UKSG eNews 537

The decision to work with colleagues in the School of Psychology to create an open textbook was an easy one to make. The University of Sussex Library was using an etextbook model to support first- and second-year Psychology cohorts, and we were finding that cost was high and that the usage could be better. One of the module convenors came to us and said: I know what my students need, I could write their textbook. And so, we said…. Let’s do it! Bethany Logan, University of Sussex

Thank you to everyone who came to #UKSG2023 with such enthusiasm, the buzz in the meeting rooms and exhibition with everyone getting together was evident. News on 2024 and 2025 venues plus details about re-using all of the official photographs from the conference.

In an interview with the Scholarly Kitchen blog, Jay Flynn, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Research at Wiley announced that they are in the process of retracting 1200 more papers.

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The Climate Governance Initiative and 67 Bricks have announced their new partnership as part of their ongoing mission to support board directors to lead the conversation on climate change. Following an initial discovery phase to establish critical requirements for the creation of a flexible and scalable ‘global knowledge hub’, they are now working on the build phase of this important resource.

After a successful pilot in 2022, the open access community framework (OACF) is now open to submissions from not-for-profit monograph publishers until 5 May 2023.

EBSCO has announced the launch of the EBSCOhost® Passport™ browser extension. EBSCOhost Passport which provides a more efficient solution for those who begin their search for information on a traditional search engine, allowing them to find, use and cite reliable resources while utilizing their library’s resources.

Cengage Group has signed a definitive agreement with funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc. whereby Apollo Funds will purchase $500 million of a new series of convertible preferred stock of Cengage Group, subject to certain adjustments. The transaction is expected to close by June 30, 2023, subject to customary closing conditions.

Announcement of the launch of Open Book Futures, a 3-year project funded by Arcadia and Research England Development (RED) Fund building on the pioneering work of COPIM.

IOI receives $1M from the Mellon Foundation to scale the Catalog of Open Infrastructure Services (COIs)