(2 Jan 2022) World’s biggest digital library of Chinese journals under pressure over copyright infringement. A high-profile case against China’s largest academic database has triggered heated debate over the future of open access publishing in the country. Zhao Dexin, a retired professor at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, won a copyright lawsuit…
(4 Jan 2022) The research-sharing platform arXiv.org now hosts more than 2 million articles. arXiv, stewarded by Cornell Tech, is a free resource for scholars around the world in fields including physics, math and computer science, who use the service to share their own cutting-edge research and read work submitted by others. “These 2 million submissions…
(6 Jan 2022) Global research and education leader Wiley today announced a three-year open access agreement with the National Research Council of Science and Technology (NST), in the Republic of Korea. The agreement, which marks Wiley’s first in East Asia, will enable researchers at 25 institutions across the Republic of Korea to publish accepted…
(4 Jan 2022) Applications and nominations are invited for: University Librarian [Ref. B/523/09] As a large administrative unit with about 90 staff members supporting the University’s academic enterprise, the Library endeavours to support and augment teaching, learning and research by providing a dynamic environment conducive to studying and offering seamless access to the diverse, up-to-date…
(4 Jan 2022) With the December 31, 2021, retirement of Mr. TANAKA Hisanori, Ms. KATAYAMA Nobuko has been named Deputy Director General of the National Diet Library, effective January 1, 2022. Since joining the National Diet Library in 1986, Ms. Katayama has served as director general of the Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library, the…
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(15 Dec 2021) International Trade Association, ALPSP, has announced the launch of its new, extended training programme for 2022. With new courses recently created in response to member requests, the full training calendar now includes over 30 different topics specifically tailored to those working in scholarly publishing. Additional sessions introduced will focus on Building Strategies…
(20 Dec 2021) News from Retraction Watch: Our project augments this stream of reports about paper mills as we focus on the activities of International Publisher and the papers brokered through 123mi.ru. As part of this project we are curating a database of all the papers and authorship positions that have been advertised on…
(16 Dec 2021) Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (LSE: BMY), the leading independent publisher, today announces that it has completed the purchase of ABC-CLIO LLC (“ABC-CLIO”). ABC-CLIO is an established academic publisher of reference, nonfiction, online curriculum and professional development materials in both print and digital formats for schools, academic libraries and public libraries, primarily in…
(17 Dec 2021) CONZUL (The Council of New Zealand University Libraries) has recently announced its strategic priorities for 2022-2025. Read more about the strategy here.