CNI-announce readers may remember a December 2021 Virtual Meeting presentation describing the work that JISC had been advancing to develop a new platform for providing access to the primary research record, complementing the existing journal publication system. That presentation can be found at

https://www.cni.org/topics/e-science/octopus-the-new-primary-research-record-for-science

At the time of the presentation the system was still under development. At this point the system is going live in prototype. The Octopus team is hosting a free online event on June 29, 4-5pm UK time (11-12am US EDT). For details on the event and to sign up, visit

https://beta.jisc.ac.uk/events/the-launch-of-octopus-the-new-primary-research-record

Clifford Lynch
Director