Thomson Reuters unveils generative AI strategy designed to transform the future of professionals

The strategy update coincides with generative AI enhancements to its flagship product, Westlaw Precision

New Technology from Sage Report Sheds Light on Librarian Perspectives on Current Librarian Skills Landscape

Technology from Sage has released its third Librarian Futures report exploring the current librarian skills landscape and identifying areas for further development.

Elsevier introduces authoritative scientific Datasets in life sciences, chemicals and other research-intensive industries

Elsevier's Datasets help accelerate digital transformation at scale in a variety of applications, including generative AI and predictive modeling

Research Solutions announced the acquisition of scite, the award-winning search and discovery platform that leverages AI to increase the discoverability and evaluation of research

The acquisition of scite further enhances Research Solutions' product offerings and provides cross-selling opportunities to scite's consistently growing B2C customer base of approximately 21,000 active subscribers, as well as its diverse B2B customer base of corporate entities, leading academic institutions, and government agencies.

JSTOR, part of the non-profit ITHAKA, released the first 43 books of the first 100 Path to Open titles

Launched as a pilot in January 2023, Path to Open is a delayed OA model where new books are made available to supporting libraries upon publication and become OA after 3 years.

EBSCO Information Services introduces EBSCOlearning

The new division is designed to enhance professional development and educational skills for businesses, organizations and individuals

Martin White wins both the international Jason Farradane and Tony Kent Strix Memorial Awards for 2023

For the first time ever, the same person received both of these prestigious awards by the UK electronic information Group (UKeiG)

The call for speakers for Bite-sized Taxonomy Boot Camp 2024 is open!

This is your opportunity to share your knowledge and experience with colleagues.

Elements of responsible AI for the library community

Beth Rudden delivered an inspiring keynote talk about moving responsible AI forward in our communities at Internet Librarian Connect (ILC), the virtual conference held 16-19 October, 2023. She concentrated on describing the AI revolution, giving a practical guide to AI experimentation, and stressing the need for librarians to be courageous stewards.

Libraries leading the way in citizen science

In the session on "Decoding citizen science: Putting libraries in the public sphere," presented by IFLA's Science and Technology Libraries section during the World Library and Information Congress in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 21-24 August, 2023, four public librarians described citizen science activities at their libraries.  

PubHive Announces Real-Time Access to Clinical Trial Data

PubHive Launches Local Literature Dashboard & Tailoring Workflows

Sage Grows Research Portfolio by Acquiring IOS Press

Swedish library inadvertently opens when it is supposed to be closed

People entered and behaved normally, reading and checking out books, not noticing the absence of library staff.

cOAlition S have chosen a consultant to undertake a study that assesses the impact Plan S has had on the global scholarly communication ecosystem and facilitating the transition to full and immediate open access (OA)

In response to the tender offer, cOAlition S chose scidecode

Invitation to host IFLA WLIC 2024 in Dubai withdrawn

IFLA has been informed of the decision to withdraw the invitation to hold the 2024 World Library and Information Congress in Dubai.