Editorial
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Envisaging the future of metadata
As an OCLC Product Manager, Annette Dortmund’s job is looking into the future. She recently spoke at the UKSG Forum 2024 about the problems, issues, and trends of metadata today, and what this might mean for future approaches.
UKSG news
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UKSG News
Stand for election to be a Trustee, plus the date for the AGM 2025. Plus free places at the annual conference and the last few exhibit booths are available.
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A decade of open access policy at the Gates Foundation based on experimentation, evidence and evolution: The latest Insights article
This article provides an in-depth look at the Gates Foundation’s open access (OA) policy journey as 2025 marks a decade of OA policy for the foundation.
Forthcoming Events
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UKSG Forthcoming events
Busy, busy, busy! Licensing Skills, OER plus the latest programme for the annual conference
Industry news
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cOAlition S to sunset the Journal Comparison Service
The JCS was developed following detailed consultations with librarians, publishers, legal experts, and software developers with the aim to shed light on open access publishing fees and services.
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Wellcome launches new Open Access Funding Block Grant to support researchers’ publication costs
The Open Access Funding Block Grant will cover costs associated with open access publication, including article processing charges (APCs), for researchers receiving Wellcome funding (except for hybrid journals).
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The British Library selects Clarivate to provide library services and discovery platforms
Clarivate has announced that the British Library has selected Clarivate to provide its library services and discovery platforms to create a more cohesive, streamlined and secure experience. The British Library will implement Alma, Primo VE and Rapido.
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SPARC Europe publishes new strategy 2025-2028
A new strategy will guide SPARC Europe’s work over the next four years. The vision behind the strategy continues to be that European education and research be open by default for the Higher Education community, research, education, industry, and for society as a whole.
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Scholastica announces integration with Crossmark by Crossref to expand its research integrity support
The Crossmark integration is now available for journals subscribed to the Scholastica Open Access Publishing Platform, provided they are published by a Crossref member.organization participating in the Crossmark service.
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RDA-US and NISO to collaborate on US national PID strategy
RDA-US and NISO have announced their intent to collaborate in the development of an ANSI/NISO standard for a US national Persistent Identifier (PID) strategy. The Working Group formed to achieve this goal will operate within NISO’s standards development structure.
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Molecular Connections acquires Morressier
At the core of this collaboration is Morressier’s Journal Manager, which aim to transform how publishers manage workflows, delivering enhanced user experiences, ensuring research integrity, and addressing the industry’s growing complexities.
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Lancaster University Library launches new open-access journal hosting service
Lancaster University Open Journals, which will provide a free platform for hosting open access journals managed by the university’s academic community. This initiative aims to simplify the process for colleagues interested in developing and hosting scholar-led open access journals, peer-reviewed publications, conference proceedings, and more.
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KnowledgeWorks Global partners with Clear Skies to integrate Papermill Alarm into Smart Review
Smart Review, which already includes comprehensive submission checks and automated tasks to speed up the peer review process, will now employ the world’s leading papermill detection service.
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Ithaka announces a new report on Open Educational Resources
In the fall of 2023, Ithaka announced the launch of a new research project, funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, designed to assess the impact and implementation of open educational resource (OER) initiatives at public institutions of higher education. That report is now available.
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DataSalon further enhances rejected article tracking in PaperStack
DataSalon’s PaperStack service now includes citation counts for rejected articles, helping publishers to assess the quality of articles which went on to be published elsewhere.
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APA PsycInfo integrates GetFTR’s Retraction and Errata Feature
The American Psychological Association (APA) has announced the launch of a Retraction and Errata Feature within its flagship research database, APA PsycInfo.
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ACS announces new strategic plan for 2025-2029
The plan focuses on supporting ACS’ global community, which includes members and all of those engaged with the organization. The plan also supports sciences broadly, with chemistry at the cornerstone. Diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect (DEIR) principles are embedded throughout the plan, strengthening ACS’ efforts through action.
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Digital Science announces external Advisory Board
The panel of six experienced leaders has been chosen to represent as much of the diversity of Digital Science’s complex stakeholder environment as possible.
Company news
Product news
Library news
Journal news
Resources
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European Diamond Capacity Hub launched to strengthen diamond open access publishing in Europe
Diamond OA is an equitable model of scholarly publication that charges no fees to authors or readers and in which the content-related elements of publication are owned and controlled by the scholarly communities.
People
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UKSG eNews 581 People
Changes at ACM, ChronosHub, CUP, Digital Science, KGL Accucoms, SilverChair, and SLA
Awards
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OpenAthens receives platinum in 2025 Modern Library Awards from LibraryWorks
OpenAthens has received a platinum award in LibraryWorks’ eleventh annual Modern Library Awards (MLAs) for the seventh year in a row.