Robert Harington talks to Matt Kissner, CEO of Wiley, in this series of perspectives from some of Publishing’s leaders across the non-profit and for-profit sectors of our industry.
As US federal policy on indirect costs remains uncertain, the Joint Associations Group seeks input on two proposed models. Learn about the models and implications for library funding and publishers.
The US government is looking to drastically reduce the amount paid in “indirect costs” in federal grants. Just what are “indirect costs”?
What are the implications of last Friday’s NIH ICR budget cut? @lisalibrarian offers an early analysis.
As a result of EU law and other factors, rights holders are reserving their AI rights. This material is available for AI training/licensing.
India’s recently announced One Nation, One Subscription plan is in some ways an audacious step into the future and, in other ways, an embrace of the past. What are its implications?
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) is launching a new global Compensation and Benefits Benchmarking Study to fill a long-standing gap in the industry
On September 20, 2024, MIT Press hosted a workshop, Access to Science & Scholarship: An Evidence Base to Support the Future of Open Research Policy. I interviewed Amy Brand to discuss the goals and outcomes of the workshop.
Journal-based scholarly communication needs a structural change
Daniel Dollar offers an update on the work being done by Research4Life and a call for action.
College closures are increasing across the U.S, and the impacts on libraries, publishers, vendors, and library consortia are intensifying.
Mindful of ecological factors, decision-making regarding print production shifts, balancing innovation with pragmatism.
It is essential to address the hidden costs of retraction and to discuss who needs to bear this cost.
The strike at Springer Nature raises questions about how editorial work is valued.
Three Oxford administrators want to lower the cost of mandatory open access by shifting the responsibility for enforcement to funding agencies. But that doesn’t lower costs at all; it only shifts them. To truly lower costs, stop trying to make open access mandatory.