The professional publishing landscape – key events that made headlines in 2015 The professional publishing landscape looks a bit different heading into 2016 after a busy 2015 that brought some unexpected headlines. The year’s top stories centered on changes and … Continue reading →

Elsevier and the Association of Universities in the Netherlands reach agreement in principle on open access and subscription STM publisher Elsevier and the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) recently reached an agreement in principle that marks a milestone … Continue reading →

ProQuest completes acquisition of Ex Libris ProQuest, an information solutions provider central to global research, has completed its acquisition of Ex Libris Group, a global provider of cloud-based solutions for higher education. The businesses’ complementary assets are being integrated, enabling … Continue reading →

American Chemical Society announces new open access journal serving global and multidisciplinary chemistry, ACS Omega The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) will expand its open access program in 2016 with the announcement of ACS Omega, a new … Continue reading →

STM responds to the Max Planck Digital Library White Paper on the Open Access Transition The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) has welcomed the Max Planck DL (MPDL) paper on the transition to OA. STM welcomes … Continue reading →

Wolters Kluwer Health launches UpToDate Anywhere in Italy The Health division of Wolters Kluwer has announced the launch of UpToDate ® Anywhere in Italy. UpToDate Anywhere enables hospitals and healthcare organisations to provide clinicians with mobile and EHR-based access to … Continue reading →

Nature Publishing Group and ReadCube reveal preliminary results of scientific article sharing trial Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group, part of Springer Nature, has announced the results of its ground-breaking 12-month content sharing initiative to support collaborative research. The trial has … Continue reading →