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 can view more information and the full collection on Cambridge Core here.

Higher Education Full Website Launch

We have upgraded our e-textbook offering based on our customer’s feedback!

Higher Education from Cambridge University Press, the new site for our textbooks, ensures that all content and services relating to our textbooks will be available in one place.

With the same technology as Core, Higher Education has additional functionality including offline reading, annotation ability, so institutions can meet individual needs.

The full site launched on the 21^st August. Visit the site now!

New Training Webinars from the Cambridge Product Academy

We are delighted to be offering training webinars to our customers on our products with our Cambridge Product Academy team! We will be delivering a host of demonstrations throughout August and September to showcase the features and content you can access on Cambridge Core, and how to use them.

Simply choose the session you would like to attend and register for, by clicking on the applicable button below.

Upcoming product webinars:

Evidence Based Acquisition

The session covers our EBA sales model and will look at the following topics:

• The Evidence Based Acquisition (EBA) model and how it works
• Benefits of EBA for your library
• Monthly EBA supporting documents provided by Cambridge for you

Session 1: Tuesday 1st September 2020 4PM-5PM Japan Standard Time (GMT+9). Click here to register

Session 2: Wednesday 2nd September 2020 11AM-12PM British Summer Time (GMT+1). Click here to register

Session 3: Thursday 3rd September 2020 11AM-12PM Eastern Time (GMT-4). Click here to register

Features and Functionality for Account Administrators

Are you an account administrator? Join us for this session to review the features and functionality available to you.

• Session to cover all features of the account administrator account on Cambridge Core including:
• How to obtain cataloging records: MARC and KBART
• Usage statistics and overview of COUNTER 5 usage
• Access methods to Cambridge Core: IP address, remote users, Shibboleth and Athens
• Viewing your content holdings
• eBooks self service

Session 1: Tuesday 15th September 2020 4PM-5PM Japan Standard Time (GMT+9). Click here to register

Session 2: Wednesday 16th September 2020 11AM-12PM British Summer Time (GMT+1). Click here to register

Session 3: Thursday 17th September 2020 11AM-12PM Eastern Time (GMT-4). Click here to register

Higher Education – product demonstration for librarians

Higher Education from Cambridge University Press, the new site for our textbooks, ensures that all content and services relating to our textbooks will be available in one place.

This demonstration will cover:

• Overview of content available on the website
• Searching and Browsing content
• How authentication works for the institution and your students
• Registering for an account
• How to use the ereader
• How to use the offline reader
• Other latest features available on the HE website

Session 1: Tuesday 6th October 2020 3PM-4PM Japan Standard Time (GMT+9). Click here to register

Session 2: Tuesday 6th October 2020 11AM-12PM British Summer Time (GMT+1). Click here to register

Session 3: Wednesday 7th October 2020 2PM-3PM Eastern Time (GMT-4). Click here to register

Journals Publishing Updates

Another year of development for Cambridge University Press’s journals publishing sees more changes coming for 2020/2021.

You can find a preview of brand new launch titles, titles that are switching to a fully open access model, and details of new publishing partnerships here.

Journals Renewals

The subscription renewal documents have been sent out via email on the weekend of 14-15th August.

If you are a direct subscriber (not agent-managed), you may wish to ensure the person who handles subscriptions at your institution has received them. For any queries concerning renewals please email us here.

CUP Environmental Report

Find out how Cambridge University Press has reduced its environmental impact over the past 12 months in this short video.

For more information please contact your Cambridge Sales Representative or email us at online@cambridge.org (Americas) or library.sales@cambridge.org (Rest of the World).