14 October 2019
UKSG is delighted to announce the 2019 Innovation Award winners.
Working with the Society of Young Publishers and the New Librarians Professional Network, the UKSG innovation awards offer financial support to professionals to develop new ideas and proposals for the wider benefit of our sector. This activity has four main aims:
- to offer tangible support for new professionals in the scholarly communications sector
- to develop 'start-up' ideas and concepts which offer a range of benefits to the community
- to demonstrate UKSG's commitment to new professionals and innovation within our sector
- to increase and promote diversity
Congratulations to the winners, and we look forward to working with them as they develop their projects.
2019 awards:
- Publisher, General Award: Tony Xue, STEM Fellowship
- Publisher, Diversity Awards: Emily Bird, Taylor & Francis, and Sotiria Kal, UCL Publishing Graduate
- Librarian, General Award: Hannah Boroudjou and Claire Delahunty, LSE
- Librarian, Diversity Award: Jennifer Bayjoo, University of Salford & DILON