(6 May 2020) ResearchGate, the largest professional network for researchers, and Wiley, a global leader in research and education, today announced a cooperation agreement to explore ways in which Wiley and ResearchGate can collaborate to better support the needs of researchers through ResearchGate’s collaboration platform. Wiley and ResearchGate are committed to the protection of intellectual property…
(4 May 2020) McGraw-Hill and Cengage today announced that they have mutually agreed to terminate their proposed merger of equals, which had been announced in May 2019. The decision was unanimously approved by the Boards of Directors of McGraw-Hill and Cengage. The Termination Agreement foresees no payment of a break fee on either side. In a…
(1 May 2020) From the introduction: The library technology industry took some significant turns in 2019. Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, acquired Innovative Interfaces and shifted the balance of power, strengthening Ex Libris’s position in technology for academic libraries and propelling it as a major player in public libraries. This move narrows the slate of competitors in…
(20 Apr 2020) Australia will force Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google to share advertising revenue with local media firms, the country’s treasurer said on Monday, becoming one of the first countries to require digital platforms to pay for content they use. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the move comes after talks with Facebook and Alphabet failed…
(28 Apr 2020) The Congressional Research Service (US) has published a new report, “COVID-19 and Libraries: E-Books and Intellectual Property Issues”, its introduction as follows. With many states issuing stay-at-home orders, and many public library buildings closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the public looking for reading material have increasingly turned to ebooks. Yet…
(14 Apr 2020) Library Journal released its annual periodical price survey. Here’s the introduction: New approaches have emerged, but none offer a solution to serial costs continuing to rise higher than library budgets “Follow the money,” a catchphrase used in politics and investigative journalism, suggests that understanding the way campaign cash flows sheds light on…
(28 Apr 2020) Wolters Kluwer, Health, a leading global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, has developed virtual conference solution alternatives to offer medical societies amid cancellations of annual meetings due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Through a wide range of virtual and digital conference capture and live stream options for events, Wolters…
What university has the top Impact composite score? What university is tops in Asia? What do the University of Massachusetts (U Mass) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have in common? What region is the star? (26 April 2020) Last year, Ruth’s Rankings 38 provided background on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Ruth’s…
(23 Apr 2020) The outbreak of the new coronavirus has attracted global attention. The National Library of China and the Chinese library community took decisive actions and effective measures to contribute to the prevention and control of the epidemic. To prevent the risk of contagion from crowd gathering, the National Library of China was closed to…
(23 Apr 2020) Clarivate Analytics (NYSE:CCC) today announced the addition of open access data to the Journal Citation Reports profile pages to increase transparency around open access models in scholarly publishing. The Journal Citation Reports is an annual journal report from the Web of Science, the world’s largest publisher-independent global citation database. The new data show each journal’s…
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