anyone, anywhere at any time that might be interested.