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Within the framework of its task to coordinate, monitor and promote cooperation between stakeholders for open access to scientific publications, the National Library of Sweden (NLS) has signed a membership agreement for 2023 with OA Switchboard – a central metadata hub.
The agreement helps institutions streamline administering open access publication, making it quicker and easier.
JSTOR, part of the non-profit ITHAKA, and a cohort of leading university presses announced today Path to Open, a program to support the open access publication of new groundbreaking scholarly books that will bring diverse perspectives and research to millions of people.
The University of Kentucky Libraries have entered into a multi-year agreement with Skilltype for talent management across their seven branch library system, marking the 17th member of the association of research libraries to adopt Skilltype since 2020.
Authors from low-income and lower-middle income countries to be able to publish for free in Nature and the Nature research journals 
The PALOMERA project (Supporting the development of aligned policies for open access books and monographs) is funded for two years under the Horizon Europe: Reforming and enhancing the European R&I System.
This enhanced data set will benefit publishers by providing a more comprehensive coverage of impact metrics, a robust approach to measuring citations, and a scope for new value-added services.
American Diabetes Association (ADA) and American Physiological Society (APS) are the latest publishers to sign up for the service which is designed to improve the journey from discovery to access, and to support publishers in helping their researchers quickly reach published content they are entitled to read.
ChronosHub and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) have announced a new collaboration for processing ASCE’s author fees, including article processing charges (APCs) for open access (OA) publications, as well as color charges for both OA and hybrid publications.
Academic & Professional Learning revenue declined 14% as reported and 10% at constant currency. Education Publishing performance saw a significant decline in print course material offsetting solid growth in digital content and courseware.