Maverick News, Events & Insights

Maximize your content with Maverick’s eLearning program

Scholarly associations and societies know it’s important to identify new and different ways to provide more value for your membership. One of the best places to find discipline-specific, high-quality content is your archive. Rather than taking on the investment in time and resources to develop new content, utilize your own book, journal, standards, and meeting […]

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Accessible eBooks, intentional workflow

Digital content is increasingly coming under fire for its accessibility – or lack thereof. However, legislation in the United States, together with legislative developments in Europe, means that digital content must be usable by all people, including those with disabilities. So, time for a rethink. Businesses – in particular, publishers – are looking for ways […]

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A mine of information – why TDM presents a challenge for publishers

Publishers and information specialists can’t have failed to notice that AI has been all over the news the past few weeks. From debate about ChatGPT being able to deliver a reasonably standard undergrad essay, to artists’ and writers’ concerns about copyright issues as other AI systems scrape their work to produce mashups for other users, […]

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Three Senior Consultants Join Maverick

Maverick Publishing Specialists Ltd., has announced the addition of three Senior Consultants to the company’s global network of industry specialists. The newest additions bolster Maverick’s services in the areas of business strategy, journal acquisition, society and association publishing, marketing, and international markets. Gavin Jamieson, Senior Associate Gavin Jamieson has over 30 years’ experience working in […]

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Highlights from R2R 2023

Maverick Senior Associate Jayne Marks participated in the recent R2R conference and provides her perspectives in this recap. Fully hybrid for the second year, the 2023 Researcher to Reader conference attracted speakers and delegates from around the world. The technology allowed for virtual/in-person discussions in small groups as well as participation via online chat with […]

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Operationalizing DEIA in your publishing organization

The specific context of publishing is one which calls on publishers to not just improve the diversity of their workforce, but to also pay careful attention to what and how they publish. But publishers face major challenges when working to operationalize and implement the changes they need to make. Research tells us that – although […]

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Highlights from STM’s Research Integrity Master Class

Maverick Senior Associate, Edward Newman, attended last week’s STM Research Integrity Master Class at the annual STM Week conference and shares some of his highlights. The two areas of focus on the day’s agenda were paper mills and image manipulation. With presentations from some of the largest commercial publishers on their mass retractions, supported by […]

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OSTP guidance and publishers’ role in data management

The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) memo published by Dr Alondra Nelson on August 25, 2022 sets out new and updated policies for the publication of US federally funded research. Building on the previous memo from Dr Holdren in 2013, this new statement covers a much wider set of outputs. By now, most […]

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