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Editorial

Brie Betz, Director of Product Management at ProQuest, discusses the changing landscape of academic research, and highlights some of the findings of recent ProQuest studies aimed at better understanding how users access information, and how they prefer to access information.

UKSG news

The UKSG Committee is inviting suggestions for topics and speakers for the 2020 Annual Conference, to be held in Brighton from 30 March to 1 April 2020.

Forthcoming events

A reminder of two UKSG training seminars for librarians and publishers coming up shortly.

Industry news

Editage has released a report analysing comments received in response to a survey question about what changes researchers think are needed in academic publishing.
NISO Voting Members have approved a new project, Assess Video and Audio Metadata and Standards for Academic Research and Professional Information.
The iPres Working Group are looking for feedback on the future of iPres, and the deadline has been extended to 18 June 2019.

Company news

Turpin Distribution has expanded its international service offering by acquiring Publisher Promotion & Fulfillment (PPF) from EBSCO.
ACCUCOMS has announced representation agreements with Bristol University Press and American Society for Microbiology.
The Charlesworth Group has announced new partnerships with Hindawi and Akadémiai Kiado.

Product news

Ex Libris has launched the Ex Libris App Center, an open hub providing customers with somewhere to find ways to complement and extend their Ex Libris solutions.