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Editorial

The board of Trustees examine UKSG's reaction to the pandemic and imagine the future - post-pandemic and post-Brexit.

UKSG news

A quick update on plans for the sponsorship and exhibition side of the conference next year.
A summary with links to our upcoming events.

Industry news

Jisc and PLOS announce 2 three=year Open Access agreements to allow researchers to publish in PLOS journals without directly incurring APCs.
This latest development from Kudos means publication links shared via Weibo and WeChat are now tracked in the same way as links shared via other online platforms
The platform will combine and streamline data sets from library and campus systems, allowing library staff to demonstrate a library’s impact while making informed decisions on collections and services.
Well-known education platform brings together digital content from across UK institutions for researchers, teaching staff and students.
The purpose of the Confederation of Open Access Repositories framework is to "assist repositories in evaluating and improving their current operations based on a set of applicable and achievable good practices."
The Royal Society has signed a pilot agreement with Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL) to enable open access publishing across the entire Royal Society journal portfolio, at no cost to authors of the Max Planck Society.
The International Water Association has announced a pilot to transform its complete journal portfolio of 10 subscription titles including the flagship journal Water, Science and Technology to Open Access (OA) from 2021 onwards.