New OA Databases list
The new A-Z Databases platform allows for the creation of sublists, and we’ve added a link to a separate list of the OA databases on our A-Z list (thanks Jane!):
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Publisher News
From Forbes: “A group of academic scientists has brought a federal antitrust lawsuit against six publishers of academic journals alleging they engaged in a conspiracy that allows them to sustain huge profits at the expense of scientific progress.”
AI / Publisher News
From Nature: “Artificial-intelligence developers are buying access to valuable data sets that contain research papers — raising uncomfortable questions about copyright”
Principles on Library Ownership of Digital Books
The Library Futures organisation has created the following principles for library ownership of digital books: This proposal is actually quite different from the current environment, in which libraries can purchase perpetual access to digital books but there are still limitations on what they can do with those books. In most […]
New Resources for Alumni
There are some updates to the Alumni Eresources page: New additions include Medical books and journals from Karger, as well as three new collections from Sage that were included with our year-end purchases: CQ Press Library, SAGE Business and Sage Data. And effective July 31st, the OECD iLibrary is Open […]