Editorial
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Exciting times for the Open Institutional Publishing Association (OIPA)
With the coming of digital publishing and new technologies, increasing awareness of the benefits of open access publishing and growing criticism of the practices and profits of commercial publishers, more universities have launched their own publishing organisations and initiatives over the last decade. OIPA was officially launched in 2023 with 10 members, in part as…
UKSG news
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Unique opportunity to win a fully funded trip to the USA!
Applications are invited for the UKSG award to attend the premier conference for the scholarly information community on the other side of the Atlantic – the NASIG 2026 Annual Conference which be held in Madison, Wisconsin, USA from 2- 4 June 2026.
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Why you should apply for a sponsored place at UKSG Conference 2026 – the UKSG Podcast
The latest “Knowing Me Knowing UKSG” podcast is a conversation with winners of the UKSG 2025 Conference bursary. In each of these new episodes, we will be hearing about their experiences at the 2025 conference, how attending has impacted their career, and tips for those interested in applying for this year conference sponsored places.
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Responding to the threat of zero-click search and AI summaries: how do we tame the crocodile?
Charlie Rapple, in a Scholarly Kitchen post: “Ultimately, the Crocodile Effect is just the latest front in a battle that’s been underway for some time — how knowledge is mediated, and by whom. But it is a scaling up of hostilities, threatening not just the status quo for scholarly publishing business models, but the fundamentals…
Forthcoming Events
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UKSG upcoming events – February 2026
New free webinar – “does free to read mean free to train” plus opportunities for expenses paid trips to the annual conference and NASIG
Industry news
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New report: International metadata recommendations and platform-specific requirements for OA books and chapters
This new report provides a comprehensive review of international metadata standards and requirements for open access books and chapters. It aims to support small-to-medium sized independent scholar-led, as well as institutional, publishers of open access books in implementing effective metadata management practices, thereby improving the discoverability, interoperability and sustainability of open access books.
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Mitigating the impact of AI bots
In early 2025, COAR conducted a survey to assess the extent to which repositories were being adversely affected by a sudden and large increase in activity by “bots” – automated Web clients such as crawling or harvesting systems. The ensuing report – The impact of AI bots and crawlers on open repositories was published in June 2025.
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Making scholarly images more accessible: STM’s Draft Taxonomy now open for feedback
The STM Alt Text Task & Finish Group (TFG) has released a draft image-type taxonomy for scholarly images — and is inviting feedback.
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Longest running study into open research practices shows strong researcher adoption, yet recognition gaps and regional variations remain
Digital Science, Figshare and Springer Nature publish the new results in The State of Open Data 2025: A Decade of Progress and Challenges.
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Jisc launches essential infrastructure option that supports sustainable, affordable open research
The new offering advances open infrastructure as part of a diverse range of solutions and vendors.
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GetFTR Enables AI Tools to check access rights for academic content
New capability allows AI-powered tools to verify user entitlements before directing researchers to full text.
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Digital Science and Silverchair partner to bring researcher identity and integrity screening into editorial workflows
Built on Digital Science’s Dimensions Dimensions Author Check provides unmatched transparency into authors’, editors’, and reviewers’ publishing and collaboration histories.
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Academic publishers defeat lawsuit over ‘peer review’ pay, other restrictions
A group of major academic publishers convinced a judge in New York to dismiss a lawsuit accusing them of thwarting competition by barring scholars from submitting papers to multiple journals simultaneously and denying pay for “peer review” services.
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New COUNTER listserv
The new listserv is designed to allow the whole community – members and non-members alike – to discuss issues related to COUNTER. This includes the Code of Practice, publisher implementations of the Code and and the reports they deliver, library uses for COUNTER metrics, supportive technologies, and opportunities to learn about COUNTER.
Resources
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The Ballet and Opera Collections on Bloomsbury Video Library
Bloomsbury have announced the launch of 2 new ballet collections and 5 new opera collections, with over 100 new performances now streaming on Bloomsbury Video Library.
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The Wigmore Hall 2022-2025 Collection is now live on Bloomsbury Video Library
Bloomsbury Digital Resources has announced the launch of the Wigmore Hall 2022-2025 Collection, making 10 fully exclusive live-music performances available on Bloomsbury Video Library. This new collection gives students unparalleled access to recordings of chamber, instrumental and vocal recitals, providing a unique opportunity to study artistry, interpretive choices, and technical execution up close.
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OCLC and CONUL libraries partner to showcase Ireland’s rich cultural heritage
The Consortium of National and University Libraries (CONUL) has selected OCLC to deliver a unified view of the holdings of participating CONUL libraries, following a competitive procurement process.
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Think. Check. Submit. library survey
T.C.S. has launched a survey to enable them to understand how Think. Check. Submit. is being used in libraries and how they can develop tools and guidance that support libraries and their researchers.
People
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eNews 603 – People
New CEO at BMJ and the CLA, LIBER’s new Executive Director plus Vice Presidents and Korst, WK, CSIRO and AIP Publishing and more..