eLife introduces Libero, a new open-source tool for publishing | Inside eLife | eLife

"Exploring new ways to evaluate and publish great science is at the heart of what we do at eLife. We are particularly interested in how new technologies can help and have recently achieved a significant landmark that we hope will help us, and others, improve how science is published online.

Until recently, the eLife journal has been hosted by Highwire Press, who helped us to build and launch the journal website under a very tight schedule in 2012. However, to fully explore how we might bring science to life in a digital environment, we need to have as much control as possible over the tools that we use. So, last year, we made the decision to build our own publishing platform: eLife Libero. The name comes from our desire to create a platform that fully supports continuous publication, and that will continually develop, which is part of the eLife philosophy.

The decision to develop our own infrastructure also came naturally once we had put into place a number of small, purpose-built solutions necessary to accommodate our growth – in publications and type of content, and demand for new functionalities...."