UCL Press, the UK’s first fully open access university press, has announced that one million copies of its books have been downloaded around the world
The overwhelming majority of professional staff in research institutions and libraries across the globe view open access as the future of academic and scientific publishing
Digital books are being used by an increasingly diverse readership, according to a report from Knowledge Unlatched Research
Springer Nature is calling on the research community to join it on a 'journey to open access, open research and beyond'
Entrenched viewpoints on both sides of the open access debate risk leaving authors stuck in no man’s land, argues Rob Johnson
What opportunities might we be missing by trying to make one size fit all?, asks Audrey McCulloch
Knowledge Unlatched has announced a move into the STEM publishing market
Universities in the Netherlands and Cambridge University Press (CUP) have recently concluded a three-year agreement, guaranteeing 100 per cent open access to academic 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
