UKSG eNews 535

This year’s UKSG conference is returning to the vibrant city of Glasgow, a favourite location amongst regular attendees at the conference. Why (in the words of Billy Connolly) do “I wish I was in Glasgow”, and why should you make sure that you’re there too? Joanna Ball reviews the upcoming conference offering and how it fits the UKSG strategy.

An update on the conference - especially the winners of our Awards and Bursaries, elections for our Trustees and the latest Insights articles.

From 2024 on, all papers published in The EMBO Journal and EMBO Reports and the source data in all EMBO Press journals will be freely accessible with CC-BY licence

An Advisory Panel – comprising publishers, librarians, library consortia and funders – has been set up to help cOAlition S to further develop the Journal Comparision Service (JCS). 

“Our third quarter results and revised full year outlook are clearly below our expectations,” said Brian Napack, President and CEO. “While our core business and markets are strong, we’ve been challenged this year by unpredictable market headwinds and an unplanned publishing pause at Hindawi. Looking ahead, we are now accelerating and expanding our work to create a more-focused Wiley that drives consistent growth with fewer moving parts and greater profitability.”

SAGE Publishing has acquired Epigeum, a provider of online courses for universities and colleges, from Oxford University Press. Founded in 2005 as a spin-out company from Imperial College London, Epigeum has established itself as a leading provider of peer-reviewed, high-quality, and innovative online courses.

De Gruyter will host and distribute the complete frontlist and backlist collections of over 2,000 titles from Manchester University Press

Stephen A. Carter, Group Chief Executive, Informa PLC, said: ”Informa is firmly back in growth. Growth in revenues, growth in profits, growth in cash flow and, importantly, growth in shareholder returns.”

Underlying sales growth of 5% but higher education down 4% due to "non-mainstream publishers"

Skilltype, the talent management platform for libraries, announces that it has raised $1.75M to support its aim of future-proofing libraries globally.