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March 10, 2026 — 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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JMIR Publications Signs Unlimited OA Agreement With University of Turku
JMIR Publications entered into a new Flat-Fee Unlimited Open Access Publishing Agreement with the University of Turku (UTU). The partnership is effective Jan. 1, 2026–Dec. 31, 2026. It “replaces individual Article Processing Charges (APC) with an Institutional Publishing Fee (IPF) that covers all UTU affiliated researchers.”“The agreement with the University of Turku is a blueprint for the future of equitable open access.” says Dennis O’Brien, VP of communications and partnerships at JMIR Publications. “By securing unlimited publishing rights under a single institutional fee, Turku is solving two major challenges: eliminating the financial barriers for their authors and supporting the independent publishers that keep our scholarly ecosystem diverse and competitive.” For more information, read the press release.
More Sponsors Come to Kudos' Zero-Click and AI Search Study
Kudos has expanded “its fast-track research initiative, ‘Taming the Crocodile’, with five new sponsors joining the study: Elsevier, Wiley, BMJ Group, American Physical Society and Oxford University Press.” The study’s goal is “to examine the impact of zero-click search (‘Google Zero’) and AI-generated overview panels on the scholarly communications ecosystem.”“As zero-click search becomes more common, researchers may get answers without seeing sources, context, or caveats. We’re sponsoring this project because we need to understand how that shift affects trust, attribution, and the availability of rigorous research,” says Rachel Burley, the American Physical Society’s chief publications officer. For more information, read the blog post.
EBSCO Information Services Rolls Out Indigenous Studies Source
EBSCO Information Services introduced Indigenous Studies Source, a “full-text resource offer[ing] curated content focused on the largest Indigenous populations across the globe.” Featuring 138 journals and magazines—as well as books, tribal newspapers, and reports covering the 50 largest Indigenous groups across six continents—it allows researchers and scholars to “access essential content on Indigenous heritage, experiences, and sociopolitical contexts,” EBSCO shares. “Indigenous Studies Source is accessible through an advanced visual interface that enables topic browsing and includes an expansive subject-specific thesaurus featuring more than 6,200 terms.” For more information, read the press release.
OCLC and the Complutense University of Madrid Enter Into New Agreement
OCLC and the Complutense University of Madrid “extended their collaboration with a new five-year agreement for WorldShare Management Services (WMS). The renewal extends a partnership of more than ten years and reinforces the university’s commitment to OCLC’s integrated cloud-based library services platform,” OCLC states. “The renewal also includes continued use of Tipasa, the interlibrary loan management system that automates workflows and reduces processing time while improving delivery speed.” For more information, read the press release.
Clarivate Announces the Finalists of Its Inaugural Library Innovation Awards
Clarivate unveiled “the finalists of the inaugural Clarivate Library Innovation Awards, an annual program designed to recognize and support innovation by academic, national and public libraries worldwide.” The company says, “The finalists were selected by an independent panel of judges, including leaders from global library organizations. The judging panel reviewed over 50 diverse and high-caliber range of entries from 11 countries/regions which demonstrated the innovation, creativity and impact of libraries, and their impact on their patrons, students or communities. From grassroots literacy and outreach programs to enterprise-level automation, analytics and AI, the submissions reveal the breadth of innovation shaping libraries as modern service and knowledge hubs.” For more information and the list of finalists, read the press release.
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