(10 Oct 2025) Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM) has launched the RILM Archive of Popular Music Magazines (RAPMM), preserving in a digital format for the first time several valuable, rare, and largely unknown independently published music magazines. This continuously expanding, fully searchable collection features over 125 magazines and fanzines published from the late 1960s…
(22 Oct 2025) Elsevier, a global leader in advanced information and decision support in science and healthcare, is expanding its Geographical Pricing for Open Access (GPOA) initiative to an additional 150 gold open access journals, following the success of its 2024 pilot. This expansion means around 300 journals will offer pricing based on geography to help…
(14 Oct 2025) Wiley today announced the launch of Wiley AI Gateway, the industry’s first AI-native research intelligence platform that provides researchers access to trusted content from world-leading scholarly publishers through a single endpoint. Unlike closed ecosystems that require researchers to adopt proprietary tools, Wiley AI Gateway prioritizes intentional interoperability, seamlessly integrating scholarly content…
(8 Oct 2025) CAS has announced the introduction of science-smart agentic AI designed to enhance research workflows and accelerate scientific discovery. The new capabilities integrate intelligent agents trained on scientific content into CAS BioFinder® and CAS SciFinder®, enabling automation of complex research workflows. These agents allow scientists to ask direct questions and obtain reliable, evidence-backed responses grounded in…
(22 Sept 2025) The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the China National Publications Import & Export (Group) Co., Ltd. (CNPIEC) to establish a joint DOAJ China Open Access Journal Pre-evaluation Working Group. The initiative will provide Chinese journals with the opportunity to undergo pre-evaluation before applying to DOAJ. Through this process,…
The next-generation Skillsoft Percipio Platform unifies learning, skills intelligence, and AI-powered content creation into a single system to transform today’s workforce into a future-ready Skillforce™ (16 Sept 2025) Skillsoft announced its next-generation Skillsoft Percipio Platform, the first AI-native skills intelligence platform built for the human + AI era. Marking a breakthrough in workforce transformation, Skillsoft…
(12 Sept 2025) The American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications division has announced a webinar series titled Open Science Essentials, running from September to November 2025. Each session will examine a distinct aspect of open science, featuring expert panels that address central issues and respond to audience questions. Open science encompasses practices aimed at improving transparency, accessibility, and reproducibility across…
(17 Sept 2025) Elsevier has announced that it is developing a next-generation end-to-end AI-powered solution for academic and corporate researchers in collaboration with the research community. The solution is intended to transform the research workflow by helping scientists move more quickly from insights to impact while safeguarding research integrity, transparency, and trust. The effort is described as…
(4 Sept 2025) To meet increasing customer demand for sophisticated digital formats and workflows, ASTM International is broadening its direct sales efforts and will not be renewing its long-standing and healthy reseller relationship with Accuris (formerly IHS). ASTM has recently completed a multi-year overhaul of its existing IT infrastructure, enabling significant improvements to its flagship…
(11 Sept 2025) Pearson has introduced a series of AI Literacy Modules designed to help educators teach responsible and effective use of artificial intelligence. The modules, available this fall, address faculty concerns over AI misuse while equipping students with workforce-ready skills. Three AI Literacy Modules will be integrated into more than 170 MyLab and Mastering courses…