Editorial
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The power of community: What lies between the data points
In an age of open research, relentless metrics and accelerating artificial intelligence, it is tempting to believe that better data will lead to better decisions. Yet anyone working in the knowledge industry knows this is not true. Data may tell us what is happening, but it rarely tells us why. The most consequential insights often…
UKSG news
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Results of the 2026 Trustee Elections
Congratulations to Liam Bullingham and Bethany Logan on their re-election to the committee, and a warm welcome to Natalie Climas and Donald Malanga who start their first terms! Thank you to all our members who voted.
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The latest from #UKSGInsights: “The digital library: redefining access and engagement at University of Wales Trinity St David, Birmingham campus”
This article explores the transformative role of the digital library at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD), particularly within the Institute of Inner‑City Learning’s (IICL) Birmingham campus, where students engage exclusively with online resources. It highlights the collaborative efforts of academic liaison librarians and digital skills advisors in delivering a fully digital library…
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A first-timer’s look at #UKSG2026
Megumi Ohsumi reviews her first ever UKSG Annual Conference, having secured a place on our bursaries scheme. “The event was both professionally and personally enriching, and it gave me a much deeper understanding of the publishing and library sectors.”
Forthcoming Events
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Forthcoming events – eNews 607
Two free webinars: Local Governance of AI in Education and Why we all need to #DefendResearch
Industry news
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CERN to host Europe’s flagship open access publishing platform
CERN’s role in operating ORE builds on its long-standing experience in developing and maintaining open science infrastructures and community-governed services for the global research community.
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CRUK withdraws funding for open access charges
“We need efficient scholarly communications to spread scientific ideas via a fair economic model. We currently don’t have that. The open access movement was bold and promising, but ultimately disappointing. Now is the time to stop and call for a new way to make publishing work”
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Think. Check. Submit. Key highlights from 2025
Think.Check.Submit (TCS) turned ten years old in 2025! After expanding its operations in 2024, the Committee was able to take a more focused approach in 2025 – read about their activities in this report from the Chair
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The Open Journals Collective opens applications for new publishing partners
The OJC has opened applications for new partners who are committed to equitable, sustainable, and community-governed scholarly publishing, with a particular focus on diamond open-access models. Successful applicants will become part of the OJC community, with opportunities to be part of its collaborative governance and to apply to bring diamond open access journals into OJC’s…
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Shaping the future of learning: Launching the European Open Education Alliance report
SPARC Europe conducted an extensive feasibility study, consulting over 25 international experts. The result is the Open Education European Alliance Feasibility Report, launched in #OEWeek2026. The findings reveal a unanimous agreement that enhanced international collaboration is essential to create a truly borderless and equitable learning environment.
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Launch of global consultation: Equitable scholarly communication for implementation of open science
UNESCO, in partnership with the UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library produced a draft policy brief as part of the UNESCO Open Science Toolkit to explore the equity in scholarly communication
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International partners launch OA Forward to strengthen OA negotiations and advance open scholarly communication
Building on the work of OA2020 and ESAC, OA Forward reflects the growing international collaboration among libraries, consortia, funders, and research institutions working to shape more open, transparent, and sustainable approaches to scholarly publishing.
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China releases global high-quality journal list for medicine, life sciences
A total of 4,027 medical journals and 3,064 life sciences journals were chosen to feature on the list. This list is intended to serve as a reference for researchers in selecting journals for submission, for academic institutions in research assessment, and for research management authorities in optimizing journal tiering systems.
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ASME announces publishing agreement with Wiley
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Wiley under which Wiley will operate a significant portion of ASME’s publishing business, including sales and marketing, for ASME journals and conference proceedings, and the digital collection comprising these publications.
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arXiv moves to independence from Cornell University
The move represents the next stage in the platform’s 35-year history as a pioneer of open-access science, and is intended to support faster technological development, greater organisational flexibility, expanded partnerships, and long-term financial sustainability.
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AI-mediated research reshapes open science and the role of academic libraries
A new white paper by Pleiade explores how agentic AI could transform scientific research. In AI-mediated research, intelligent agents take on a growing share of cognitive tasks across the research lifecycle.
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AAAS expands DataSeer partnership to automate research reporting for Science
The pilot will use DataSeer’s AI technology to fully automate the generation of MDAR (Materials, Design, Analysis, and Reporting) checklists for manuscripts submitted to Science.
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“Taming the Crocodile” AI zero-click search study welcomes new sponsors
Further sponsors have joined the study, including AIP Publishing, IEEE, Clarivate and Cactus Communications, and the phase I scope has been expanded to include publisher and librarian surveys that will explore and benchmark actions being taken in response to AI-generated overviews on search engine result pages and AI chat tools.
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“Advancing Long-form Open Access Practice Project” – invitation to participate
RLUK, in partnership with SCONUL, ARMA, and UKRI, has commissioned Information Power to investigate the challenges and opportunities that UK research institutions are facing in responding to the evolving OA long-form publishing landscape.
Resources
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NISO releases Transfer Code of Practice Version 5.0 to ensure journal access
Statements released with the announcement described the revision as a community effort involving representatives from major publishers, societies, university presses, libraries, consortia, databases, serials resources, and consultancy groups.
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HARRASSOWITZ partners with Purchase to Open initiative to advance OA for academic books
Purchase to Open is a collaborative funding model that brings together libraries, publishers, and booksellers to make high-quality scholarly books openly accessible.
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EBSCO to release The New Yorker magazine archive
“The New Yorker Magazine Archive” offers scholars and students an unparalleled window into cultural and political history across the 20th and 21st century, featuring a complete 100-year run from Volume 1, Issue 1 in 1925 through February 2025. Researchers can explore in-depth reporting on pivotal historical moments, long-form profiles of global leaders and artists, and…
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Bloomsbury announces a new platform for digital resources in politics
Bloomsbury Politics brings together authoritative resources for the study and research of politics in an intuitive and easy-to-use digital platform. Launching with the cornerstone Bloomsbury Security Studies collection, formerly known as Praeger Security International, and drawing on decades of trusted scholarship, including an eBook collection of more than 850 titles, the platform will continue to…
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EBSCO releases Art Source Ultimate to advance research in art and architecture
Art Source Ultimate includes more than 970 full-text journals and magazines covering all periods and styles of art, from fine art and art history to graphic and industrial design, architecture and interior design. The collection spans a wide range of disciplines including contemporary art and non-Western art, decorative arts, drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, landscape architecture…
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Announcing Coherent Impact – a new research impact platform launches in beta
Most impact tracking tools focus on citations within academic journals. Coherent Impact takes a different approach — revealing how research is used across policy, practice, and applied settings, by tracking citations in the literature being produced by policy and practice organizations: government reports, NGO publications, think tank papers, IGO documents, and more.
People
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People – eNews 607
Changes at OA Forward, Bristol University Press, Digital Science, STM and eLife