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February 5, 2025

New Databases from Coherent Digital Enable Access to Real-world Research in AI and Applied Environmental Science

[Note: live source page mirrored the Charleston Premiers body — update with correct STES/STAI content when ready.] Coherent Digital took home two awards at the recent Charleston Conference.

November 24, 2024

Applied Science Commons Wins Big at the 2024 Charleston Premiers

Coherent Digital took home two awards at the Charleston Conference — Public Health and Social Care won the Charleston Premiers for most impactful product, and Coherent Digital won the innovation award overall.

November 11, 2024

Coherent Digital Launches Applied Science Commons

Coherent Digital announces the launch of Applied Science Commons, an initiative to make high-impact, real-world STEM content from corporations, government agencies, hospitals, and other organizations accessible to research institutions.

November 6, 2024

Coherent Digital Announces Oceania Commons

Coherent Digital introduces Oceania Commons, gathering, preserving, and sharing information from Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Islands. The first module, Oceania Policy, launches with 1.5M+ documents from 3,000+ organizations.

October 28, 2024

Coherent Digital Launches New Database of Latin American and Latinx Resources

Coherent Digital launches Latin American History and Culture, a deeply indexed database providing unprecedented access to 500,000+ documents from Latin America and the Latinx world.

October 21, 2024

Coherent Digital Announces Living Archive of LGBTQ+ Voices and the Fight for Social Justice

Coherent Digital announces LGBTQ+ Social Justice and Culture — the first living archive dedicated to indexing voices and achievements of the LGBTQ+ movement from the 1980s to today across 1,000+ organizations and 100+ countries.

October 14, 2024

Coherent Digital to release West African Magazines—rare and culturally significant content, digitized for the first time

Coherent Digital announces the upcoming launch of West African Magazines — over 50,000 pages of historically significant popular magazines and literary journals, available digitally for the first time.

June 2, 2024

New database to deliver unique, high-quality research from over 2,000 Oceania organisations

Brisbane, Australia — Coherent Digital launches Policy Commons: Oceania, a major new resource collecting, preserving, and disseminating critical research from Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands.

April 30, 2024

Coherent Digital and the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) libraries expand coverage of the Global South

BTAA libraries confirm purchase of three additional Africa Commons modules and become founding member of South Asia Commons, expanding coverage of African and South Asian materials.

April 8, 2024

Jisc renews and expands agreement for Policy Commons with no price increase

Jisc and Coherent Digital renew and expand their Policy Commons agreement with no price increase. Three new modules — World Cities, North American City Reports, and World Governments — added as options.

April 7, 2024

New tool on Policy Commons enables impact analysis for millions of items of grey literature

Policy Commons launches its Mentions tool, allowing researchers to find and analyze impact across millions of grey-literature documents — going beyond citations to count when an organization is talked about.

March 3, 2024

Coherent announces new database in Public Health and Social Care

Alexandria, VA — Coherent Digital announces Public Health and Social Care, a database launching this May that integrates frontline health and social care materials into a single high-functionality platform.

February 13, 2024

Coherent Digital and Trojman acquire major Canadian micropublisher to create new digital collections

Coherent Digital and Trojman Corporation acquire McLaren Micropublishing, with 1.5M microfilmed pages of rare Canadian materials. First project: Canadian History and Culture on Canada Commons.

December 18, 2023

Archive of iconic Kenyan journalist Hilary Ng’weno is now live on Africa Commons, documenting the role of journalism in turbulent times

The Hilary Ng’weno Archive — fifty-year archive of the iconic Kenyan journalist's magazines, newspapers, television, and documentaries — is now live on Coherent's Africa Commons platform.

October 31, 2023

New database drives impact, access, and preservation with more than 350,000 South Asian documents

Coherent Digital launches South Asia Commons: History and Culture, an index and repository of 350,000+ documents from 300 BC to present, scattered across 500+ organizations.

October 22, 2023

Policy Commons will reach 10 million records with the launch of World Governments

Alexandria, VA — Coherent Digital announces World Governments, a new database capturing reports from 150+ governments worldwide. Policy Commons will reach 10 million records by year-end.