Platform for Responsible Editorial Policies

The newly-launched Platform for Responsible Editorial Policies (PREP) facilitates the transparent review and research into peer-review procedures at 401 journals.

Google Spam Report

Google's latest annual spam report said its preventative spam efforts resulted in over 99% of search results being spam-free and that it found 25 billion pages discovered every day are spammy.

Elsevier Releases 2019 CiteScore Values

Elsevier released the 2019 CiteScore values, its latest assessment of thousands of peer-reviewed research journals, book series, conference proceedings and trade publications covered in Scopus.

Searching ProQuest Content on the Open Web

ProQuest's platform enhancements that make subscription and open access content readily searchable on the open web reveals a volume and variety of source material of benefit to students, teachers and the general public.

UKeiG's eLucidate journal publishes on new platform

The UK electronic information Group (UKeiG) is now publishing its eLucidate journal on a new web platform, using the Public Knowledge Project's Open Journal Systems (OJS) hosted by the University of Alberta.

IFLA Guide to Reopening Libraries After COVID-19 Shutdowns

IFLA, the International Federation of Libraries and Institutions, compiled a guide to the policies and procedures of libraries around the world as they move towards reopening libraries.

Digital Literacy Training Programme at the National Library of Estonia

At the National Library of Estonia, the digital competence training program aims to make people feel less afraid of using different digital programs, tools and technologies.

Culture by Prescription: A Danish Project

Jan Holmquist reports on a Danish project where four municipalities offered stressed-out, anxious, or depressed people the opportunity to participate in cultural activities to increase their feelings of well being.

Intellectual property concerns during a health emergency

The pandemic has focussed librarians' attention on copyright. WIPO has some new initiatives that affect the situation.

Going beyond Google

Marydee Ojala shares some search tips from the session she prepared for the (postponed) Computers in Libraries conference.

Exact Editions Subscriptions Now Accessible Through OpenAthens

FIZ Karlsruhe starts research project to detect veiled plagiarism in mathematical publications

EBSCO Information Services Announces 2020 EBSCO Solar Grant Winners

2020 Altmetric Research Award winners to study science communication dynamics of pandemics

Winners of the 2020 Altmetric Research Award are Dr Fabio Castro Gouveia, a scientometrics and altmetrics specialist at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Brazil, and Dr Elaine Rabello, a researcher with dual appointments at the Institute of Social Medicine, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Wageningen University, Netherlands. 

Business Research Competencies

The revised Business Research Competencies is now available.

10 New Works of Music in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

The Boccaccio Project Will Feature New Works by 10 Pairs of Composers and Performers to be Premiered Online During 10 Days in June