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From SPARC Europe: A new report from the DIAMAS work package that SPARC Europe leads looks at understanding how institutional publishing is sustained today. Institutional publishers and service providers are diverse due to their missions, size and service provision. In addition, there is no definitive set of tasks that all institutional publishers share. These characteristics influence the […]
Preprint: “Forensic Scientometrics — An Emerging Discipline to Protect the Scholarly Record”
Academic Libraries, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Journal Articles, Libraries, News
|The preprint linked below was recently shared on arXiv. Title Forensic Scientometrics — An Emerging Discipline to Protect the Scholarly Record Authors Leslie D. McIntoshDigital Science Cynthia Hudson VitaleAssociation of Research Libraries Source via arXivarXiv:2404.00478v1 Abstract Forensic Scientometrics (FoSci) is emerging as a vital discipline at the intersection of scientific integrity and security. Scholarship and […]
Preprints of Generative AI Impact Papers Publish Through MIT Press’s MIT Open Publishing Services (MITops)
Awards, Frontiers, Funding, Journal Articles, News, Publishing
|From a Letter by MIT President Sally Kornbluth Posted on the MIT Press Website: Last fall, Provost Barnhart and I were delighted to provide more than two dozen research teams from across MIT with seed funds to develop impact papers that would articulate effective roadmaps, policy recommendations, and calls for action across the broad domain of generative […]
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Announces a New Open Access Policy That Will Take Effect on January 1, 2025
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), News, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Publishing
|UPDATE (March 29, 2024): Statement From Coalition S / Plan S on New Gates Foundation Open Access Policy Johan Rooryck, Executive Director at cOAlition S commented: “Five years on since Plan S was first published, it is entirely appropriate that funders are reviewing their OA policies to ensure they are effectively meeting their goals. The […]
New Data: Association of American Publishers (AAP) Reports Overall Publishing Industry Up 0.4% For Calendar Year 2023, and Down 2.5% for Month of December
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Journal Articles, News, Publishing, Reports
|From the Association of American Publishers: The Association of American Publishers (AAP) today released its StatShot report for December 2023 reflecting reported revenue for Trade (Consumer Books), Religious Presses, Higher Education Course Materials, and Professional Publishing. Total revenues across all categories for December 2023 were down 2.5% as compared to December 2022, coming in at […]
Call for Presentations — GW Ethics in Publishing Conference 2024
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Publishing
|From a News Release: The 14th GW Ethics in Publishing Conference will be held as a hybrid event on Thursday, October 10, 2024, at the City View Room, GW’s Foggy Bottom Campus, and online. The theme of the 2024 conference is “Integrity in a Time of Change.” Alumni and current students in the GW Publishing program are […]
Video Recordings: Keynotes and Presentations From the RLUK24 Conference
Academic Libraries, EBSCO, Frontiers, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Video Recordings
|The RLUK24 (Research Libraries UK) “New Frontiers: The Expanding Scope of the Modern Research Library” took place virtually from March 22-24, 2024. Below, find links to video recordings of conference keynotes, panels, workshops, and roundtables. You can also access a video playlist of these sessions on YouTube. The complete event agenda is available here. Video […]
International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC) Releases Statement on AI in Licensing
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users
|From the ICOLC: As artificial intelligence – in particular, generative AI and large language models – has developed rapidly since the release of ChatGPT to the public in late 2022, electronic resource vendors have begun to present libraries and consortia with new license language defining rights and restrictions related to AI. As libraries and vendors […]
IFLA Announces Publication of “The World Through Picture Books” Catalogue (3rd. Edition)
Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, News
|From the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA): IFLA’s Libraries for Children & Young Adults (C&YA) Section is delighted to be launching the 3rd edition of The World Through Picture Books catalogue, which is an amazing resource developed by librarians for librarians. What is it? Children’s Librarians understand how important picture books are for children—for their […]
Delta Think Analysis: “Open Access Charges – Continued Consolidation and Increases”
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, News, Open Access
|From a Delta Think Post (Analysis) by Dan Pollock and Heather Staines: Each year we survey the list Article Processing Charges (APCs) of a sample of major and significant publishers. Covering over 20,000 titles, and going back to 2016, our data set represents one of the most comprehensive reviews of open access pricing. To compare […]