Leiden / Boston / Paderborn / Singapore / Beijing – 8 March 2018

International publisher Brill launches a new journal, the International Journal of Taiwan Studies, cosponsored by Academia Sinica and the European Association of Taiwan Studies.

The International Journal of Taiwan Studies is the first internationally collaborative, multidisciplinary, and peer-reviewed academic research journal in English dedicated to all aspects of Taiwan Studies, including Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, and topics which are interdisciplinary in nature. This publication is a principal outlet for the dissemination of cutting-edge research on Taiwan, a rapidly growing field with an increasingly critical influence, aiming to reach academics and policy makers of different cultural backgrounds, disciplinary perspectives and methodological approaches. The journal’s editorial office is supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and is hosted by the Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University.

Brill is pleased to add this peer-reviewed, Taiwan-focused journal to its growing portfolio on Asian Studies. The journal currently consists of two issues per year, available both online and in print. Its inaugural issue has been published in February: http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/24688800

Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ming-yeh T. Rawnsley (SOAS, University of London & European Association of Taiwan Studies) comments: “We are excited about the launch of the IJTS and hope that the journal will further strengthen and develop the field of Taiwan Studies. We are delighted to be able to work with Brill and we appreciate their professionalism and fantastic support from the beginning of the project.”

Professor Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao, Distinguished Research Fellow at Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica and IJTS Executive Editorial Board member, states: “The birth of Taiwan Studies has not been easy and should never be taken for granted. One may argue that the emergence of the field has been an intellectual by-product of both the processes of indigenization and democratization of Taiwanese society since the 1980s. We hope the establishment of the IJTS will enhance the globalization of Taiwan Studies and contribute to our understanding of the Social Sciences and Humanities in general.”

“The inauguration of an interdisciplinary journal devoted to the study of Taiwan is long overdue. Taiwan’s intriguing history and extraordinary present have attracted scholarly interest for decades. At last this intellectual energy – and the theoretical advances it has inspired – has a dedicated outlet,” says Professor Shelley Rigger (Davidson College), IJTS Advisory Board member.

The journal’s Editorial Board enthusiastically welcomes previously unpublished papers in English.

For general information about this journal, please contact Dr. Qin Higley, Senior Acquisitions Editor at Brill: higley@brill.com, or visit: www.brill.com/ijts.

For customer queries, please contact your regular distributor or directly contact Brill Sales and Customer Services for journals: brill@turpin-distribution.com; T: +44 (0)1767 604 954 (Europe, Middle East, Africa & Asia-Pacific), or brillna@turpin-distribution.com; T: (844) 232 3707 (Toll free US and Canada); T: +1 (860) 350 0041 (the Americas).

About Brill
Founded in 1683 in Leiden, the Netherlands, Brill is a leading international academic publisher in Middle East and Islamic Studies, Asian Studies, Classical Studies, History, Biblical and Religious Studies, Language & Linguistics, Literature & Cultural Studies, Philosophy, Biology, Education, Social Sciences and International Law. With offices in Leiden (NL), Boston (US), Paderborn (GER) Singapore (SG) and Beijing (CN), Brill today publishes over 270 journals and close to 1,400 new books and reference works each year, available in print and online. Brill also markets a large number of primary source research collections and databases. The company’s key customers are academic and research institutions, libraries, and scholars. Brill is a publicly traded company and is listed on Euronext Amsterdam NV. For further information, please visit www.brill.com.

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Facet Publishing is pleased to announce that The Handbook of Art and Design Librarianship has won the ARLIS/NA Worldwide Books Award for Publications.

The second edition of The Handbook of Art and Design Librarianship was awarded the Worldwide Books Award for Publications at the 46th Annual Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) conference in New York last week.

Editors Paul Glassman and Judy Dyki said, “We are thrilled that the Handbook was selected by ARLIS/NA for this award since it represents the scholarly research and writing of many Society members and other contributors. It is an honour to receive this recognition from this dynamic professional organization.”

The Handbook of Art and Design Librarianship integrates theory and practice to offer guidelines for materials and collections management, reviews best practice in teaching and learning and presents innovative approaches to knowledge creation, library spaces, promotion and sustainability for information professionals working in art and design environments who need to support and anticipate the information needs of artists, designers, architects and the historians who study those disciplines.

The Worldwide Books Award for Publications recognizes outstanding publications by ARLIS/NA Individual members in librarianship or visual resources curatorship, and the arts. By recognizing special achievement in these areas the Award acknowledges and encourages scholarly publication by the ARLIS/NA membership.

Find out more about the book, including a free sample chapter here: http://facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=302000

Leiden / Boston / Paderborn / Singapore / Beijing – 6 March 2018

Brill, together with Research4Life Partners, launches an online access program to legal research and training for developing countries.

Research4Life has launched a program today to provide free or inexpensive access to legal information and training to promote research in low- and middle-income countries and help strengthen the rule of law. The program, known as GOALI (Global Online Access to Legal Information), was initiated by Brill and developed as part of Research4Life, with academic partners Lillian Goldman Law Library at Yale Law School, the Cornell Law School Library, and the International Labour Organization (ILO), the UN host organisation.

The program gives users in more than 115 developing countries access to a wide range of essential legal information for their work and studies, which they would not normally be able to obtain. Eligible institutions include governments, universities, law schools, research and not-for-profit institutions.

Some of the key topics covered in the program perfectly reflect Brill Nijhoff’s strengths in the areas of International Law, Human Rights, Humanitarian Law and Labour Law – areas that can help strengthen legal frameworks and institutions in many developing countries. The program will also contribute to UN Sustainable Development Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions.

The program was launched today at the ILO headquarters in Geneva, together with representatives from ILO, Research4Life, Brill, Lillian Goldman Law Library at Yale Law School, the Cornell Law School Library, and the International Training Centre of the ILO.

Richelle Van Snellenberg, Head of the ILO Library in Geneva, explains their motivation to spearhead the program from the UN: “By improving access to legal information in developing countries, GOALI will further the ILO’s aims to achieve social justice, support the Sustainable Development Goals, and ultimately make a difference in peoples’ lives. As host of GOALI, the ILO is managing the technical setup and communications for the program. We are excited to join the partnership of Research4Life, with Cornell, Yale, Brill Nijhoff, and ITCILO.”

Liesbeth Kanis, Managing Director Brill Asia and responsible for Brill’s Developing Countries Program, adds: “Brill Nijhoff, as the initiator and founding publisher of the program, is delighted to see the launch of GOALI, since it clearly fills a gap in the area of access to legal information in developing countries. It fits our CSR objectives and our active participation in Research4Life. Brill contributes nearly 160 journals, many of which are in the area of Law, and ebooks, including the International Development Policy book series and the not-for profit Journal of Interrupted Studies. It gives great pleasure to work with the ILO, academic partners Cornell and Yale, and the many other academic publishers who willingly provide access to their legal publications.”

Daniel Dollar, Chair of the Research4Life partnership, highlights: “We are delighted to welcome GOALI as the fifth program of Research4Life, as access to legal research is crucial for developing countries to improve their legal knowledge and practice. We also improved the registration process of our system, so institutions who already registered to other Research4Life programs will automatically receive access to GOALI.”

Institutions registered with other Research4Life programs will automatically receive access to GOALI. Others are encouraged to register on this website.
For more information on GOALI, please visit http://www.ilo.org/goali
For more information on Research4Life, please visit http://www.research4life.org
For information on GOALI contact Edit Horvàth, goali@ilo.org
For information on Brill’s participation contact Liesbeth Kanis, kanis@brill.com or check Brill’s Developing Countries Program.

About Brill
Founded in 1683 in Leiden, the Netherlands, Brill is a leading international academic publisher in Middle East and Islamic Studies, Asian Studies, Classical Studies, History, Biblical and Religious Studies, Language & Linguistics, Literature & Cultural Studies, Philosophy, Biology, Education, Social Sciences and International Law. With offices in Leiden (NL), Boston (US), Paderborn (GER) Singapore (SG) and Beijing (CN), Brill today publishes over 270 journals and close to 1,400 new books and reference works each year, available in print and online. Brill also markets a large number of primary source research collections and databases. The company’s key customers are academic and research institutions, libraries, and scholars. Brill is a publicly traded company and is listed on Euronext Amsterdam NV. For further information, please visit www.brill.com.

About Research4Life
Research4Life is a public-private partnership of the WHO, FAO, UNEP, WIPO, ILO, Cornell and Yale Universities, the International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers and more than 185 international publishers. The goal of Research4Life is to reduce the knowledge gap between high-income countries and low- and middle-income countries by providing affordable access to scholarly, professional and research information. The other Research4Life programmes include agriculture, health, environment, science and innovation.

About ILO
The only tripartite UN agency, since 1919 the ILO brings together governments, employers and workers of 187 member States , to set labour standards, develop policies and devise programs promoting decent work for all women and men.

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~ EBSCO eBooks™ Will Soon Make 70,000 Titles Available DRM-Free to Libraries ~

IPSWICH, Mass. — March 5, 2018 — EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) continues its commitment to providing libraries and their patrons with access to high-quality e-book content by making more than 70,000 EBSCO eBooks™ Digital Rights Management (DRM) free. The DRM-free initiative reinforces EBSCO’s commitment to working with publishers to increase e-book options for libraries.

With thousands of DRM-free titles available, libraries can now purchase both DRM-free and DRM-protected e-books from EBSCO. Titles will be available on an unlimited concurrent user (UU) basis, and users will avoid any limitations on printing, saving, or downloading. No sign-in or Adobe ID will be required, and no special software will be needed to access these titles. Librarians will have the choice between the DRM-free unlimited user version of a title or a limited user model (1U or 3U) with standard DRM-protection, enabling them to maximize their budgets and customize their collections to meet user demand. Users will enjoy quick, intuitive access to both PDF and EPUB DRM-free downloads, either for the entire book or at the chapter level. DRM-free EBSCO eBooks can be purchased on a title-by-title basis through preferred ordering services, including EBSCOhost Collection Manager (ECM), OASIS®, and GOBI®, the leading web-based acquisitions tool for academic libraries. Libraries that purchased limited concurrent user models can easily upgrade to the DRM-free versions.

EBSCO Information Services Vice President of Strategy and Product Management for Books Ken Breen says the availability of DRM-free EBSCO eBooks demonstrates EBSCO’s mission to make more research materials available to libraries and their students. “EBSCO is dedicated to working with our publisher partners to provide more high-quality e-book content for our library customers and their patrons. Making more than 70,000 of our e-book titles available DRM-free — with thousands more to be available in the future — helps provide more choices for libraries and improves user access to e-book content.”

In addition to the DRM-free initiative, EBSCO is committed to optimizing the user experience for library patrons, and has made several enhancements to the EBSCO eBooks platform. A new chapter-download icon in the Table of Contents now allows users to download individual chapters easily, ensuring they can consume only the portions of the e-books they need for their research. Users may also export DRM-free content directly into Google Drive to streamline their research process. EBSCO continues to invest in several accessibility initiatives including viewer enhancements and support for EPUB, the technological standard for e-books, which enables links to end-of-chapter references, reflowable text, and is natively accessible to screen readers.

EBSCO eBooks offers access to the world’s finest collection of e-book content, and is fully integrated with EBSCOhost® and EBSCO Discovery Service™. In addition to thousands of DRM-free titles, EBSCO eBooks offers more than one million high-quality e-books and 100,000 audiobooks from more than 1,500 major academic publishers and University Presses from around the world.

For more information about DRM-free e-books from EBSCO eBooks, please visit: https://www.ebscohost.com/ebooks.

About EBSCO Information Services
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is the leading discovery service provider for libraries worldwide with more than 11,000 discovery customers in over 100 countries. EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) provides each institution with a comprehensive, single search box for its entire collection, offering unparalleled relevance ranking quality and extensive customization. EBSCO is also the preeminent provider of online research content for libraries, including hundreds of research databases, historical archives, point-of-care medical reference, and corporate learning tools serving millions of end users at tens of thousands of institutions. EBSCO is the leading provider of electronic journals & books for libraries, with subscription management for more than 360,000 serials, including more than 57,000 e-journals, as well as online access to more than 1,000,000 e-books. For more information, visit the EBSCO website at: www.ebsco.com. EBSCO Information Services is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., a family owned company since 1944.

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~ New Platform Enhances User Experience and eLearning Solutions ~

IPSWICH, Mass. — March 1, 2018 — Libraries and institutions that subscribe to the LearningExpress platforms from EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) can now offer users and patrons faster, streamlined access to content with an updated LearningExpress platform. The release features an improved user experience and enables simultaneous access to multiple LearningExpress products using one login email address.

LearningExpress presents a clean, simplified homepage design, giving users an immediate view of available resources. The new site design reduces the number of user clicks required to access learning resources and features a more prominently displayed search box with improved functionality. Responsive design allows users to access the site from multiple devices. The platform’s improved speed and performance is effective with low Internet bandwidths as well.

Libraries and institutions that subscribe to more than one LearningExpress product can now make their subscriptions available via a single URL. Products that are available on the platform include: LearningExpress Library™, PrepSTEP™, LearningExpress Job & Career Accelerator™ and Computer Skills Center.

LearningExpress Chief Revenue Officer Kheil McIntyre says, the enhanced LearningExpress platform helps libraries and institutions provide their learners with faster access to LearningExpress products and learning centers. “The new LearningExpress platform streamlines access to our dynamic eLearning content, making it easier for student and adult learners to focus on strengthening their academic, career and workforce skill sets.”

LearningExpress is a recognized leader in online academic and career eLearning solutions for academic, school and public libraries as well as corporations and hospitals. For more information about LearningExpress and the entire LearningExpress suite of products, please visit https://www.ebsco.com/products/research-databases/learningexpress.

About EBSCO Information Services
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is the leading discovery service provider for libraries worldwide with more than 11,000 discovery customers in over 100 countries. EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) provides each institution with a comprehensive, single search box for its entire collection, offering unparalleled relevance ranking quality and extensive customization. EBSCO is also the preeminent provider of online research content for libraries, including hundreds of research databases, historical archives, point-of-care medical reference, and corporate learning tools serving millions of end users at tens of thousands of institutions. EBSCO is the leading provider of electronic journals & books for libraries, with subscription management for more than 360,000 serials, including more than 57,000 e-journals, as well as online access to more than 1,000,000 e-books. For more information, visit the EBSCO website at: www.ebsco.com. EBSCO Information Services is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., a family owned company since 1944.
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