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Roundup (June 8, 2021)

June 8, 2021 by Gary Price

Liverpool University Press Join Opening the Future (via COPIM)

SPARC Statement on Public Access Provisions in the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (SPARC)

Springer Nature and LYRASIS Announce Open Access Sponsorship Agreement for Books that Support Research and Teaching Aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Ted Nelson Email Archive Now Available to Researchers, Collection Preview Available Online (via Stanford University Libraries)

“The Contract Between Academic Publisher Elsevier and UK Universities is Due For Renewal in December 2021. What Will Happen as That Date Approaches?” (via U. of Cambridge Libraries)

Filed under: Elsevier, Libraries, News, Open Access, Publishing, Roundup, Springer Nature

About Gary Price

Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.

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