CQ Press today announces the release of Why Don’t Women Rule the World?, a book that combines feminist and political research to encourage students’ political interest and ambition and close the gender gap along the way. The book integrates intersectionality throughout, taking into account global and diverse experiences and backgrounds.
Slovenia is an eligible EIFL partner country for an EIFL-negotiated agreement with Sage through the EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries) licensing programme. The agreement for participating institutions will run from January 01, 2021 to December 31, 2025. The details of the agreement are as follows:
To qualify for the agreement, the corresponding author must be affiliated with one of the institutions listed and have an article accepted for publication between January 01, 2021 and December 31, 2025.
Some steps editors can take to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within their journals
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is something that we care deeply about at SAGE. We are aware that the publishing industry, including SAGE, has much more work to do in order to better reflect the diversity of the world we seek to educate and inform.
London, UK. Diversity in the boardroom is key to advancing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)- inclusive polices, finds a study published by SAGE in the journal Human Relations, in partnership with The Tavistock Institute.
London, UK. SAGE Publishing today announces that it is to begin publishing the British Journal of Music Therapy the flagship journal of the British Association for Music Therapy, the professional body for music therapy in the UK.
Though healthcare is not without risks or error, hospital employees can support a culture of patient safety by identifying, reporting, and learning from medical mistakes that have or could have harmed patients. In a new study, a training program focusing on team communication, leadership, and decision-making practices, known as Crew Resource Management (CRM), was found to improve perceptions of the safety culture by 8% over the course of two years. This study, the largest of its kind, is out today in the American Journal of Medical Quality from SAGE Publishing.
Sports news shows cover women’s sports in a dull, lackluster manner, making women’s sports seem less exciting and entertaining than men’s, according to the latest research in a study spanning 25 years. Based on its latest iteration in 2014, the study finds that sexist coverage of women’s sports is often subtle, and therefore difficult to challenge. The study is out today in Gender & Society, a SAGE Publishing journal.
London, UK. As the number of working families who live in poverty continues to rise in the UK, a new ‘On the front line’ article, published by SAGE Publishing in the journal Work, employment and Society, reveals the severe challenges that low pay, limited working hours and constrained employment opportunities bring.
SAGE white paper presents collaborative opportunities for improving discoverability in 2015
Los Angeles, CA. What are the biggest challenges that librarians face in promoting discovery of scholarly content? What can libraries, publishers, and other members of the community do to overcome them? “Improving the Discoverability of Scholarly Content: Academic Library Priorities and Perspectives,” a new SAGE white paper out today, discusses new ways for members of the scholarly communications supply chain to come together to solve discoverability issues.
