Projekt DEAL and Springer Nature’s Publish and Read deal. Researchers spend as much time searching for articles as they do reading them. Current state of library negotiations with larger commercial publishers. MIT Media Lab’s director departs amid ties to Epstein. And much more.

medRxiv has launched. European Big Deals Survey Reports has been released, and OA topics are centerstage. Marshall Breeding’s library system report also has been released. Plus more in Higher Education, Technology, and From Our Own Pens.

Get a sneak peek of the ASH report on peer review attitudes and perspectives. bioRxiv shows strong growth, particularly in neuroscience and bioinformatics. Scientists develop first-ever image of a black hole. Plus much more in Publishing, Higher Education, Technology, and From Our Own Pens.

Elsevier’s contract with Norway lapses, continuing global pressure for publish and read deals. Drinking and reading, the Boston Public Library is serving literary-themed cocktails. Duke University settles its research fraud lawsuit with the federal government, paying $112.5 million; the whistle-blower’s payment – about $33 million. Proposed science funding cuts, and more in Higher Education, Technology, and From Our Own Pens.

Wiley and Projekt DEAL “publish and read” deal publicly released. UC terminates deal with Elsevier. EU finalizes its copyright directive. Opportunity, the Mars rover, sends its final transmission. Plus more.

APE 2019 and Plan S, too many updates to summarize. Deal between Wiley and Projekt DEAL, still awaiting updates. Textbook rentals, AI and autonomous vehicles, and climate change policies.

US and Canada won’t sign onto Plan S. Publishing work of a scientific villain. Gibran, Hemingway, Frost – new creative works in the public domain. Plus much more in Higher Education, Technology, and From Our Own Pens.

Wellcome Trust and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation align OA policies with Plan S. US government reviewing current OA policies. Scientists pushing back on Plan S. One-third of all journals are now predatory OA titles. Plus more in Higher Education, Technology, and From Our Own Pens.

Much discussion on Plan S, as expected at the many industry conferences last month, and Plan S architect travels to US to solicit support from policymakers. Hoax articles accepted for publication. Memorial Sloan Kettering chief medical officer failed to disclose conflicts of interest. Plus more in Higher Education, Technology, and From Our Own Pens.

cOAlition S (a coalition of 11 research European funding agencies) announced policy to publish under CC-BY license and make research openly accessible immediately. Crazy Rich…publishers, Paywall: The Business of Scholarship is coming to a college near you. Google launches freely available datasets. Plus more in Higher Education, Technology, and From Our Own Pens.