Category Archives: Discovery
UC Office of Scholarly Communications Provides Negotiation Toolkit to the Public
In a bold effort, the University of California Office of Scholarly Communications has created a toolkit for those negotiating with publishers. The toolkit, well-conceived and including specific UC examples, can assist anyone in approaching complex negotiations (not only with publishers) … Continue reading
It’s All About Content “Leakage”: Analysis of the UC Elsevier Deal
Roger Schonfeld once again provides an excellent analysis, this time on the drivers of recent Elsevier deals: …California, through its cancellation, has nevertheless maintained its position unambiguously. It does not need ongoing journal subscriptions through ScienceDirect. Put another way: A major … Continue reading
…& Clarivate Merging with Churchill Capital Corp. & Going Public
Together, they will call themselves “Clarivate” and become listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Full press release
Hot Off the Presses: Projekt DEAL Signs Agreement with Wiley
From the press release: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE: JW-A and JW – B), a global leader in research and education, announced today a countrywide partnership agreement with Projekt DEAL, a representative of nearly 700 academic institutions in Germany. … Continue reading
ResearchGate Sued in the United States
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/10/04/publishers-accuse-researchgate-mass-copyright-infringement
Worries about “Lock Ins” and “Lock Outs”: Recent Mergers Highlight Library and Smaller Publisher Concerns
My colleague Alena, as promised, attended the recent Anywhere Access (AA) webinar. AA aims to become “as fast as Sci-Hub” and to streamline the search-to-PDF workflow for researchers. Marketing heavily to researchers directly, AA aims to lock libraries in to … Continue reading
Another One-Click to PDF Player
Digital Science is now actively promoting Anywhere Access in quest to provide researchers with easier access to content: Press Release I will have someone on staff attend one of the upcoming webinars about the service and report more here in … Continue reading
California Joins Germany, Finland, & Others in Championing Journal Subscription System Change
The University of California system has issued a strong statement championing further development of open access publishing infrastructures, in the spirit of Germany’s Projekt DEAL and Finland’s “No Deal No Review“: It has become increasingly clear that the problem of … Continue reading
The Movie You’ve Been Waiting For…
Coming September 2018 to NYC – October 9 to Rotterdam (Erasmus University, Netherlands) – is Paywall: The Business of Scholarship. Featuring interviews by academics and publishers alike. Trailer List of interviews filmed to date (nice to see Kamran Naim, my … Continue reading
Springer Nature IPO Withdrawn
Why Was Springer Nature’s IPO Withdrawn?