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Open access - the online digital delivery of scholarly research free of charge and without most copyright and licensing restrictions—has grown from a conceptual movement to transformational force in scientific, technical and medical (STM) publishing.

Simba Information, a leading provider for market intelligence and forecasts in the media and publishing industry, has released the Open Access Book Publishing 2016 - 2020 report and forecast.

BMJ, one of the world's leading medical knowledge providers, has teamed up with Cochrane Clinical Answers, a new resource from the Cochrane Library, to better deliver evidence and inform decision making at the point of care.

Today, the Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) announces the extension of its award-winning web delivery platform for organizational subscribers with the addition of C&EN Global Enterprise from Chemical and Engineering News (C&EN).

Springer, one of the leading publishers in the fields of science, technology and medicine, will launch the new journal of the Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IEECAS) – Aerosol Science and Engineering (ASE) – as of January 2017.

Though 83% of librarians agree that information literacy affects college graduation rates and 97% believe that this skill set contributes to success in the workforce, 44% think that their library does not support information literacy instruction as much as it should.

In its 50th anniversary year, two important developments to Emerald’s brand family reflect the scholarly publisher’s growth into a group of businesses that connect the worlds of research, education and professional learning.

Academic and educational publisher Cambridge University Press has appointed Brigitte Shull as Senior Vice President for Academic Publishing in the Americas. Brigitte Shull, who was most recently the Vice President of Management, Business, Economics, and Political Science Publishing at Springer Nature, will take up the role in January and report to Managing Director, Academic, Mandy Hill.

Effective on January 1, 2017, Thieme will acquire Stuttgart-based publishing house Schattauer Verlag. Schattauer’s owner and CEO Dieter Bergemann will retire from the business at age 79. Established in 1949 by Friedrich Karl Schattauer as an academic publisher for medicine and science, Schattauer’s nationally and internationally well-established portfolio today includes 21 journals and 1,200 print and digital books.

Figshare, an online digital repository for academic research, today announced a new partnership with Springer Nature to support BioMed Central and SpringerOpen authors who wish to openly share their supplementary data.

ACCUCOMS is pleased to announce the signing of IOS Press for the Agggregagent. IOS Press titles cover niche topics such as Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease and Neurorehabilitation. This new deal, which commences on the 1st of January 2017, marks the inclusion of IOS Press’s journals within the Aggregagent. The signing of IOS Press follows shortly after the signing of the first publisher to join the Aggregagent: Microbiology Society.

Gale, a Cengage company, has launched Gale Interactive: Chemistry and Gale Interactive: Human Anatomy for the academic market. Through innovative technology, these new digital resources combine Gale’s curriculum-aligned research content with interactive 3D models from partner VIVED to help students understand science topics.