Learning from Libraries – an interview with Roxanne Missingham

Roxanne Missingham, University Librarian and the Australian National University (ANU) describes what it means to her to be a librarian Tell us a bit about your career.  Did you always want to be a librarian?  Where was your first job?  Where did you get your library qualification? My mother says that I wanted to beContinue reading "Learning from Libraries – an interview with Roxanne Missingham"

Sustainability I – FSC certification

Following the advent of digital publishing at the start of the millennium, one of the key arguments to encourage the switch from print was ecological. Digital enthusiasts were quick to claim that using less paper and shipping fewer print books would help to save the environment. Maintaining sustainability in the publishing sector is, however, muchContinue reading "Sustainability I – FSC certification"

QuoScript – “Whither Writing” – is launched

Linda Bennett describes QuoScript, a new publishing venture QuoScript is a new publishing venture set up by myself and a group of colleagues who together have many years’ experience of working in different roles within the publishing industry. We are primarily driven by the desire to give new authors a chance.  Many publishing companies haveContinue reading "QuoScript – “Whither Writing” – is launched"

Enable! – A new platform for Open Access Books in the Humanities and Social Sciences

The German “Projekt DEAL” initiative has gained worldwide attention; for several years, the “Alliance of German Science Organizations”, which effectively represents all universities and research institutions in Germany, has been negotiating ground-breaking Open Access agreements with large journals publishers, most notably Wiley and Springer Nature. These deals apply mainly to large quantities of journals; institutions have beenContinue reading "Enable! – A new platform for Open Access Books in the Humanities and Social Sciences"

Is the British education system racially prejudiced?

This is a delicate topic, but as it’s so much in the news at the moment, we thought we ought not to ignore it. There is, of course, a mountain of statistics to support the assertion that our education system is stacked against people from BAME communities, but also other evidence to illustrate that blackContinue reading "Is the British education system racially prejudiced?"