As Portland Press transitions to Subscribe to Open, we are rethinking how to measure and report usage so we can demonstrate that open access—and the spending of the libraries that support it—is improving the global reach of our articles.
Clarivate’s “transformative subscription-based strategy” caught the library world flat-footed. How did this happen? And where do we go from here?
The impacts of funding cuts to research in the US extend far beyond their immediate targets. We see a chain reaction that could indelibly alter the education and research landscape, including the future of open and sustainable research.
The Trump administration has launched an orchestrated attack on academic freedom, research funding, and the institutional autonomy that underpins intellectual progress. We must act now, together.
To survive in the face of disruptive change, libraries must balance operational excellence with innovation. The “Innovation-Operations Perpetual Motion Engine” is how one library achieves this goal.
Since its establishment in 2021, Irish Open Access Publishers has evolved into a dynamic and engaged network of practitioners. Communities of Practice Theory helps explain how.
Clarivate, Elsevier, and the American Chemical Society are comfortable pursuing a strategy of pricing discrimination. But libraries don’t have to go along with it. This data can help.
Katina is a digital publication that addresses the value of librarians to society and elevates their role as trusted stewards of knowledge. Published by Annual Reviews as part of the Charleston Hub.
