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These principles are meant to establish a foundation of trust between publishers and libraries so that publishers can sell digital books to libraries and libraries can build permanent digital collections.

The call for proposals for NL Open Science Infrastructure is now open. Interested parties can apply for funding for the improvement or development or of digital infrastructures that support open science.

CCC has announced its role as a founding member in the establishment of the Leiden Institute for FAIR and Equitable Science (LIFES).

The first national guidelines for Open Access publishing in Ireland were launched on 23 May 2024. The guidelines will provide practical support for Irish scholarly publishers and authors to transition to Open Access, with the potential to substantially democratise access to research.

ChronosHub has announced the launch of a new author interface, designed to significantly enhance the author experience throughout the entire publishing process.

The ISSN International Centre has announced the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with the National Library and Archives, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

The Company of Biologists has signed an exclusive agreement with Fenice Distribuzione S.r.l., a distributor of bibliographic and full-text materials to universities, research centres and hospital authorities, to represent them in Italy.

Geppetto and SnappShot playing important role in stopping fake research from being published

OCLC has acquired JJH Consulting, a firm that specializes in advising institutions of higher education on how to maximize the value of their enterprise resource planning ("ERP") business processes and the implementation of Workday enterprise systems and software.

Robert Wheeler (Director, Publishing Technology, American Society of Mechanical Engineers) will transition to the role of Chair of the NISO Board, having served as Vice Chair for the past year.