Expanding access: Flipping backlist titles open access
Our new initiative at Cambridge aims to make 100 popular backlist titles available as open access, further expanding access to valuable scholarly content.
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Work experience at Cambridge University Press & Assessment: What, why and how?
We had a pleasure of welcoming Lucia Browne for work experience week at Cambridge University Press & Assessment. Lucia spent a whole week with Library Marketing team. In this blog post she shares her thoughts on this experience and new skills she learnt.
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Dr Jomkwan Polparsi and the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce
This year’s Cambridge Asian Librarian Advisory Board [CALAB] meeting was kindly hosted by Dr Jomkwan Polparsi, librarian at the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce [UTCC].…
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Cambridge eTextbooks and ebooks are now available through the Advance Procurement for Universities and Colleges (APUC) Framework
We are pleased to announce that Cambridge University Press has been selected to join the APUC Framework as a trusted supplier to academic institutions in Scotland.…
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Celebrating the publication of our 1000th Element
We are celebrating publishing the 1000th Element and I want to share why this is such an important milestone for us at Cambridge University Press.
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The Cambridge Chinese Librarian Advisory Board and the work of Professor Dr Xu Lifang
In 2021 Cambridge set up its Chinese Librarian Advisory Board. It’s the only Cambridge advisory board to consist solely of members from a single country and the only one that does not communicate in the English language.…
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At the recent Charleston Conference, 2 librarians discussed institutional use of the Cambridge eTextbooks full collection
In “Breaking old habits: How libraries can lead the pivot to institution-wide eTextbook provision”, Kathleen Folger from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, USA, and Esther Arens at the University of Leicester, UK, presented their libraries’ involvement with Cambridge eTextbooks, including how their patrons benefit.…
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How we make customer led business decisions with our Librarian Advisory Boards
Cambridge University Press founded its first librarian advisory board in spring 2004. The board members were mainly UK academic librarians, with a sprinkling of librarians from European countries who were attending the UKSG Conference, which that year took place in Manchester. …
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Reducing our environmental impact by ending discounted print incentives for journals
Why Cambridge University Press will no longer be offering deeply discounted print as part of new journals agreements.
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SeamlessAccess and Higher Education from Cambridge
Higher Education from Cambridge University Press is now fully integrated with SeamlessAccess, a cross-publisher initiative that aims to enable a more streamlined online access experience for users of scholarly resources. …
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Teaching successfully with Cambridge Shakespeare: the case of California Polytechnic State University
Her students were struggling. Nicole Jacobs, a Shakespeare scholar and lecturer at California Polytechnic State University, had been noticing for a while.…
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Cambridge, ANZLAB and Marilyn Fordyce: portrait of a career
The Cambridge Australia and New Zealand Librarian Advisory Board [ANZLAB] was founded in 2017 and held its first (and only, to date) face-to-face meeting in 2018.…
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Cambridge in Partnership with Turkey: An Interview with Library Director Tuba Akbayturk
Turkish Library Director talks about working in partnership with Cambridge to support education in Turkey, and the value of libraries and librarians in driving forward academic institutions As the world shakes off COVID-19, supporting education institutions around the world remains a priority for Cambridge.…
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The Cambridge South Asian Librarian Advisory Board
The Cambridge South Asian Board was set up in 2017. It is one of the larger regional Cambridge librarian advisory boards and currently has 23 members, 22 of whom represent Indian institutions, with one member from Bangladesh. …
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Online learning and digital textbooks: the first episode of a new podcast series for librarians
Today we are pleased to announce the launch of the first two episodes of our new podcast series, Cambridge Libraries of the World.…
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Sarah Thompson – 17 years as a librarian advisor to Cambridge University Press
An interview with Sarah Thompson, Head of Content and Open Research, University of York Library The first Cambridge University Press Librarian Advisory Board meeting took place in 2004 prior to the UKSG Conference, which that year was held at the University of Manchester.…
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Making gratis greener
In 2020 Cambridge reviewed our policy of providing print copies to Editorial Board members of Cambridge-owned journals. In our Q&A with Ella Colvin , Director of Publishing – Journals, reflects on this project and our plans for a greener future.…
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“Shakespeare’s world was much more diverse than we assume”: An interview with Cambridge Elements author, Professor Richard Schoch
Your Cambridge Element, A Short History of Shakespeare in Performance published in April this year. Your writing and research draw heavily on Shakespeare.…
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Viral Shakespeare: Performance in the Time of Pandemic: An interview with Professor Pascale Aebischer
This month, we announced a publishing milestone, with Cambridge Elements reaching 500 titles. As part of our celebration, we spoke to Professor Pascale Aebischer, Professor of Shakespeare and Early Modern Performance Studies at the University of Exeter on her upcoming Cambridge Element.…
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Profile: Eden Lazaness, Cambridge Academic Online Customer Experience Director
Eden Lazaness was appointed Online Customer Experience Director for Cambridge Academic in spring 2020. The role is not new, but hers is exponentially different from that of her predecessor because Cambridge now has many more academic publishing platforms and services besides Cambridge Core, including online learning platforms done with and for the University of Cambridge Online.…
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The Cambridge University Press Librarian Advisory Boards – NALAB
This post is one of a series that celebrates the Cambridge Librarian Advisory Boards, as a small tribute to the librarians who continue to devote precious time to making them so successful.…
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Cambridge Elements at 500: Everything you need to know
To celebrate the publishing of 500 Elements titles, discover 8 things you might not know about Cambridge Elements 1. Elements is an online-first mid-length publication and often the people reading our publications are not the people buying it.…
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Cambridge Elements at 500: An interview with Product Manager, Andri Johnston
Cambridge Elements is celebrating the publishing of 500 Elements titles. Former Elements Product Manager, Andri Johnston talks to the Library marketing team about the importance of this milestone and its contribution to teaching and learning.…
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Amazing usage of Higher Education from Cambridge University Press website during its first year
Using full-collection customers in the United Kingdom as a case study, we looked at usage of our HE digital textbooks since the Higher Education from Cambridge University Press website launched.…
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Profile: Brigitte Shull, Senior Vice President of Academic Publishing, Americas and Director of Scholarly Communication R&D, Cambridge University Press
Brigitte Shull is the country manager for the US at Cambridge University Press and also manages a team within the Academic business.…
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What’s New in Histories?
In the past 12 months, hundreds of you have read, shared, and tweeted our Cambridge Histories collection, and we published a total of 9 titles between July 2020 and today.…
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New Open Access book pilot: Flip it Open
We are set to launch our exciting new Open Access books initiative, Flip it Open.
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Colleen Campbell: profile of a global Open Access champion
Colleen Campbell says it’s difficult to describe her job. On behalf of the Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL), she leads external engagement in the Open Access transition.…
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Journal of African Law Special Issue on Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Africa
The African Union (AU) declared 2019 the Year of Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons: Towards Durable Solutions to Forced Displacement in Africa.…
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Pulling strings in Greenwich: An interview with Dave Puplett, Head of Library Services at the University of Greenwich
We spoke with Dave Puplett, Head of Library Services at the University of Greenwich, whose remit has extended to cover the University’s Academic Teaching Enhancement team.…
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New Cambridge HE website to grow thanks to additional digital textbooks
With the launch of the Higher Education from Cambridge University Press (HE) website in August 2020, we now have a dedicated home for all of Cambridge’s digital textbook content.…
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Celebrating the transience of life during sakura season
Every year people in Japan celebrate the spectacular but brief flowering of the ornamental cherry trees that have been cultivated in abundance there for many centuries.…
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‘Without mental health there can be no true physical health’ – an interview with Sarah Marsh and Catherine Barnes on Mental Health, a Hot Topic from Cambridge
This week we are carrying on our deep dive into Hot Topics from Cambridge, focusing on our Mental Health collection, in connection with Mental Health Awareness Week.…
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5 Things to Know about Cryptocurrencies and their Exchanges
1. Crypto is the Data Money, Blockchain is the Accounting System It is wrong to think that Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum are mere digital monies.…
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A pluralistic approach to Gender Studies – an interview with Sara Doskow in Gender Studies, a Hot Topic from Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is partnering with GOBI Library Solutions on a series of blog posts to give our customer insights into our Hot Topics collections.…
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Understanding climate change, the most important issue currently facing humanity – an interview with Matt Lloyd on Climate, a Hot Topic from Cambridge
We’re partnering with GOBI Library Solutions on a series of blog posts to give our customers insights into our Hot Topics collections.…
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The implications of technology transforming our everyday lives – an interview with Matt Gallaway on Technology in Society, a Hot Topic from Cambridge
We’re partnering with GOBI Library Solutions on a series of blog posts to give our customers insights into our Hot Topics collections.…
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Digital Learning, Transitioning to Open Access and the Future of Libraries: Find out what happened at the UKSG 2021 Virtual Conference
The three-day event drew global attention and pushed conversations on academic publishing to a larger scale. Find out what you may have missed from Cambridge.…
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Cambridge sponsors Lund University librarian to attend UKSG conference
Annika Nilsson, University of Lund Librarian This past year in Academic publishing has seen a rising need for a change in attitude to accessibility, both from a student’s perspective but also from that of their institutions.…
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Eight months in Fiji: how Heather’s Covid year changed her life
No one will forget last year, the “Covid year”. Most people worked – are in fact still working – from home, and many have found ingenious workarounds to enable them to carry on almost as normal.…
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Changing our journals “Shallow Archive”
The Cambridge Shallow Archive has been defined as content from 30 journals that is neither included in a journal’s Digital Archive nor with a Current Subscription.…
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New read-only option on Higher Education from Cambridge University Press
Since the launch of our Higher Education website in August 2020, we have been listening to your feedback and looking for ways we can improve the site.…
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Adapting to the Challenges
After months of remote learning for students globally, universities across the world are beginning a new method of teaching for the upcoming academic year.…
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Libraries after Lockdown: Returning to the Library
After months of remote learning for students globally, universities across the world are beginning a new method of teaching for the upcoming academic year.…
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September Updates from the Library Marketing Team
Welcome to September’s Library Newsletter featuring upcoming events, noteworthy new products and launches within the library community. New Journals Homepage design Over the last year, the Cambridge Core team have been working on new designs for our journal content landing pages.Following…
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The transition to online teaching: the Wake Forest approach
Molly Keener is the Director of Digital Initiatives & Scholarly Communication at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University, a private university situated in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.…
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The effects of Covid-19: insight from our Librarian Advisory Boards
We asked our Librarian Advisory Boards about the impact of Covid-19 on research, teaching and learning, and Open Access.
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Routes into Publishing: What it’s like to be an Apprentice at CUP
Experience as an Apprentice at Cambridge University Press
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Libraries after Lockdown: Homerton Library, The University of Cambridge
Last month, Homerton College Library at the University of Cambridge reopened their doors after six months of being closed due to the pandemic.…
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New journal content page designs on Cambridge Core
Update: The new designs are now live for the nine journals listed below, plus an additional 40 journals since 16th November 2020.…
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The Management Libraries Network [MANLIBNET] Conference
India is a country that has many distinguished schools devoted entirely to management studies. In the early 2000s it became evident that these schools needed a conference devoted entirely to their own activities. …
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In a roundtable for New Perspectives on Turkey, five scholars discuss the global political economic consequences of the pandemic
It has been nine months since the “normal” has been disrupted with the emergence of a novel coronavirus and while we continue to be in the clasp of the COVID-19 pandemic the “new normal” has not ossified yet.…
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10 Benefits of our Higher Education website, for Librarians
In August, Higher Education from Cambridge University Press fully launched offering high-quality textbooks and learning resources with key functionality for institutions across the globe.…
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A practical review of our new Higher Education website
Since the beta launch of Higher Education from Cambridge University Press in June we have received positive feedback, including about the new HTML reading experience, the powerful search tool and the new Examination Copy request form.…
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August Updates from the Library Marketing Team
Welcome to August’s Library Newsletter featuring upcoming events, noteworthy new products and launches within the library community. COVID-19 Information We are continuing to provide access to more than 900 relevant book chapters and journal articles which have been added to this unique collection. You…
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Decolonising the Curriculum
The discourse around systemic racism and the decolonising of the curriculum has recently intensified alongside the Black Lives Matter movement that is gaining momentum following the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor as well as countless other black Americans (read the full list of victims and their petitions here).…
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5 books to begin exploring Higher Education from Cambridge University Press
On June 30th the Higher Education website initially launched with a small selection of 80 online textbooks, with more titles due to be added throughout the following months.…
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Why are we launching Higher Education from Cambridge University Press?
Higher Education from Cambridge University Press is our new online textbook website, launched in August 2020. In recent months Cambridge University Press has introduced a new set of strategies to support changing teaching and learning needs as higher education institutions prepare for a more digitally driven future in the wake of pandemic.…
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Mental Health Awareness Month: Librarian support for students
Supporting the mental health and well-being of staff and students is a priority of libraries and institutions around the world, however the coronavirus pandemic has meant an even greater focus on providing support and solutions.…
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Celebrating 10 Years of Evidence Based Acquisition
A decade of EBA Over the last 10 years the Cambridge University Press Evidence Based Acquisition (EBA) model has evolved into the simplest and most cost-effective approach to acquire ebooks in a fact-based way.…
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Libraries and Sustainability: Beau Case, University of Toledo
This is the third blog in a series in which we ask libraries around the world about their sustainability policies and experiences.…
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The pitfalls of video calls (and how to avoid them like a pro)
Let’s face it – stepping (sitting) in front of a camera has become a staple component of working from home during the global pandemic.…
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10 Years of Ebooks from Cambridge University Press
2010 was a big year; 4G was rolled out for commercial use; we saw the launch of technological game changers in the first iPad and the iPhone 4 as well as the first mass-produced mainstream electric car, the Nissan Leaf.…
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Libraries and sustainability: Mariann Løkse, UiT, The Arctic University of Norway
This is the second blog in a series in which we ask libraries around the world about their sustainability policies and experiences.…
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Libraries and sustainability: Roxanne Missingham, Australian National University (ANU)
This is the first in a series of posts in which we ask libraries around the world about their sustainability policies and experiences.…
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Reflections on the decade
In the past ten years, there have been major developments in technology that have transformed the way libraries operate. With the rise of e-publishing, libraries have had to adapt to remain functional and useful to students, researchers and staff.…
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Libraries in Lockdown: How have they adapted?
Within a matter of weeks the structure of many of our lives has changed. Communal spaces, schools and universities have closed, jobs may have been furloughed or lost, social interaction is more restricted and there are strict guidelines on how and where we work around the globe.…
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Cambridge Open Engage has launched: our approach to development
In a world that is currently experiencing drastic disruption, responsible sharing of new research at an early stage is ever more important.…
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Lecturing in Lockdown: advice from our Higher Education Panel
Many of us are discovering that working at home for a long stretch can be difficult. Staying productive and motivated is a challenge, and it is not always easy to find a routine to keep things running smoothly.…
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Accelerating Feedback, Enhancing Impact: Our Experience with APSA Preprints
In this case study, Sebastian Karcher and Diana Kapiszewski talk about their experience posting their research on APSA Preprints, the first partner area on our new early and open research platform Cambridge Open Engage.…
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Disruption to print journals delivery
This situation has developed further and there is an updated message available here. We are experiencing delays and disruption to some deliveries of our printed journals at different stages of the supply chain, due to the impact of the Covid-19 virus.…
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Cambridge Open Engage – how do we plan to moderate submissions to ensure quality?
This month, we’re approaching the launch of direct submission to Cambridge Open Engage, our new early research platform. As well as working with researchers to build the site over the last several months, a key piece of work has been designing our policies and procedures for moderating content.…
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Cambridge Journals Digital Archive webinar, Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Cambridge Journals Digital Archive (CJDA) contains over 1.2 million articles in over 450 journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.…
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Cambridge Open Engage – a new platform to advance your research
Cambridge Open Engage is the new early research platform from Cambridge University Press. It is designed to provide researchers with space to connect and collaborate with their communities, disseminate early research, including conference posters, data, as well as other types of open content such as grey literature and make preprints more discoverable.…
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One year of Elements!
Cambridge University Press celebrates the first anniversary of one of their latest concepts in academic publishing, Elements Last month, Cambridge Elements, the short-format publishing program turned one.…
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ALPSP Redux 2020 – Challenges and Opportunities Facing Publishers in the Climate Crisis
5 March 2020: In light of the unprecedented, ongoing and unpredictable developments around the novel coronavirus, Covid19, this year’s Redux Conference in Cambridge will not go ahead.…
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Cambridge Asia Librarians’ Day 2020
The ninth Cambridge Asia Librarians’ Day was held on 9th January. It was kindly hosted by the National University of Singapore [NUS]. …
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Cambridge partners with ALPSP for third University Press Redux Conference
This year, Cambridge University Press has the honour of curating and hosting the third biennial University Press Redux Conference, in partnership with The Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP).…
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Cambridge at the 39th Charleston Library Conference, November 4-8, 2019: 4 sessions, 2 awards
The Charleston Library Conference is a collegial gathering of librarians, publishers, and vendors of library materials who discuss issues of importance to them all in a friendly and informal environment.…
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EDUCAUSE – Conference Report
We sent the winner of this year’s Innovation in Librarianship Award, Breanne Kirsch, to EDUCAUSE in Chicago. Bree kindly agreed to write up a recap of the conference for CUP: Attending EDUCAUSE was a wonderful experience.…
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Tim Godfray retires from the Booksellers Association
On Wednesday 30th October, the London Library (a most appropriate venue) was filled with the chatter – and, no doubt, some more serious conversations – of 250 eminent and very diverse representatives of the bookselling and publishing industries, some from overseas, to celebrate the life’s work and achievements of Tim Godfray, who is standing down from his role as Chief Executive of the Booksellers Association after 47 years working at the BA, most of them as its CEO. …
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Journals Update 2019/2020
The upcoming year sees exciting change for Cambridge University Press’s journals line-up. In this blog post is a preview of brand new launch titles, titles that are switching to a fully Open Access model, and changes to how the Journal of Fluid Mechanics is published.…
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Librarian Perspectives: Professor Katsunori Iino, University of Bukkyo, Japan
An interview with Professor Katsunori Iino, Library Specialist, the University of Bukkyo, Japan Q: You have an unusual job title, at least to Western eyes.…
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Crowdfunding an Open Access book
At Cambridge, we’re committed to creating Open Access publications and we’re keen to experiment and explore all options for making this happen.…
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Another year of peer review at Cambridge University Press…
Improvements, Iterations, and Infrastructure Cambridge University Press has a set of objectives in the peer review space . . . with several question marks still: Objectives: Increase transparency Support reviewer recognition Offer more training resources for reviewers Improve internal processes to make peer review more efficient Questions: What are the evolving challenges to peer review and opportunities in evolving forms of scholarly communication for peer review and how do we respond to them?…
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Into the great wide open – enlightened peer review
The process of peer review is a central element of the scholarly communication process. Peer review follows a traditional model for traditional journal publishing.…
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Research: Into the future
“Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.…
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Digital Accessibility: enabling access for everyone
It’s hard to imagine our life without digital technology – at the click of a mouse or touch of a screen, the world is at our fingertips – that is, if you can control a mouse… and see the screen… and hear the audio – in other words, if you don’t have a disability of some sort.…
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The Academic Book Trade Conference 2019
This year’s Academic Book Trade Conference was held at the Chesford Grange Hotel, Kenilworth, on 9th – 10th May. …
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Plan S and our progress to an open future
In May, cOAlition S updated their implementation guidelines for Plan S following a consultation period. The revised guidelines provide useful clarity on a number of points, and give us a firmer idea of how the journals we publish can comply with Plan S.…
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Innovation in Librarianship Award – 2019
The role of librarians has evolved so much over the years. Maybe they used to just shelve and help student’s find books, but these days a librarian needs to be involved with everything that goes into, and out of a library.…
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COUNTER 5 Usage Reports on Cambridge Core
About COUNTER COUNTER provides a code of practice for reporting on the usage of electronic resources in a consistent way. This code of practice allows libraries to make purchasing decisions based on user activity and ensure budgets are spent appropriately.…
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How does the Press work with the University of Cambridge? Overview
As part of our blog post series looking at how Cambridge University Press works with Cambridge University, we explore the overall structural and financial relationship.…
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Copyright, Books and Progress: Charles Clark Memorial Lecture 2019
This year’s Charles Clark Memorial Lecture, entitled Copyright, Books and Progress, was delivered by Professor Daniel Gervais, Milton R Underwood Chair in Law and Director of the Vanderbilt Intellectual Property Program at Vanderbilt Law School.…
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Cambridge University Press signs major US Open Access deal
Cambridge University Press has agreed to an Open Access publishing deal with the University of California. This transformative agreement will advance the global shift towards an open access future for research.…
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Cambridge agrees major Open Access deals in Germany
Cambridge University Press has reached two major Open Access deals with higher education and research institutions across Germany.
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Cambridge holds inaugural Partners Summit
Academic welcomed 50 of our journal society partners and editors from all over the world to our inaugural summit
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Profile: Mrs Lee Cheng Ean, University Librarian, National University of Singapore
Mrs Lee Cheng Ean has been the University Librarian at the National University of Singapore, which is ranked 11th in the QS World University Rankings (2019), for more than four years. …
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Research Ethics: the approach in India
India is the second largest populated country of the world, with many languages, a significant number of which are used by researchers when writing scholarly articles.…
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Cambridge University Press signs major UK Open Access deal
Cambridge University Press has agreed a Read and Publish deal with Jisc Collections, which will help UK universities and colleges make a sustainable transition to publishing Open Access content in our Cambridge journals.…
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