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Editorial

The six early career professionals who were sponsored to attend the 2019 UKSG Annual Conference and Exhibition at Telford in April share their experiences of the conference.

UKSG news

UKSG has recently launched two new initiatives that might be of interest: an innovation award and a white paper series.
Two new 'Insights' articles are now available: one on diversity and inclusion in digital scholarship and pedagogy, and the second looking at the challenges and opportunities presented by Plan S in Spain.

Forthcoming events

UKSG is running a new seminar, UKSG Resource discovery and delivery, to be held in London on Thursday 27 June 2019.
A reminder that booking is open for the UKSG Introduction to E-Resources seminar being held on 5 June 2019 in Manchester.

Industry news

Springer Nature is seeking views on a new approach to research publishing aimed at accelerating the transition to open access.
Primary Research Group, publisher of research reports and surveys, is inviting participation in a survey of academic library data acquisition and licensing practices.
ISSN-L, the cluster identifier for periodical titles that aims to simplify management and discovery, is now available through the new public version of the ISSN portal.

Company news

ACCUCOMS has announced that The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) Group has expanded its current representation agreement to include several Middle East countries and Israel.
To celebrate the 270th anniversary of the De Gruyter publishing house, the company is providing permanent open access to 270 items from the De Gruyter Book Archive.