• Sage wins OpenAthens UX award 2023

Library Technology Guides reports that “OpenAthens is proud to announce Sage as the winner of its Best publisher user experience (UX) award 2023. Sage was declared the winner at OpenAthens’ annual online Access Lab event on Monday 20 March for their Research Methods resource.
The panel of esteemed judges selected Sage as this year’s winner for their commitment to usability and their holistic user-centric approach. The publisher fended off stiff competition from finalists Oxford University Press and Yale University Press. …”

MORE LIBRARY AND PUBLISHING NEWS FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES

• At Hearing, Judge Appears Skeptical of Internet Archive’s Scanning and Lending Program (Publishers Weekly)

• Kristianstad University supports open access publishing for eligible authors

• Wiley and Turkish Consortium Sign Country’s First National Open Access Agreement

• Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods publishes inaugural articles

• Soutron Global releases upgrade to their scalable library and archive information management system

• Google is opening up access to its Bard AI chatbot today

• Create images with your words – Bing Image Creator comes to the new Bing

CONFERENCES, MEETINGS, AND WEBINARS

OASPA 2023 conference to focus on equitable and inclusive open scholarship practices

The Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) has announced its annual conference for 2023, which will once again be held online to ensure the participation of as many individuals as possible. The conference will bring together experts from the open access community to discuss new developments and innovations in scholarly publishing, with a focus on promoting equitable and inclusive open scholarship practices. …”