(11 Apr 2024) The Charleston In Between conference brought together academic librarians, large and small publishers, and service and product vendors for two half-days of open dialogue around Publishing Integrity. Held virtually over March 19th and 20th, the gathering of diverse industry professionals took a deep dive into the critical issue of publishing integrity within…
(14 Apr 2024) The Free Libraries Network (FLN), a collective of more than 250 libraries around South Asia, released a policy memo ‘The People’s National Library Policy 2024’, drawn from years of coordination and activism at the grassroots level, to bolster a movement they believe to be the foundation of the Indian Constitution’s ideals of…
(10 Apr 2024) In today’s Kitchen Essentials interview, we hear from Tasha Mellins-Cohen, Executive Director of COUNTER Metrics, a non-profit organization that provides a Code of Practice to enable publishers and vendors to report usage of their electronic resources in a consistent way. COUNTER is used — and supported by — a global community of library, publisher…
(9 Apr 2024) It has been 10 years since researcher Haruko Obokata defended her research in front of hundreds of reporters and TV crew at an Osaka hotel, claiming that STAP cells did exist. In the months that followed, however, nobody could reproduce the cells according to her protocol. She was booted from her job…
(5 Apr 2024) This study draws on a longitudinal dataset of 277 UK learned societies covering the period 2015-2023 to provide evidence-based insights into the changing landscape of society publishing. It identifies a rapid decline in the number of self-published societies and an increasingly complex outsourcing landscape. New publishing partnerships are emerging with university presses…
(9 Apr 2024) When Jonathan Goodman went looking for a paper published by the popular chemistry journal Heterocycles, he realised something odd. Not only was the paper he was looking for not available, all of the journal’s content had disappeared from the web. The Japan Institute of Heterocyclic Chemistry, which published Heterocycles, told Chemistry World that publication ceased last year and…
(11 Apr 2024) Innovative, part of Clarivate, announced that libraries of all types can now add new subscriptions for ProQuest, part of Clarivate, content to new or existing library software contract with Innovative. As both part of the Clarivate Academia and Government segment, Innovative can help libraries simplify their purchasing and subscription options by adding ProQuest…
(9 Apr 2024) About the role: The Information Resources Team performs administrative and technical activities that provide the Western Sydney University community with timely access to high quality information resources which are essential for Western Sydney research and teaching activities and the preservation and dissemination of Western Sydney University research outputs. The Senior Library…
(4 Apr 2024) F1000 and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have announced plans to launch a new verified preprint platform that will enable the rapid availability of new findings and promote research integrity. VeriXiv [pronounced very-kive] will support researchers in complying with the Gates Foundation’s refreshed open access policy that requires all their funded research to be…
(5 Apr 2024) Thailand’s Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (MHESI) and ACS Publications have signed a new read and publish agreement, effective through December 2026. The agreement provides researchers and students from 78 institutions across Thailand with full reading access to ACS’ portfolio of more than 60 hybrid journals. Affiliated submitting corresponding authors from…