FinELib, a consortium of Finnish universities, research institutions, and public libraries have signed an agreement that provides support for the Open Library of Humanities from four of their member institutions: Abo Akademi University, University of Eastern Finland, University of Helsinki and University of Jyväskylä.
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Interfolio’s portfolio includes Faculty Information System (FIS), Dossier, and Researchfish. Faculty Information System enables academics to collect and manage critical data for academic hiring, review, promotion and tenure, through a streamlined and transparent digital process, using faculty activity data which benefits the scholar and the institution.
The strategic partnership entails hosting and worldwide distribution of more than 2,000 frontlist, backlist and archive titles published by Berghahn via degruyter.com. At least 20% of Berghahn’s total frontlist collection will be exclusively available as DRM-free through De Gruyter.
Scholastica, a peer review and publishing software and service provider for academic journals, today announces the launch of its second “State of Journal Production and Access” survey of independent scholarly society and university publishers. The survey is accepting responses now through August 25, 2022.
Karger Publishers has acquired the British company Research Publishing International (RPI) for an undisclosed amount. Together, RPI and Karger will support researchers and the Health Sciences/Healthcare ecosystem in making scientific findings more accessible and comprehensible to a wider audience.
Hindawi announces the launch of new journal reports, which provide additional detail about the underlying services of Hindawi's journals.
Emerald's acquisition signals a key milestone in the Group's history; one which allows continuity as well as change, and the opportunity to accelerate growth, particularly in response to the evolving open research landscape.
Jisc is helping a consortium, led by the Association of Research Managers and Administrators (ARMA), to assess the feasibility of, and scope for, a platform to help international research collaboration.
Existing investors including Stonehage Fleming and Nesta Impact Investments are injecting further money into the digital educational resources company.
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced the results of its recent Board elections for the term beginning July 1, 2022.