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Why do digital resource providers need to focus on accessibility?

In 1982, Time Magazine replaced its usual “Man of the Year” issue with the “Machine of the Year.” The cover image showed a man made of paper seated at his personal computer. An exciting but still inchoate era was taking shape, with personal devices now attainable and people beginning to live an increasing proportion of their lives online. In the following decades, the need for accessibility for those with disabilities became increasingly evident and vital to keep this new frontier … Keep Reading

Perpetual & Ongoing Access; a solution to resource crisis?

In 2019, the University of California and Elsevier failed to reach a renewal deal for a laundry list of journals totalling millions of dollars. The dissolution of the agreement was what is termed as a ‘trigger event’ in many publisher licenses. Via this clause, UC was able to keep most of what it had subscribed to before deciding not to proceed, but crucially not everything.

Over the last few years, more and more universities in the US and UK have … Keep Reading

International Women’s Day 2024

International Women’s Day 2024

International Women’s Day (IWD) was inaugurated in 1910 at the International Conference of Working Women in Copenhagen. The day was gradually adopted around the world and first marked by the UN in 1975.

IWD was to be a torch for political mobilisation, specially marking the demands of female activists. Much of women’s efforts in the early 1900s centred around worker’s rights, the right to vote, and ending discrimination based on gender.

Women’s suffrage campaigners

These campaigns … Keep Reading

Exact Editions Celebrates Innovation Day 2024

Celebrating technological advancement around the world

Today is Innovation Day, a celebration of the most ambitious technological advancements achieved through human imagination and invention…

History of Innovation Day

Innovation Day came about as a collaboration between the US-based Science History Institute and the UK-founded Society of Chemical History. The day is an opportunity to remember and praise those companies and individuals who have and are pushing technology forwards.

The history of innovation is turbulent and by no means linear, … Keep Reading

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