Member News & Announcements, November IO 2026
Artificial Intelligence
CAS collaborates with Microsoft to enable faster innovation in pharmaceutical, life sciences, and chemical industries
CAS, a division of American Chemical Society, Voting Member, Press Release, October 20, 2026
CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, today announced the availability of CAS Connections in Microsoft Copilot. The connector gives Copilot customers access to the CAS Content Collection™ and CAS NewtonSM, agentic AI built for science. CAS and Microsoft developed the connector with pharmaceutical, life sciences, and chemical organizations in mind.
R&D teams in these industries depend on scientific information and capabilities tailored to the unique needs of their researchers. CAS Connections integrates more than 150 years of CAS-curated scientific knowledge and the conversational intelligence of CAS Newton into Copilot, where many of these teams write, analyze, and collaborate every day. With curated science built into their daily workflow, researchers can work more efficiently and make better-informed decisions.
Elsevier Commits to Accelerate AI-Driven Science Across Europe
Elsevier, Voting Member, Press Release, October 15, 2026
Commitment to the European Commission's AI in Science Enablers Initiative includes 4,000 complimentary AI product licenses, support for new research collaborations, and expanded PhD, postdoctoral, and master’s training in AI-assisted research
Elsevier, a global leader in advanced information and decision support in science and healthcare, today announced its pledge to the European Commission's AI in Science Enablers Initiative.
STM and Ithaka S + R Launch Research Project on the Interface between Scholarly Content and AI
ITHAKA/JStor/Portico, Voting Member, News Announcement, October 6, 2026
“The Endpoint Question” will examine how scholarly content should meet AI agents at the point of access
As AI-powered research assistants and agentic systems become an increasingly important route to scholarly content, STM and Ithaka S+R today announced a new independent study, and invite publishers’ technical teams, platform providers, AI developers and open repositories to contribute their experience. “The Endpoint Question” will gather evidence on how AI agents discover, access, use, and attribute scholarly content, helping to define requirements to inform future standards and implementation approaches. The project is part of TRACE – a cross-stakeholder initiative involving STM, NISO, COUNTER, and other partners examining the future of trusted retrieval and attribution in AI-mediated scholarly communication, for the benefit of the entire scholarly communications ecosystem.
Silverchair launches multi-publisher MCP pilot, expanding access to research from independent publishers
Silverchair, Voting Member, Press Release, October 5, 2026
Silverchair today announced the launch of a six-month pilot of Research Bridge, a shared Model Context Protocol (MCP) channel that gives independent scholarly publishers a distribution channel into the AI research assistants where researchers increasingly discover, read, and synthesize the literature. Built as shared infrastructure operated by Silverchair on behalf of its publisher clients, Research Bridge empowers publishers to take part in AI-driven research workflows on their own terms, maintaining complete control of their content, customer relationships, and business models.
The pilot brings together a group of publishers from across disciplines, including Royal Society Publishing, the American Association for Cancer Research, the American Diabetes Association, the Royal Society of Chemistry, Rockefeller University Press, Portland Press, and the Association for Materials Protection and Performance, with additional publishers joining in the coming weeks.
New Products & Innovations
Nature Books announces first titles at Frankfurt Book Fair, marking a key milestone for Springer Nature's newest imprint
Springer Nature, Voting Member, Press Release, October 7, 2026
Springer Nature announces the first three titles to be published under its new Nature Books imprint as part of a session at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
The first titles, The Magic Bullet in Modern Medicine, The Electric Vehicle Transition and Reimagining the Industrial City, showcase the breadth and ambition of the new imprint, addressing some of today's most important scientific, technological and societal challenges[...]
EBSCO Information Services Launches Urban Studies Source Database for Urban Research
EBSCO, Voting Member, Press Release, October 6, 2026
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has launched Urban Studies Source, a new full-text research database focused on cities, urban communities, and the forces shaping them. Designed to support interdisciplinary teaching and research, the multidisciplinary resource provides international perspectives on the historical, social, economic, environmental and physical dimensions of urban development.
Urban Studies Source offers international coverage across 127 active full-text journals and magazines. Topics include city planning, community development, environmental policy, housing, land use law, population and demographic change, public policy, sustainable development, transportation and infrastructure, urban economics, and urban sociology & social issues. Together, these subject areas provide contemporary research, historical perspectives, and best practices that shed light on the evolving social, economic, and environmental challenges facing urban communities.
Open Access, Open Research
CRKN Response to New Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications (2026)
Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN), Voting Member, News Announcement, October 19, 2026
CRKN welcomes the recent release of the Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications (2026). CRKN engaged with the Tri-Agency throughout the development of this new policy and we believe that this is an important step towards a sustainable open science ecosystem in Canada.
Based on this updated policy, journal articles resulting from research supported by Tri-Agency grants and Chairholder awards that are awarded on or after January 1, 2027 must be immediately and freely available in a Canadian institutional repository or made available through a trusted Canadian platform at the time of publication.
Honors & Awards
Access Innovations Inc. Earns Family Friendly Business Award® At the GOLD Level
Access Innovations, Inc. Voting Member, Press Release, October 19, 2026
Access Innovations Inc. has earned the Gold distinction for its workplace policies from Family Friendly New Mexico, a statewide initiative recognizing employers that have adopted policies to give New Mexico businesses an advantage in recruiting and retaining the best employees.
“We are excited and honored to have earned this recognition. Our employees are critical to our mission of providing responsive, unparalleled service to our clients. By enabling our staff to work from home, providing flexible working schedules, and welcoming their input on how we can continually improve our products and service, we hope to inspire them to bring their best to our organization everyday with the knowledge they are valued and respected,” said Heather Kotula, President and CEO of Access Innovations.