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Introducing Environmental Research: Food Systems – IOP Publishing’s new OA journal dedicated to achieving sustainable global...

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IOP Publishing (IOPP) is expanding its open access (OA) Environmental Research portfolio to address the urgent need for sustainable food solutions globally. Environmental Research: Food Systems, which supports the United Nation’s Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs), is an interdisciplinary forum for researchers working to achieve sustainable global food security.   

Wiley expands open access reach with 22 new agreements in North America 

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Wiley, one of the world’s largest publishers and a global leader in scientific research and career-connected education, today announced that it has signed or renewed 22 transformational open access agreements with partners across the United States and Mexico.

Transformative Agreements playing vital role in OA transition

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New data from Springer Nature shows the vital role transformative agreements (TAs) are playing in driving the global transition to open access (OA). They are the main reason OA is increasing in Springer Nature’s  hybrid journals, delivering OA equity across all academic disciplines.

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Ex Ordo Secures $3 Million Investment to Enhance its Scholarly Conference Platform

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Ex Ordo, the scholarly conference workflow experts, are thrilled to announce an investment of more than $3 million, coming from a committed group of investors, including prominent figures within the scholarly communications industry. The funding will be utilised to further develop Ex Ordo's powerful scholarly events platform, build out flexible integrations and expand customer-facing teams, enabling enhanced support for scholarly societies and their events programmes.

Aries Systems and Prophy Partner to Diversify Reviewer Search and Invitation

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Aries Systems Corporation, a leading technology workflow solutions provider for the scholarly publishing community, and Prophy, a scientific knowledge management provider, are pleased to announce their partnership to further enhance Reviewer search and invitation for scholarly publishers.

ResearchGate integrates with GetFTR

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GetFTR has today announced that ResearchGate, the professional network for researchers, has integrated with the service as part of an expanded offering for publishers. 

Open Access

Introducing Environmental Research: Food Systems – IOP Publishing’s new OA journal dedicated to achieving sustainable global...

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IOP Publishing (IOPP) is expanding its open access (OA) Environmental Research portfolio to address the urgent need for sustainable food solutions globally. Environmental Research: Food Systems, which supports the United Nation’s Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs), is an interdisciplinary forum for researchers working to achieve sustainable global food security.   

Wiley expands open access reach with 22 new agreements in North America 

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Wiley, one of the world’s largest publishers and a global leader in scientific research and career-connected education, today announced that it has signed or renewed 22 transformational open access agreements with partners across the United States and Mexico.

Transformative Agreements playing vital role in OA transition

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New data from Springer Nature shows the vital role transformative agreements (TAs) are playing in driving the global transition to open access (OA). They are the main reason OA is increasing in Springer Nature’s  hybrid journals, delivering OA equity across all academic disciplines.

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Worcester Polytechnic Institute and De Gruyter launch The Integrated Global STEM Publishing and Education Initiative

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The Global South is facing a host of critical issues and important opportunities, and African leaders, the World Bank, and the United Nations have identified STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education and accompanying research as a priority for the region.

Fully Inclusive Taylor & Francis eBooks Platform Meets Gold Standard for Web Accessibility

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Taylor & Francis has announced the completion of an extensive testing and development program to ensure its eBooks website (TaylorFrancis.com) is fully inclusive. The international research publisher’s platform has achieved the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) recommendations at a high level (AA), confirming it meets the requirements of users with a disability.

Wiley Extends Partnership with Perlego to Offer Students Access to Digital Books

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Wiley has extended its partnership with online library Perlego to offer higher education students around the world access to digital books. The partnership, which began in 2019, will extend for four years, through February 2027.

Institutions

OCLC’s new library analytics solution to better align collections with priorities, is now available...

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OCLC's new Choreo Insights™ library analytics solution is now available to early adopter libraries in North America seeking to better align academic library collections with institutional focus areas, emerging curriculum priorities, and future trends.

SPARC Report – New insights into OE in European Libraries of Higher Education 2022

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We are pleased to announce the publication of our report, Open Education in European Libraries of Higher Education: Implementing the UNESCO Recommendation on OER. The report presents the findings of the third edition of our annual survey of European academic libraries on the topic of Open Education (OE) and Open Educational Resources (OER). It explores the work being done by European academic librarians to implement the UNESCO OER Recommendation, almost three years on from its initial publication in November 2019. 

New Free-to-Read Collection Shares Research Supporting Librarians

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SAGE has launched a free-to-read collection of research and other resources supporting library professionals as they make improvements in their library, across their institutions, and build their own leadership skills. Categories in the collection include:

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