Digital acceleration: Growth outlined in Edinburgh University Press’ annual report includes a 49-percent gain in ebook sales, year over year.
Equality, Diversity, Inclusion: UK and Irish University Presses Vow to ‘EvenUP’
Seventeen university presses have committed to a new framework to address ‘who we work with and what we publish.’
New Conference on ‘Foundations and Trans/Formations of Arabic Literary Theory’
Running December 14 to 17, the program has the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society as its lead organizer.
Springer Nature Plants Trees in India, One for Each Employee
Citing some 20 percent of its workforce being based in India, Springer Nature chooses the state of Meghalaya for its tree-planting project.
Open Access: Germany’s Knowledge Unlatched Acquired by Wiley
Announcing its acquisition of Knowledge Unlatched, Wiley stresses the need to simplify open-access transactions for both libraries and publishers.
The Open Access Race: Springer Nature Announces One Million Articles
Saying 34 percent of all its articles and 16 percent of its primary research is published under open access, Springer Nature proclaims leadership in the field.
During Frankfurt: Springer Nature Offers Auto-Translation for Research
The newly piloted program from Springer Nature translates into English from Chinese, Japanese, Spanish and Portuguese and French.
Springer Nature at Frankfurt: Physical Stand, Digital Programming
Speaking of a mission ‘to embed trust in research,’ Springer Nature again this year offers a series of digital discussions during Frankfurt.
A Frankfurt Masterclass: PLOS, CCC, and How Open Is Open Access?
PLOS’ Niamh O’Connor tells CCC’s Christopher Kenneally that in open access, ‘We need to keep asking ourselves open for whom?’
The UK’s IOP Publishing Opens Three ‘Environmental Research’ Journals
As COP26 approaches, England’s IOP Publishing is opening three new journals in its ‘Environmental Research’ series.