Subscription agents are facing a challenge but can still play an important role in the scholarly publishing industry, writes David Stuart
The last year has been an eventful one for subscription agents. Sharon Davies reports on the latest trends and developments
Sian Harris asks four subscription agents about how libraries purchase content and the implications of this for the agent's role
Swets adds JSTOR e-book content into SwetsWise catalogue
Traditional subscription agents have increasingly evolved into information intermediaries. Two of these companies explain why and give their perspectives on challenges facing research libraries and scholarly publishing
Credo Reference and SWETS partner
The rise in use of electronic research information has brought many changes. Siân Harris asked Swets and EBSCO about what the digital age means to subscription agents
SwetsWise 5.6 goes live
Swets launches ERM as a Service
SwetsWise provides COUNTER 3 compliant usage data
Interviews for this article have been adapted from recent PhaidraCon roundtable events and from upcoming 2023 editions of EpistemiCast
Patrick Hargitt explains why 2022 became the year that accessibility got serious
Joseph Koivisto and Jordan Sly from the University of Maryland discuss the implications of the publications-as-data model
Despite the collective and decisive step changes in enabling the transition to open access this year, we should not be complacent, writes Susie Winter
Thomas Shaw and Andrew Barker from Lancaster University Library discuss the realities, challenges and future impact of open access in the research community
It’s not a question of if, but how. The future of scholarly publishing is open, yet the debate on how to accelerate the growth of open access continues
