I first met Mrs Lee Cheng Ean in January 2013 at dual advisory board meetings which I facilitated in Shanghai and Beijing, but her reputation long preceded that. She is extremely well-known in both the East and the West as one of the world’s most competent and inspired librarians. I have since met her atContinue reading "Mrs Lee Cheng Ean: a profile"
White Rose University Press: the Library as Publisher
Triggered in part by the Open Access movement and also by the desire of early-career researchers and students (undergraduates as well as postgraduates) to find reputable publishing outlets for their work, in recent years there has been a steep increase in the number of university libraries setting up or encouraging the foundation of presses forContinue reading "White Rose University Press: the Library as Publisher"
Audiobooks in Academic Publishing – Princeton University Press
In September we published a short blog post on audiobooks in order to offer a short overview of this topic. We have since had the opportunity to speak to Kim Williams, Digital and Audio Publisher at Princeton University Press, who kindly gave us an interesting insight into the world of audiobooks in academic publishing. WhenContinue reading "Audiobooks in Academic Publishing – Princeton University Press"
Grown out of dispute: how collaboration removed frustration – and DRM!
Last month, De Gruyter announced the launch of a new initiative, called University Press Library. From early 2020, De Gruyter’s re-launched e-book platform will provide access to the digital book content of 10 American University Presses – with some of whom De Gruyter has long had distribution agreements; others have newly signed with the Germany-basedContinue reading "Grown out of dispute: how collaboration removed frustration – and DRM!"
Changing sides: From Publisher to Library
In the academic publishing world, every now and again you meet librarians who have moved across to work for a publisher, or vice versa. We wondered about their motivations and experiences, so we decided to talk to some of them. Three weeks ago, we spoke to Tash Edmonds, who left her job as a librarianContinue reading "Changing sides: From Publisher to Library"
Gold Leaf 