UKSG eNews 484

Open Access journals from De Gruyter and BCS Learning and Development added to the content hosted by Portico.

Details of January's Max Planck's transformative deals.

Thieme Group has concluded a transformation agreement with ZB MED – Information Centre for Life Sciences, the Forschungszentrum Jülich and eight other specialist libraries.

In December 2020, the OA2020 Community met to reflect on the progress made toward the objective of transitioning today’s scholarly journals to open access.

Book Industry Study Group (BISG) has published the 2020 update to its book publishing subject codes, often referred to as BISAC Subject Headings.

John Wiley & Sons announced the acquisition of Hindawi Limited for a total purchase price of $298 million. The acquisition of Hindawi significantly increases Wiley’s position as a global leader in research by adding quality, scale and growth to the company’s open access publishing program.

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The TU Berlin library will improve the prominence and use of resources to facilitate teaching and learning, and handle compliance with copyright regulations when lecturers are compiling reading lists.

The Library Publishing Directory highlight the publishing activities of 136 academic and research libraries.

The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and the Public Library of Science (PLOS) have announced an agreement for CRKN members to participate in PLOS’ Community Action Publishing (CAP) program.