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December 31, 2024 — In addition to this week's NewsBreaks article and the monthly NewsLink Spotlight, Information Today, Inc. (ITI) offers Weekly News Digests that feature recent product news and company announcements. Watch for additional coverage to appear in the next print issue of Information Today.
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Sage Buys the Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Biotechnology and Medical Publisher
Sage announced the following:Sage, a leading independent academic publisher, has acquired Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., a renowned global media company publishing more than 100 peer-reviewed journals in biotechnology and the life sciences, specialized clinical medicine, public health and policy, and technology and engineering, as well as the leading B2B media brands Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN) and Inside Precision Medicine. … Journals will continue to be published under the Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. name, and Sage will begin publishing a segment of Sage’s life sciences and medical journals under the Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. imprint. For more information, read the press release.
ZDNET Looks at the Most Popular AI Tools From 2024
David Gewirtz writes the following in “The Most Popular AI Tools of 2024 (And What That Even Means)” for ZDNET:Popularity in the tech world is hard to measure. I’ve talked at length about this in my discussions of programming language popularity. It really comes down to what you use to measure popularity—and how available those metrics are to those doing the analysis. When it comes to AI, that’s even more of a challenge because AI can be a stand-alone tool or can be embedded deeply in other products. For example, the generative fill tool in Photoshop is very popular (and I quickly found it to be indispensable), but it won't show up in any public AI tool metrics. For more information, read the article.
Lucidea Shares Four Ways for Special Libraries to Promote Sustainability
Lauren Hays writes the following in “4 Ways to Promote Sustainability in Special Libraries” for Lucidea:In an era of growing environmental consciousness, organizations worldwide are striving to minimize their ecological impact. Special librarians can be key players in this sustainability movement. Their institutions can do much to champion environmental stewardship while fulfilling their primary mission of providing specialized knowledge resources. When we talk about sustainability in special libraries, we are not just thinking about recycling bins and turning off lights (though those help!). Sustainability is about finding smart ways to run things while saving money, working more effectively, and helping the planet. For more information, read the blog post.
Katina Analyzes the Subscribe to Open Model
Vivian Berghahn and Charlotte Van Rooyen write the following in “What Have We Learned from Subscribe to Open?” for Katina:Subscribe to Open (S2O), the model by which open access publication is funded by annually renewed subscriptions, has grown exponentially since it was first implemented by Annual Reviews. A growing number of publishers use the model to deliver equitable open access to an ever more diverse list of journals and books. Increasingly, librarians are enthusiastic to support the model, as it not only aligns with their institutional goals for open research but also resolves concerns around inequitable article processing charge- (APC-) based models. … As we enter the 2025 renewal season, which marks the sixth year since the first S2O journals were launched, we come together here as two early S2O publishers to share our different applications of and experiences with the model. … For more information, read the article.
Open Research Platform Access Microbiology Joins Sciety
Sciety announced the following:Sciety is pleased to welcome the open research platform Access Microbiology to its community, bringing public evaluation to the latest microbiology and virology research. With an increasing amount of research being published as preprints, Sciety has been developed by a team within eLife to aggregate reviewed preprints from multiple groups into one place, making them easier to find. These groups include journals and other organisations involved in scientific peer review, such as Biophysics Colab, eLife, GigaByte, Peer Community In, PREreview and more. Owned by the Microbiology Society, Access Microbiology is the first society-run open research platform to join this community. For more information, read the blog post.
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