Gender Equality in Research Journal Publishing

Publishers of some of the world's most impactful research journals and books have committed to tackling bias and discrimination by signing up to the Royal Society of Chemistry's Joint commitment for action on inclusion and diversity in publishing.

Book Processing Charges Now Part of Knowledge Unlatched & OpenAPC Dataset

Knowledge Unlatched (KU) and OpenAPC are expanding the OpenAPC dataset to support the inclusion of Book Processing Charges (BPCs)

Virtual Research Environment for Preservation Tools

The Dutch Digital Heritage Network (DDHN) and the Open Preservation Foundation (OPF) are working together to develop a Virtual Research Environment (VRE) with preservation tools.

Clarivate Plc to Combine with CPA Global

Clarivate Plc , known in library circules for the Web of Science, Cortellis, Derwent, CompuMark, MarkMonitor and Techstreet, signed a definitive agreement to combine with CPA Global, a global leader in intellectual property software and tech-enabled services.

Platform for Responsible Editorial Policies

The newly-launched Platform for Responsible Editorial Policies (PREP) facilitates the transparent review and research into peer-review procedures at 401 journals.

Google Spam Report

Google's latest annual spam report said its preventative spam efforts resulted in over 99% of search results being spam-free and that it found 25 billion pages discovered every day are spammy.

Fighting an International Infodemic

The global COVID-19 pandemic has upended our lives, both personal and professional. It has also introduced a new word into our vocabulary: Infodemic. Inoculating yourself, your library users, and your community against the Infodemic should be a vital skill for librarians worldwide.

Culture by Prescription: A Danish Project

Jan Holmquist reports on a Danish project where four municipalities offered stressed-out, anxious, or depressed people the opportunity to participate in cultural activities to increase their feelings of well being.

Digital Literacy Training Programme at the National Library of Estonia

At the National Library of Estonia, the digital competence training program aims to make people feel less afraid of using different digital programs, tools and technologies.

Intellectual property concerns during a health emergency

The pandemic has focussed librarians' attention on copyright. WIPO has some new initiatives that affect the situation.

Individual and Institutional Digital Subscriptions to ART AFRICA Now Available

Exact Editions Subscriptions Now Accessible Through OpenAthens

FIZ Karlsruhe starts research project to detect veiled plagiarism in mathematical publications

Complying with GDPR

Kelly LeBlanc, a knowledge management and taxonomy specialist at FireOak Strategies, looked at GDPR compliance now that the legislation has been in place for awhile.

Open Content Survey Findings

LYRASIS, a non-profit organization of libraries, archives, museums, and research institutions, based in the United States, published the 2020 Open Content Survey Report, which focuses on open content activities within the United States (U.S.) surrounding Open Access (OA) Scholarship, Open Data, and Open Educational Resources (OERs).

2020 Altmetric Research Award winners to study science communication dynamics of pandemics

Winners of the 2020 Altmetric Research Award are Dr Fabio Castro Gouveia, a scientometrics and altmetrics specialist at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Brazil, and Dr Elaine Rabello, a researcher with dual appointments at the Institute of Social Medicine, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Wageningen University, Netherlands.