News: academic

Springer Nature points out problems with cOAlition S transformative journals plan

In an open letter sent today (Tuesday 17th December) to research funder consortium cOAlition S, Springer Nature has urged the coalition to make amendments... Read more

Libraries Connected to launch income-generation funding scheme

Libraries Connected is using a £150,000 Arts Council England grant for a training and mentoring programme helping services develop funding strategies. Read more

Pearson wins contract with UK Home Office

Pearson has won a contract with the UK Home Office to deliver secure English language tests (SELTs) to people who need to demonstrate their English... Read more

Library loans down 43% in 10 years, new analysis shows

Latest figures from The Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy show library loans are down 43% in the last decade in England and libraries are still... Read more

Fifty jobs go at publisher SAGE

Around 50 positions have gone at independent academic publisher SAGE in a process begun in September, the publisher has confirmed, with around half those jobs... Read more

ProQuest's Ex Libris buys competitor Innovative

Major library systems company Ex Libris, owned by Michigan-based ProQuest, has signed an agreement to acquire competitor Innovative, in a move that significantly strengthens Ex... Read more

Latest CIPFA stats reveal library numbers still falling

Newly released figures show there were 35 static and mobile library closures in the year to end March 2019 across England, Wales and Scotland, with... Read more

OUP becomes latest publisher to announce US Read and Publish deal

Oxford University Press has announced its first Read and Publish deal with a US institution, with Iowa State University Library. Read more

Springer Nature sells publishing services division SPS

Springer Nature is selling its publishing services enterprise SPS to content technology and solutions business SPi Global, in a deal expected to conclude by the... Read more

Plan S will make 2021-22 tough years for publishers, predicts Inchcoombe

The years from 2021 to 2022 will be tough for academic publishers as they struggle to adapt to the requirements of Plan S, a FutureBook panel on... Read more

2020's Academic Book Week to take environmental theme

The fifth Academic Book Week will take place from 9th to 13th March 2020, with 'Academic Books and the Environment' as its central theme. Read more

Restructuring at Cengage as company reports 9% first-half revenue fall

Cengage has reported revenue of $693m in the six months to end September 2019, a fall of 9.1% from the first-half in the previous financial year... Read more

‘Consistent’ T&F likely to hit 2% growth target for 2019

Parent company Informa has said Taylor & Francis "continues to perform consistently", expressing confidence that it will hit its annual target of 2% underlying growth... Read more

Pearson acquires ed tech company Lumerit Education in $29m deal

Pearson has acquired ed tech company Lumerit Education in a deal worth $29m. Read more

Princeton University Press relaunches website

Princeton University Press (PUP) has unveiled a redesign of its website, the product of an 18-month collaboration between PUP's creative and IT teams and digital product agency Area... Read more