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'Dimensions from Digital Science' by Catherine Williams
Recent news
UKSG Website Changes
Noticed some changes to the UKSG website..? It's been a while coming, but we've finally upgraded from Drupal 6 to Drupal 8 with a little help from our friends at MyDropWizard / Roundearth. It's still a project in progress, so please bear with us and feel free to send us your comments and feedback big or small!
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Welcome to new UKSG members
We are delighted to welcome:
Norwich University of the Arts
World Scientific Publishing Europe Ltd (UK)
UKSG is very proud of its interesting and diverse membership. Browse the full list of members to see the full range of members.
Latest Research Article from Insights
'Open textbooks – an untapped opportunity for universities, colleges and schools' by Vivien Rolfe and Beck Pitt
"Charitable foundations, including Hewlett, Gates and the Saylor Academy, have supported open textbook development, and the work has been transformatory... Aside from the cost benefits to students, what are the other advantages?"
Winners of 2018 John Merriman Award announced
UKSG and NASIG are delighted to announce the 2018 winners of its annual John Merriman Award, named is set up in recognition of the founder of both UKSG and NASIG.
Insights moves to continuous publication
The first continuous publication Insights journal article has now been published: How to counter undeserving authorship.
UKSG announces change of Executive Director
UKSG has announced the appointment of Bev Acreman as Interim Executive Director. Bev replaces Sarah Bull who is moving on to pursue other opportunities. Bev is well known by the UKSG community, having held senior roles at Taylor & Francis, BioMed Central, Springer Nature and F1000. She has also served on several UKSG committees.
2017 John Merriman Award winners
UKSG and NASIG are delighted to announce the 2017 winners of its annual John Merriman Award, named in recognition of the founder of both UKSG and NASIG.
Supporting innovation in library strategy: UKSG announces 2016 Merriman Award winner
UKSG, the organisation that connects the knowledge community, is delighted to announce the 2016 winner of its annual John Merriman Award, set up in recognition of the founder of UKSG and NASIG (the North American Serials Interest Group).
Shona Thoma, IRel Officer at the Irish Research eLibrary will receive funding from Award sponsor Taylor & Francis to attend the 2016 NASIG Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico with additional support from UKSG to attend the 2016 UKSG Conference in Bournemouth in April.