System Updates

July 2018 | In tandem with the new look and feel of nature.com, the on-going migration also aims to improve overall functionality for our users.

June 2018 | ​​​​​​​ We are happy to announce that the new Springer Nature Librarian Portal has launched! The Springer Nature Librarian Portal is now live and provides you with a centralized location to manage access to and understand usage of your Springer Nature content and can be accessed at librarian.springernature.com.

June 2018 | As a global publisher, Springer Nature is home to a family of brands, businesses and imprints that include some of the most famous names in academic, education and professional publishing.

June 2018 | ​​​​​​​In line with Springer Nature’s continuing efforts to improve our user's experience, we are happy to announce the development of a combined Springer Nature administration tool. The Springer Nature Librarian Portal will launch in late June, and provide administrators with a central location to manage their Springer Nature licensed content.

May 2018 | We are continuing to take steps to move towards a more secure web browsing experience by removing support for any version of Transport Layer Protocol lower than 1.2.  The support will end on May 31^st, 2018 and some users may be negatively impacted.

May 2018 | Our UX team have been working hard to extend the new look and feel that launched across eBooks, to Reference Works, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries.

April 2018 | ​​​​​​​From June 1st, The Statesman's Yearbook will be permanently and exclusively hosted on SpringerLink moving across from the current platform. Find out about the benefits of the move along with recommended actions for existing customers in the online FAQs.

April 2018 | ​​​​​​​We have been working with Google to improve how Google Scholar recognises a user who has access to many of our products. Users should see links directly to their subscribed SpringerLink content when searching.

April 2018 | Many more titles have been moved over to the updated website design and infrastructure on nature.com. The new look and feel includes numerous advantages including improved functionalities on article pages, enhanced navigation and integrated article metrics. Underneath that, the infrastructure itself allows us to do even more, including publish articles faster, improve content discovery and assist us in moving you to one licensing system.

Jan 2018 | ​​​​​​​Stay updated on platform changes, usage stats, service notifications and general Springer Nature news for Information Managers please follow us on Twitter @SN_Dashboard

Jan 2018 | ​​​​​​​This major reference work will be moving exclusively onto the SpringerLink platform on 15th November, 2017. If you are an existing licensee of The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics content and have questions regarding the change, download the FAQ for detailed information, including usage reports.

Jan 2018 | ​​​​​​Our UX team is constantly evaluating how they can improve the user experience on our platforms. They have recently finished work on redesigning the eBook pages after extensive testing and analysing what users are looking for most on these pages. All our books have now moved to the new design.

November 2017 | ​​​​​​​We are building a combined infrastructure and an updated website design for nature.com, to meet the needs of our users, and to allow us to make continuous improvements. Many of our journals have already been moved over and you can enjoy the new look and feel on many of our newest titles, like Nature Ecology & Evolution.

August 2017 | ​​​​​​​The new SpringerLink 'branding bar' feature allows librarians and administrators to place a customized message before the full text of all subscription journal articles, books and book chapters displayed using the updated SpringerLink page layout.