De Gruyter has announced a new partnership with the OA Switchboard - the organization offers standardized exchange of metadata about OA publications throughout the publication journey and operates the supporting shared open infrastructure.
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As part of the UKSG Innovation Awards funded project to improve the Higher Education Library Technology (HELibTech) site, a new feature has recently been added to the site to help library staff working with technology better understand the current market.
This new toolkit aims to support all those seeking to build a more inclusive editorial and reviewer community. The toolkit recommends practical and relevant actions for editors and publishers to take to create broad representation on editorial boards and to ensure fairness and minimization of bias in the peer review process.
Path to Open, an initiative dedicated to supporting the open access publication of groundbreaking scholarly books, has announced the addition of 300 new titles from 44 university presses in 2024. This expansion includes contributions from nine publishers newly joining the program, further diversifying its global reach.
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New leadership at T&F, plus changes at the APS, De Gruyter Brill and the Publishers Association.