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.
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].…
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.…
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.
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.…
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.…
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. …
Why Cambridge University Press will no longer be offering deeply discounted print as part of new journals agreements.
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. …
Her students were struggling. Nicole Jacobs, a Shakespeare scholar and lecturer at California Polytechnic State University, had been noticing for a while.…
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.…
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.…
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. …
Today we are pleased to announce the launch of the first two episodes of our new podcast series, Cambridge Libraries of the World.…
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.…
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.…
Your Cambridge Element, A Short History of Shakespeare in Performance published in April this year. Your writing and research draw heavily on Shakespeare.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
Brigitte Shull is the country manager for the US at Cambridge University Press and also manages a team within the Academic business.…
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.…
We are set to launch our exciting new Open Access books initiative, Flip it Open.
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.…
The African Union (AU) declared 2019 the Year of Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons: Towards Durable Solutions to Forced Displacement in Africa.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
We’re partnering with GOBI Library Solutions on a series of blog posts to give our customers insights into our Hot Topics collections.…
We’re partnering with GOBI Library Solutions on a series of blog posts to give our customers insights into our Hot Topics collections.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
After months of remote learning for students globally, universities across the world are beginning a new method of teaching for the upcoming academic year.…
After months of remote learning for students globally, universities across the world are beginning a new method of teaching for the upcoming academic year.…
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…
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.…
We asked our Librarian Advisory Boards about the impact of Covid-19 on research, teaching and learning, and Open Access.
Experience as an Apprentice at Cambridge University Press
Last month, Homerton College Library at the University of Cambridge reopened their doors after six months of being closed due to the pandemic.…
Update: The new designs are now live for the nine journals listed below, plus an additional 40 journals since 16th November 2020.…
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. …
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.…
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.…
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.…
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…
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).…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
This is the third blog in a series in which we ask libraries around the world about their sustainability policies and experiences.…
Let’s face it – stepping (sitting) in front of a camera has become a staple component of working from home during the global pandemic.…
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.…
This is the second blog in a series in which we ask libraries around the world about their sustainability policies and experiences.…
This is the first in a series of posts in which we ask libraries around the world about their sustainability policies and experiences.…
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.…
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.…
In a world that is currently experiencing drastic disruption, responsible sharing of new research at an early stage is ever more important.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
Cambridge Journals Digital Archive (CJDA) contains over 1.2 million articles in over 450 journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
The ninth Cambridge Asia Librarians’ Day was held on 9th January. It was kindly hosted by the National University of Singapore [NUS]. …
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).…
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.…
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.…
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. …
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.…
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.…
At Cambridge, we’re committed to creating Open Access publications and we’re keen to experiment and explore all options for making this happen.…
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?…
The process of peer review is a central element of the scholarly communication process. Peer review follows a traditional model for traditional journal publishing.…
“Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.…
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.…
This year’s Academic Book Trade Conference was held at the Chesford Grange Hotel, Kenilworth, on 9th – 10th May. …
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
Cambridge University Press has reached two major Open Access deals with higher education and research institutions across Germany.
Academic welcomed 50 of our journal society partners and editors from all over the world to our inaugural summit
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. …
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.…
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.…
Q and A with Sian Welch – Senior Marketing Executive What is your job title and how long have you been working at Cambridge University Press?…
When a "nightmare dressed like a daydream" meets "mad, bad, and dangerous to know..."
Today is the 200th anniversary of Byron's death, the original tortured poet, and the release of @taylorswift13's new album.
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Congratulations to Michael Byers, Aaron Boley and Ignacio Cofone who have been shortlisted for the 2023 Donner Prize.
The award, for the best public policy book by a Canadian, will be announced in May.
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'We are aware that infusion fluids can both save and hurt patients'.
Find out about modern Fluid Therapy in this week's featured author blog by Professor Robert Hahn
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