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UKSG sponsored a place for Christina Nguyen at our annual conference in Glasgow. Here is her report on the conference and the value of hearing about the practical aspects of her work after studying the theory in library school, and the many layers of conversations to be had at the event.

Just out - The theme of our November conference for 2023 is “Enriching Scholarship: how libraries and publishers educate, enhance and inform scholarly works” and we are pleased to announce that the call for papers is now open.

Shares were down late morning on Thursday after the company said it would restructure its business and reporting earnings that showed a higher profit despite a decline in revenue.

The analysis reveals that 1% of the titles flipped to full OA, 30% met their OA growth targets and remained in the program, 68% failed to meet their targets and will be removed, and 1% were removed for other reasons.

Thomson Reuters said on Monday it had agreed to acquire Casetext, a legal startup with an artificial intelligence-powered assistant for law professionals, in a $650 million all-cash deal.

Hubro Education combines expertise in game development, learning science, and business studies to develop award-winning business simulations.

The co-review policy, which follows an initial trial across three journals, means that reviewers can formally invite a colleague to collaborate with them.

The CRediT Taxonomy, which consists of 14 research contributor roles, helps facilitate transparency around research development processes and ensure proper acknowledgment of all contributors.

The services to help academic, research, and cultural institutions easily and affordably share, preserve, and manage their local digital collections.

Ubiquity will no longer support Google Analytics (GA) to monitor site usage for its journal, book, and repository platforms, and instead will be using the open-source provider Plausible.