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Springer Nature negotiation
Update February 2023 Jisc and UK Universities have rejected the fourth proposal from Springer Nature. Although the publisher has made a number of concessions, the offer still does not meet the sector’s need to reduce and constrain costs or ensure that all UK research can be published open access. Negotiations between Jisc and Springer Nature…
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Researcher development training for 2022/23
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eTextbooks: what’s all the fuss about?
Challenges for academic colleagues and libraries You submit a request to the library to buy an eBook for your reading list. It seems straightforward enough as you’ve found one available on the publisher website so the library will be able to purchase that. Unfortunately, it isn’t that simple, and the Covid-19 pandemic has only highlighted…
