UKSG eNews 514

The first collection in development will focus on the African American civil rights era and will draw on primary source materials from predominantly Black colleges and universities, historical societies, public libraries, community archives, and other institutions. This collection will expand the historical record available for study to include previously unknown voices from the front lines of the movement.

The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) has launched its latest exhibition, Let None Be Excluded, as a hybrid gallery and digital experience that explores the struggle for educational rights in Salem, Massachusetts, which led to equal education advocacy and reform across America.

Comprising government papers drawn from The National Archives, UK, Adam Matthew Digital's second module of Foreign Office Files for Southeast Asia, titled Foundations of Economic Growth and Industrialisation 1967-1980, charts a period of immense change and development across the region.

The Company of Biologists has announced a partnership with the OA Switchboard to help library customers to manage their Read & Publish agreements and to monitor the success of their Open Access (OA) strategy.

Advanced Gut & Microbiome Research will publish with Hindawi under a new collaborative publishing agreement.

GOBI supports the Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Open Access (OA) e-books funding model, providing the opportunity for academic libraries to support OA funding initiatives within their GOBI workflow.

Changes at the top of the Publishers Association, and industry stalwart retires.

BAR Publishing and Bloomsbury pick up awards at the latest Independent Publishers Guild ceremony.

The 2022 Librarian Innovation Award will recognise librarians who have supported learning outcomes and increased student engagement in STEM education at their institutions using video resources.