Events
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- Researcher to Reader, 24-25 February 2026, London
28th October 2025
Wiley Partner Solutions
Heather Staines presented a product update at the Atypon Community Meeting during the Wiley Partner Solutions event in October. She shared how the GetFTR Browser Extension brings the power of GetFTR to any website which cites academic content, flagging entitlements and updates.
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26th June 2025
Five Years and Counting! A GetFTR Update Webinar
From the early days of ensuring researchers get their “best entitled version” through supporting content syndication and reference integrations, to the latest developments around retractions and errata and preprint servers, GetFTR continues to improve the experience for researchers within upstream discovery services and on publisher content alike.
This webinar delivers a quick intro for the beginners and an overview of where we are now, then Mark Heaver from Taylor & Francis talks about why utilizing GetFTR made sense for them. You will also see a sneak peek at the upcoming roadmap.
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22nd April 2025
Syndicated usage, GetFTR …and goodbye to DUL
STM hosted a free webinar to demonstrate how platforms that host syndicated content can share COUNTER-compliant usage data with publishers.
The webinar provided a high-level overview of COUNTER syndicated usage best practice guidelines, the role that GetFTR plays in supporting off-platform usage, and the status of DUL.
Speakers:
- Richard Northover, STM
- Tasha Mellins-Cohen, COUNTER
- Dianne Benham, GetFTR
- Ian Campsall, ScienceDirect
- Oliver Rickard, Atypon
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2nd April 2025
Retraction Watch data in the REST API
We were pleased to join a Crossref webinar showcasing the newly available Retraction Watch metadata in the Crossref REST API.
Luis Montill and Martin Rittman covered how this data is collected, how to access it, and why it matters for researchers, publishers, and institutions.
Dianne Benham shared how GetFTR uses this data for our Retraction and Errata enhancement.
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9th April 2025
Lean Library meets GetFTR
Learn how Lean Library’s partnership with GetFTR addresses common pain points faced by researchers and librarians.
The webinar covered challenges researchers and libraries face today, shared Lean Library’s One-Click to PDF vision, and demonstrated how GetFTR powers that vision. It also outlined library use cases which demonstrated how this integration solves key challenges with a real-world example from an institution already seeing benefits.
Topics covered:
✅ Overcoming access barriers and managing costs
✅ Introducing One-Click to PDF for seamless access
✅ Real-world library use-case and benefits.
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16th September 2024
OASPA 2024 Conference
In a multi-platform, multi-version world, how can we ensure the researcher is accessing trusted open content?
Hylke Koers, Program Director for GetFTR presented a Poster Lightening Talk at Lisbon in September showing how GetFTR provides trusted pathwas from discovery to access. He also talked about the support GetFTR offers for Open Access publishers.
August 2024
ACS FALL 2024: Elevating Chemistry
GetFTR: Providing Pathways to Trusted Research
Ralph Youngen, Senior Director of Digital Partnerships at ACS and Chair of the Board for Get Full Text Research (GetFTR), spoke at the ACS Fall conference in Denver about how GetFTR streamlines access from research discovery tools to full-text content. He has kindly agreed to share his slides here.
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11th June 2024
General Update and Information for Integrators
If you missed our webinar for integrators, you can watch the recording and view the slides.
Webinar Agenda
- Welcome: Hylke Koers, CIO, STM Solutions
- GetFTR Update: Heather Staines, Publisher & Integrator Outreach, GetFTR
- A&I Integration Experience APA PsycInfo: Eva Winer, Platform Manager, American Psychological Association
- Engagement Study R Discovery: Chirag Jay Patel, Head of Sales, Cactus Communications
- GetFTR Product Update: Dianne Benham, Product Director, GetFTR
- Q&A/Discussion: Hylke Koers
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25th March 2024
General Update and Information for Librarians
We were pleased to host our own webinar in March 2024. The event included:
- An introduction to GetFTR, and how it improves the discovery and access of the full text at the point of discovery
- An update on the GetFTR Browser Extension, which provides GetFTR links on Google Scholar, PubMed, Google Search, Yahoo, and even more popular search and discovery tools
- A product roadmap update, including plans to provide retraction and errarta information, and additional GetFTR links via the extension on all DOIs being viewed on every page
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February 2024
Research to Reader, London
Using GetFTR to streamline the reader’s discovery flow
Olly Rickard, Product Manager: Researcher Value from Atypon presented a lightening talk at this year’s R2R. He highlighted how Atypon are supporting their clients to utilise GetFTR to it’s full potential.
Olly also showed how the GetFTR Browser Extension helps extend the reach of GetFTR. He kindly allowed us to share his slides.
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November 2023
Wiley Partner Solutions Community Day
GetFTR Links on References
Jeff Lang, Director Platform Development at ACS Publications, presented “why ACS integrated with GetFTR to improve their UX” at the Wiley Partner Solutions Community Day.
He kindly allowed us to share his slides. For more information on the ACS Publications reference integration, please visit:
https://www.getfulltextresearch.com/american-chemical-society-acs-enhances-researcher-experience-with-integration-of-getftr-into-article-references
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November 2023
Charleston Conference
8 Reasons Researchers should use the GetFTR Browser Extension
Erica Boardman, Librarian at the Murrey Atkins Library, University of North Carolina at Charlotte kindly agreed to present “8 Reasons Researchers should use the GetFTR Browser Extension” at the Charleston Conference earlier this month.
She kindly allowed us to share her slides. For more information on the browser extension, please visit: https://www.getfulltextresearch.com/getftr-browser-extension
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5th April 2023
GetFTR Update and New Use Cases
Launched more than three years ago, GetFTR continues to grow and develop. We are adding new publishers, discovery services, and integrators, and are opening up new use cases where GetFTR is adding value in exciting and sometimes unforeseen ways.
This webinar showcased how GetFTR enriches reference lists and demonstrated a new service that brings the power of GetFTR directly to your browser. The new browser extension will mean researchers will be able to access GetFTR links to trustworthy, published content directly from Google Scholar, PubMed and Web of Science.
Agenda
- Welcome and Introductions, Hylke Koers, CIO, STM Solutions
- General GetFTR Update, Heather Staines, Outreach Manager
- Marlo Harris, Senior Director, Digital Publishing Platforms, Wiley
The benefits of adding GetFTR to reference lists - Product Update, Dianne Benham, Product Director
Extending the number of discovery services that provide GetFTR links, with the Browser Extension Beta - Open Discussion
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December 2022
STM Start up Lightning Talk
During the STM start up event in December 2022, Heather Staines explained GetFTR in just 5 minutes.
September 2022
Publisher Webinar
In this short webinar we briefly introduced the GetFTR service and provide updates on recent and forthcoming developments. We then spend some time looking at how publishers are utilizing the service to streamline researcher access to content.
The webinar also provided a first look at our new program to offer no-cost access to smaller publishers, hosted with Atypon and Silverchair.
Guest presenters included Deborah Plavin of the American Society for Microbiology, which recently implemented GetFTR, alongside Elias Balafoutis from Atypon and Emily Hazzard from Silverchair.
12th May 2022
Publisher Webinar
This webinar looked at how publisher and discovery services are utilizing GetFTR to streamline access to content for researchers. Joined by guest speakers:
- Reference lists, Laird Barrett, Group Product Manager, Springer Nature
- Content hosting, Jud Dunham, Senior Director of Product Management, Elsevier
- Discovery service integration with GetFTR, Nancy Sommers, Senior Product Owner, CAS Scifinder
We explored new use cases, including reference list integration and content hosting and provided an update on where we are to date.
December 2020
Library Webinar
Listen to a conversation between Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe (Professor, Librarian at the University of Illinois at Urban-Campaign), Ralph Youngen (ACS) and Laird Barrett (Springer Nature) on the benefits of GetFTR to the community.
September 2022
Publisher Webinar
In this short webinar we briefly introduced the GetFTR service and provide updates on recent and forthcoming developments. We then spend some time looking at how publishers are utilizing the service to streamline researcher access to content.
The webinar also provided a first look at our new program to offer no-cost access to smaller publishers, hosted with Atypon and Silverchair.
Guest presenters included Deborah Plavin of the American Society for Microbiology, which recently implemented GetFTR, alongside Elias Balafoutis from Atypon and Emily Hazzard from Silverchair.
