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Editorial

Paul Moeller, Director of the Metadata Services Department at the University of Colorado Boulder Libraries, gives voice to concerns about the library vendor marketplace and urges librarians and library organisations to support the continued development of the open source project Folio.

UKSG news

Two new 'Insights' articles are now available: Colin Nickels and Hilary Davis report on a two-year study to help inform the development of outreach strategies in North Carolina State University library; and Saskia Bewley writes about publishing the Ethnicity Pay Gap report at Hachette UK.
Nominations are sought from candidates who are interested in standing for election to the UKSG Board of Trustees.

Industry news

The NISO Open Discovery Initiative Standing Committee is inviting feedback on proposed revisions to its Recommended Practice.
Primary Research Group has published a new report, the 'Survey of Academic Library Leadership: Licensing Electronic Database Content'.
Reach Publishing, a scheme which aims to diversify publishing from the bottom up, is looking for participants aged 16-19.

Company news

SAGE Publishing is signing a new open access publishing agreement with Bibsam Consortium, serving 42 of the member institutions.
Cactus Communications, a global scientific communications company, has acquired UNSILO, a Denmark-based AI and natural language processing company.
Kudos has announced a new three-year partnership with the American Diabetes Association.
The Digital Preservation Coalition has opened a new office at the University of Melbourne in Australia.