Cambridge University Press has launched a new publishing model to provide an outlet for world-class research and writing that sits outside the traditional formats of book or journal article
Libraries are getting access to thousands of BBC academic titles following an expanded agreement between ProQuest and BBC Learning
IntechOpen has become the first fully open access book publisher to implement Altmetric Badges for Books
A partnership between the Next Einstein Forum and Elsevier will see the creation of a pan-African, peer-reviewed, open access publishing journal
The re-launched Emerald Publishing Journal – Information and Learning Science – will be co-edited by two leading scholars, Dr Samuel Kai Wah Chu and Dr Rebecca B. Reynolds
IOP Publishing has launched three high-impact open access journals
SAGE Publishing has launched a new journal focused on Chinese writing systems in partnership with the Center for the Study and Application of Chinese Characters
Learned society owned publisher EDP Sciences has announced the launch of a new multi- and inter-disciplinary open access journal: 4open
Remarq, the new editorial engagement and researcher collaboration tool from RedLink, is now live on several IOP Publishing journals
Wayne Sime discusses his hopes for the future of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
From bypassing aggregators to the influx of new university presses, the world of library-based publishing is changing fast, reports Rebecca Pool
Vivek Mehra explains how the English language is dominating global communication and changing school structure
Chris Smith
Chris Smith explains why they matter, and how publishers and universities can benefit
Rossana Morriello
Rossana Morriello assesses the ways in which librarians are supporting research in Italy
Nandita Quaderi – editor-in-chief of the Web of Science – champions objectivity, selectivity, and data integrity
This article was jointly written by Andrea Chiarelli (pictured), Juliane Kant and Birgit Schmidt on behalf of Knowledge Exchange. Andrea Chiarelli is a consultant at Research Consulting. Juliane Kant is partner representative for the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) in Knowledge Exchange. Birgit Schmidt is head of knowledge commons at Göttingen State and University Library.
Active engagement and collaboration are needed to deliver the promise of preprints, writes Andrea Chiarelli
