Indonesia to build 10 new universities
(18 Feb 2026) The Indonesian president has announced plans to build 10 new universities in an aggressive move to meet the demand for medical personnel, including doctors and dentists. …
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Is Subscribe to Open good for libraries?
(17 Feb 2026) As librarians, we aim to strategically invest our collection funds to support open access publishing as much as possible. For journals, these models include read and publish agreements, diamond open…
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency unexpectedly discontinued the World Factbook
(9 Feb 2026) The surprise announcement appeared on the CIA website on 4 February 2026 as “Spotlighting the World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell” The announcement continued: “One…
IFLA releases Marrakesh Monitoring Report 2026
128 countries are now signed up to the Marrakesh Treaty, which removes unnecessary copyright barriers to the creation of and access to books and other materials in accessible formats for…
Royal Society journals in 2026 to be free to access as libraries back Subscribe to Open
(16 Feb 2026) The Royal Society is pleased to confirm that its eight world-class subscription journals will be published as open access in 2026 as libraries support its Subscribe to Open…
BioOne achieves Subscribe to Open Target, opening 71 Titles for 2026
(17 Feb 2026) BioOne is proud to report the achievement of a significant milestone in its mission to increase access to scientific research. BioOne’s Subscribe to Open (S2O) pilot has reached its sustainability…
University journal publishers – global, messy and underestimated
(5 Feb 2026) In debates around scholarly publishing university publishers are often a secondary consideration after big commercial publishers. Drawing on a new study of the size and scope of…
UK University encouraged essay mills, report unveils
(5 Feb 2026) The United Kingdom’s Office for Students (OfS), the nation’s higher education regulator, released a damning report about Regent College London (RCL), saying that the school’s staff failed to give…
Libraries on the frontline: protecting research integrity
(4 Feb 2026) You’d have to have a laser focus elsewhere not to notice the growing concern about research integrity. In recent months there have been many reports, conference sessions…
National Library of Korea rejects AI publisher’s 9,000 book deposits
(4 Feb 2026) The National Library of Korea has decided not to accept deposits of books from an AI publisher that releases 9,000 types of books annually. It has also…
Australia: Storytime with the story dogs in National Library
(Feb 2026) Join the National Library of Australia on the last Sunday of each month for a paw-sitive reading experience with the Story Dogs program. Trained volunteers and their accredited…
Khon Kaen university library named outstanding academic library in Thailand
(5 Feb 2026) The Khon Kaen University (KKU) Library has been honored as the “Outstanding Academic Library” for the year 2025 by the Thai Library Association under the Royal Patronage of…
OpenAi launches Prism for researchers
(11 Feb 2026) OpenAI today announced the launch of Prism, a free, AI-native workspace designed to help scientists write, collaborate on, and prepare research for publication more efficiently. Prism brings together…
Open-source tool to help assess predatory journals and conferences
(2 Feb 2026) A cloud-computing architect at German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom, who is based in Raeren, Belgium, created Aletheia-Probe while he was helping his colleagues to write a review…
Value over volume: The Next ten years of open data
(2 Feb 2026) With The State of Open Data survey and report now reaching its 10th anniversary, Mark Hahnel shares the wins of the past decade, the challenges, and the future of data…
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