30th March 2023, 2.30pm-4.15pm BST (15.30-17.15 CET) Webinar hosted by Gold Leaf, sponsored by De Gruyter We would like to invite our readers to the new 2023 webinar series “Challenging the Status Quo: Taking Libraries into the Future”, run by Gold Leaf and sponsored by De Gruyter. This webinar explores the knotty world of OpenContinueContinue reading “Free the Books! The Path towards Open Access Monographs”
Category Archives: Academic Publishing
The German new university press: small and perfectly formed or an enterprise in transition?
Gold Leaf have published a new report on German University Presses, which can be downloaded below or through the DOI 10.5281/zenodo.5584519 Innovations in publishing technology and staunch commitment to Open Access have combined to produce a proliferation of “new” university presses in recent years. Often run by the university’s library by seconding a tiny groupContinueContinue reading “The German new university press: small and perfectly formed or an enterprise in transition?”
The 2021 – 2022 Academic Year: Covid, academia, academic publishing and Gold Leaf’s birthday!
Covid is still with us, along with many restrictions and quasi-restrictions, even though this summer has in some ways appeared to be more “normal”, at least in the UK, than last. “Freedom Day” happened, although it was a bit of a damp squib – essentially, it consisted of the government telling us that it isContinueContinue reading “The 2021 – 2022 Academic Year: Covid, academia, academic publishing and Gold Leaf’s birthday!”
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, muchContinueContinue reading “Sustainability I – FSC certification”
Don’t Tax Reading: the case against VAT on knowledge
The removal of VAT from electronic publications earlier this year was the triumphant culmination of a vigorous campaign that had been led by publishers, booksellers, writers, librarians, teachers and readers over many decades to protest against taxation on knowledge. Originally it was started to save print books from tax: after VAT was introduced to theContinueContinue reading “Don’t Tax Reading: the case against VAT on knowledge”
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