Editorial
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AI anxiety and the library
In the library sector, AI quickly became the major talking point and you needed to develop opinions quickly. Significant conversations were taking place about the impact and ramifications for information literacy, assessment, teaching, critical evaluation, and how much upskilling would be required for staff. Not to mention concerns over key parts of our jobs potentially…
UKSG news
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Knowing me, Knowing UKSG: An interview with Thomas Kaarsted, Deputy Director, University Library of Southern Denmark
In this episode of the UKSG podcast, we are joined by Thomas Kaarsted, Deputy Director, University Library of Southern Denmark. During the episode, Thomas discussed their career journey so far, their career inspirations and the role of the library in facilitating citizen science.
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Industry news
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Silverchair to acquire ScholarOne from Clarivate
Silverchair will develop a bold vision for the future of ScholarOne, with transparent feedback and input from all stakeholders. This acquisition gives Silverchair increased global reach and scale to consider holistic improvements to scholarly publishing infrastructure and workflows.
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CUP asks authors for AI permission
Cambridge University Press & Assessment (CUPA) is contacting 20,000 authors to request their permission before licensing their content for the training and development of large language models (LLMs). (Bookseller article)
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Journals with high rates of suspicious papers flagged by science-integrity start-up
he science-integrity website Argos, which was launched in September by Scitility, a technology firm headquartered in Sparks, Nevada, gives papers a risk score on the basis of their authors’ publication records, and on whether the paper heavily cites already-retracted research.
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Springer Nature halves logistics emissions in journey to become net zero by 2040
It builds on the publication of their scope 1, 2 and partial scope 3* emissions outlined in their latest sustainability report Open for Progress and serves as its annual update on progress against its Science Based Targets.
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Galvanising the Open Access Community: A Study on the Impact of Plan S
This is the report arising from the study on the impact of Plan S commissioned by the cOAlition S group of funders to assess the impact of their policy intervention five years on since its release in Sep 2018.
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IOP Publishing partners with Baidu Scholar to enhance academic access in China
As part of the partnership, IOPP journals will be marked with an “official certification” on Baidu Scholar, ensuring the credibility of the source and improving search accuracy.
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ACS Publications partners with Kudos to accelerate global sustainable development
Kudos and ACS join forces to boost the reach of research supporting UN SDGs, making key findings more accessible to drive innovation and positive global change.
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Resources
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Latin American OA ebook pilot expands with 100 titles from Prometeo Editorial
JSTOR, the Latin Americanist Research Resources Project (LARRP), and Libreria Garcia Cambeiro have released 100 Open Access titles from the Argentine publisher, Prometeo Editorial.
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Bloomsbury release BFI TV Studies
Bloomsbury has announced the launch of BFI TV Studies, with over 40 titles now live on Screen Studies.
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Why don’t all physical science researchers share their data openly?
IOP Publishing has launched a whitepaper that shows that only 1 in 10 researchers in the physical sciences share their data in a Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) way – the study is based on 30,000 academic papers.
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University of Michigan Press reports on societal impact of their OA Book programme
Thanks to the financial support of nearly 250 libraries and its parent institution, Michigan’s Fund to Mission program continues to make approximately 60 frontlist U-M Press scholarly ebooks a year immediately free to read and reuse worldwide and reports four million readers
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Changes at the top of the BL, Royal Society and Springer Nature.