Cabells, which connects researchers, librarians, administrators, and institutions to the journal titles they need, has announced the integration of Altmetric data into the redesigned Journal Whitelist database
The future of the academic book is at a crossroads, according to two reports suggesting that new book proposals are growing rapidly but sales per title continuing to fall
Jisc is giving subscribing universities and research centres access to more than 20 collections from three major publishers as part of a group-purchasing pilot
Research Information is to host its first one-day conference, in partnership with London Info International. Challenges in the Scholarly Publishing Cycle is an interactive one-day conference for publishers, information professionals and academics, to be held on Monday 4 December at the Business Design Centre, London
Clarivate Analytics has announced the acquisition of Publons, and its leading global platform for researchers to share, discuss and receive recognition for peer review and editing of academic research
Springer Nature and the ISSN International Centre have been initiating a centralised process for the assignment of International Standard Serial Numbers (ISSN) to serial publications of Springer Nature
Humphrey Kombe Keah is an information management and digital services specialist at the World Agroforestry Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. He discusses the opportunities and challenges of information access in Kenya for agricultural science and national development.
Organisers of the Internet Librarian International (ILI) event in London later this year have announced the keynote speaker: Kate Torney, CEO of Australia’s oldest and busiest library the State Library of Victoria
What happens when librarians are asked to share their thoughts with academic publishers? That was the question behind research carried out in advance of the UKSG conference in April this year, write Bernie Folan and Claire Grace
The UK needs a strong library and information association to represent the sector, champion the difference we make, and develop skills and expertise, writes Kate Arnold
