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October 2024
ALPSP wins Most Impactful Mentoring Programme Award 2024
We are delighted to announce that the ALPSP International Mentorship Scheme, sponsored by PLS, is the recipient of a coveted Mentorloop Impact Award.
Sept 2024
Special guest revealed ahead of The Stationer’s Innovation Excellence Awards ceremony
Vint Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google and Honorary Freeman & Liveryman of the Stationers’ Company revealed as special guest of The Stationer’s Innovation Excellence Awards ceremony on October 11th
August 2024
PLS Announces New Rights Mentoring Scheme
Applications for the scheme will close on 6th September 2024.
July 2024
CLA Members Reach Agreement on New Text and Data Mining Licence
New opt-in licence for commercial text and data mining to launch later this year.
July 2024
ALPSP Rising Star Awards 2024: Winners Announced
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers is delighted to confirm the five winners of the ALPSP Rising Star Awards 2024, sponsored by PLS.
July 2024
Introducing DOIs to PLS Clear
We are pleased to announce that we have just launched DOI integration within PLS Clear.
July 2024
Innovations Excellence Awards 2024 Shortlist Announced
The best of the Communications and Content industries are announced in the prestigious annual Innovations Excellence Awards shortlist.
May 2024
Rights Group Announces New Co-Chairs
Publishers’ Licensing Services is delighted to announce that Jessica Rutt and Claire Harper are to become the new co-chairs of the PLS Rights Group.
May 2024
Access to Research Celebrates Its 10th Year
With great pride, 2024 marks the 10th anniversary of Access to Research, a service that provides free, walk-in access to over 40 million peer-reviewed articles from leading academic publishers at 99% of public libraries across the country.
April 2024
A Record Breaking Year in Distributions
Publishers’ Licensing Services announces record total distributions of £43.8 million to publishers in 2023/24.
February 2024
The Stationers' Innovation Excellence Awards 2024
Changes at the Chair and for sponsors announced as the Stationers’ Company celebrates the 10th Innovation Excellence Awards.
CLA Higher Education Licence Enhancements Publisher Consultation Paper
This paper provides a briefing on proposed enhancements to the current Higher Education Licence terms, due to take effect at the beginning of the new licence term on 1 August 2024.
November 2023
CLA Text and Data Mining (TDM) Licence Briefing
CLA and PLS hosted an online publisher briefing on Wednesday 22nd November, as part of a formal consultation process with a view to CLA launching the licence to the market in early 2024.
November 2023
A Message from New PLS Chief Executive, Tom West
October 2023
Applications Open for Stationers Company Warrant Scheme
The Warrant is a mark of recognition for any company with an outstanding product, product range or service that would benefit from being officially recognised and promoted.
October 2023
Green Libraries Week 2023
Find out more about Access to Research at your local library this Libraries Week.
August 2023
Renewed Partnership: NHS in England and CLA secure 5-Year licence for healthcare content sharing
Copyright Licensing Agency have announced a 5-year renewal of their licence deal with NHS England, continuing the longstanding partnership and empowering healthcare professionals to share and access information.
July 2023
Tom West Appointed New PLS Chief Executive
Publishers’ Licensing Services (PLS) are delighted to announce the appointment of Tom West as its new Chief Executive, effective from 1 November 2023. Tom, who is currently serving as PLS’s Chief Operating Officer, will be taking over from Chief Executive, Sarah Faulder, who retires from PLS at the end of October.
March 2023
PLS Publishes an Essential Guide to Open Access
Do you know your green OA from your gold OA? Do you know your transformative agreement from your CC licence? If not, PLS has just launched exactly what you need.
March 2023
The Stationers’ Company announces the 2023 Warrants recipients
March 2023
The Stationers’ Company announces a new judge for the Innovation Excellence Awards
Dr Kate Stone to join the judging panel for the Stationers’ Innovation Excellence Awards 2023.
February 2023
Present and Future Challenges Discussed at IPG Spring Conference 2023
The Shaw Theatre, London, once again played host to thought provoking speakers and insightful discussions on AI, Brexit and 'BookTok'.
August 2022
PLS and Halstan fund 16,000 books to Ukrainian Children
Publishers’ Licencing Services (PLS) and book print specialists Halstan have partnered to fund and produce 16,000 Ukrainian-language books for newly arrived refugee children in the UK as part of the Ukrainian government’s ‘Books Without Borders’ initiative.