UKSG eNews 444

Critical issues in open access and scholarly communications

3 May 2019 Sarah Kember, Goldsmiths Press The values of scholarly research, as I have long argued, need to be disentangled from the ideology of open access. The dominant ideology […]

Entitlement Registry beta

30 April 2019 Over the last year EDINA have been assessing the launch of an Entitlement Registry as a viable service for Higher Education, both in the UK and internationally. […]
GLOALL launched

18 April 2019 At a session organised by UNESCO on 8 April 2019 at the WSIS Forum 2019 in Geneva, coordinators of six platforms – AmeliCA, AJOL, Érudit, J-STAGE, OpenEdition, […]
Executive Guide on Digital Preservation

1 May 2019 The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) and UNESCO Memory of the World PERSIST Project (UNESCO/MoW/PERSIST) have launched their online Executive Guide on Digital Preservation. The new resource provides […]

Jisc Springer Nature deal

26 April 2019 Jisc and Springer Nature have agreed a further ‘read and publish’ agreement that meets the aims of Plan S and offers researchers a funder-compliant route to publishing […]
Writefull joins Digital Science portfolio

Digital Science has announced the addition of AI-based language platform, Writefull, to its family of companies. Writefull aims to help authors improve the clarity of their work. It suggests improvements […]
McGraw-Hill Cengage merger

1 May 2019 Education publishers McGraw-Hill and Cengage are to combine in an all-stock merger on equal terms. The transaction has been unanimously approved by the Boards of Directors of […]

LibMetrix

30 April 2019 LM Information Delivery has announced the launch of LibMetrix, a new usage analytics tool for libraries and other information centres. With its interactive dashboard, LibMetrix provides users […]
HighWire Vizor Rejected Article Tracker

25 April 2019 HighWire has been issued a patent for the algorithm and design which underlies the HighWire Vizor Rejected Article Tracker. The algorithm was developed by John Sack, working […]

WSU ProQuest partnership

18 April 2019 Western Sydney University (WSU) has announced the extension of its partnership with ProQuest to offset the cost of textbooks. Through WSU’s digital textbook programme, all 10,000 first-year […]
Liverpool John Moores University

24 April 2019 The library at Liverpool John Moores University has selected ProQuest One Academic as a single solution with the aim of improving research, teaching and learning outcomes for […]

New Wiley OA journals

23 April 2019 John Wiley & Sons is inviting research articles for two newly formed open access journals, Genetics & Genomics Next and Neuroscience Next. Genetics & Genomics Next will […]
Exact Editions news

29 April 2019 ArabLit Quarterly The first two issues of a new publication, ArabLit Quarterly, are now available on web, iOS and Android platforms in collaboration with Exact Editions. Each […]
Dramatherapy

24 April 2019 SAGE Publishing is to publish Dramatherapy in partnership with the British Association of Dramatherapists. Focused on theory, practice and research within the field of Dramatherapy, the journal […]

ALA Annual Conference awards

29 April 2019 EBSCO has awarded ten scholarships, including three new awards specifically for international recipients, to attend the 2019 ALA Annual Conference. The scholarships are in partnership with the […]

NASIG Great Ideas Showcase

The NASIG Program Planning Committee is extending the deadline for submitting proposals for the 2019 NASIG Great Ideas Showcase to 6 May 2019. The Great Ideas Showcase will be held […]