EBSCO Information Services develops SUSHI Harvester for Multi-Site Libraries to improve usage reporting – June 26, 2020

EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has developed a new resource to make harvesting COUNTER reports easier. The SUSHI Harvester for Multi-Site Libraries (the R5 Harvester) is a Microsoft® Access® tool designed to help small to medium size consortia more easily gather COUNTER reports for their affiliated libraries.… Read More

Google set to launch ‘new news experience’ later this year; to pay publishers to license content – June 26, 2020

Google has announced that it will begin paying news publishers for ‘high-quality content’ with the launch of a ‘new news experience’ later this year. The move marks a major departure for Google, which has until now steadfastly refused to compensate news publishers for content. As news organisations’ digital advertising revenues… Read More

Peer Review Week 2020 to focus on trust in peer review through events and campaigns – June 26, 2020

This year’s Peer Review Week (PRW), a yearly event led by academic publishers and societies, as well as other scholarly organisations, is dedicated to “Trust in Peer Review.” During the week of September 21 – 25, participating organisations will highlight the critical role of peer review… Read More

UCL COVID-19 Collection benefits authors, publishers, and users – June 26, 2020

The global pandemic has elicited a resounding response from the academic community in terms of research regarding the novel coronavirus disease. From the onset, ScienceOpen has been working with publishers and researchers to create COVID-19 resources that help organise the massive amount of research being published.… Read More