Improve digital monographs – report
Readers demand 'digital options with stellar content' along with enhanced usability
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Springer Nature enticed by DORA aura
Springer Nature has formally signed up to the principles outlined in the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment, commonly known as DORA
CISPC 2020 – call for speakers
Our 2020 conference will build on the success of last year’s event by providing librarians and information professionals with deeper knowledge and understanding of…
From research creation to dissemination
Tamir Borensztajn describes attempts to support an open research infrastructure
Will one epidemic overturn 200,000 years of social evolution?
Mark Carden ponders: does the Covid-19 pandemic mean that the world has changed forever and nothing will be the same again?
Uncertainty, meet modularity
Publishing organisations should look to adopt modular infrastructure and modular business models so they can experiment, writes Brian Cody
Publishers team up to make peer review more efficient
Scholarly publishers are working together to maximise the efficiency of peer review, ensuring that key work related to Covid-19 is reviewed and published as…
Initiative to open up Covid-19 research further
Several leading publishers, along with Digital Science's ReadCube, are part of an initiative to facilitate access to literature relevant to Covid-19 research
Springer Nature commits to transition majority of journals
Approach means Plan S-funded authors will be able to continue to submit research to these publications
Open Research Community launched
The Open Research Community, an interactive platform launched this week after a test phase, offers users the opportunity to expand their professional networks
Academic libraries and coronavirus: a view from Italy
The pandemic has demonstrated the importance of open access and open science, writes Rossana Morriello
Springer Nature launches global learning support programme
Springer Nature is launching a global programme to support learning and teaching at higher education institutions worldwide, in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak