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24–30 October 2016 is International Open Access Week, which has always been about action. This year’s theme encourages everyone to take concrete steps to make their own work more openly available and encourage others to do the same.

Knowledge Unlatched (KU) is delighted to announce that it will be launching institutional usage statistics reports in November for libraries which participated in KU’s Pilot Open Access e-book collection.

Semantico have announced their Scolaris digital publishing solution is now fully integrated with marketing-leading scholarly publishing tool, PaperHive. The integration will help publishers using Scolaris to develop new revenue streams through increased usage, while giving end-users enhanced usability and an enriched experience.

OCLC GmbH announced today that Sebastian Müller has joined the organization as its new Sales Director for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He takes over the role previously held by Andreas Schmidt, who became General Manager in July.

Future Science Group (FSG) is proud to announce the launch of FSG Connect, a digital-first brand for the scientific and medical communities. Building on their success of websites such as Bioanalysis Zone and Oncology Central, since early 2015 FSG has added a further 5 knowledge platforms to its portfolio, with more to follow in 2017.

Wolters Kluwer announces the appointment of David Hsu to the position of CEO of Wolters Kluwer Greater China, effective mid-October, 2016. Mr. Hsu will be based in Beijing and report to Corinne Saunders, CEO of Wolters Kluwer Emerging & Developing Markets.

Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, is pleased to announce that the Swedish Library Consortium (GSLG) has chosen the Ex Libris Alma library management platform and Primo discovery solution.

Ingenta, the leading software provider to the publishing industry, today launches Ingenta Open, a new hosting platform solution and discovery portal designed exclusively for Open Access content.

The research network ScienceOpen is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Open Library of Humanities (OLH). ScienceOpen is a next-generation research discovery platform, and the OLH is a charitable organization dedicated to supporting and extending open access to scholarship in the humanities.

Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), creating global licensing and content solutions that make copyright work, has entered a partnership with Cambridge, UK-basedSciBite, a leading provider of semantic solutions for the Life Sciences and Pharmaceutical industries. CCC will work with SciBite to further support customers’ needs in text analytics and semantic search.

Yale University Press (YUP) and De Gruyter have formed a partnership for the worldwide sales of YUP’s electronic publications. This includes a significant frontlist of titles and a selection of backlist and archive publications. The partnership will expand YUP’s international reach and also strengthens De Gruyter’s portfolio with a range of outstanding academic publications.

The New York City based publisher reorganizes its editorial structure with a team of three new acquisitions editors and two new editorial assistants working under Publishing Director Dr. Farideh Koohi-Kamali from October 11th, 2016