Lived Places Publishing – permanent access to 2023 ebook collection

Following a successful trial in the summer, we are very pleased to announce that Cambridge users now have permanent access to the Lived Places Publishing 2023 ebook Collection on the Lived Places Publishing ebook platform.

Lived Places Publishing (LPP) is an independent publisher of works in the Humanities and Social Sciences. A note on the LLP website explains the nature and purpose of their collections:

Lived Places publishes course readings that focus on lived experiences in the context of place. We provide an ever-growing list of interdisciplinary and subject-based collections in topics across academic curriculum – such as Black Studies, Gender Studies, Disability Studies, and Queer and LGBT+ Studies. Our hope is our books will help educators introduce a topic and engage students through stories, multiple voices, and the experiences of people around the world.

The LPP landing page shows recently published or featured titles. To see a wider selection, users can search by keyword using the search bar at the top of the screen or they can filter by Subject, Collection or Author.

Click the Filter button (orange circle) below the search bar to view filtering options.

Available to Cambridge users are titles in the following subject collections: Forced Migration Studies, Education Studies, Latinx Studies, Black Studies, Gender Studies, Disability Studies, Cultural Anthropology, Carceral Studies, Queer and LGBT+ Studies and Asian Studies.

The records are available in iDiscover, with more to be added throughout the rest of the year as new titles are published. Please see below for a list of recently added titles:

• Multiracial Experience: One Man’s Search for Race, Identity, and Family
• Creative Resistance: The Social Justice Practices of Monirah, Halleh, and Diala
• Queer Asian Identities in Contemporary Aotearoa New Zealand: One Foot Out of the Closet
• (Re)constructing Memory, Place, and Identity in Twentieth Century Houston: A Memoir on Family and Being Mexican American in Space City USA
• Tse Tsan Tai (1872–1938): An Australian-Cantonese Opinion Maker in British Hong Kong

Please contact the ebooks team if you have any questions about the Lived Places ebook collection. Contact us at ebooks@lib.cam.ac.uk.

Trial access to Lived Places Publishing ebook collection until July 31st 2023

Update [dated 4th September 2023]. Following feedback during the trial period the Lived Places 2023 ebooks collection has been purchased in perpetuity. Blog post with further details to follow later in September 2023.

We are delighted to announce that Cambridge users now have trial access to the Lived Places Publishing ebook collection until July 31st 2023.

Lived Places Publishing (LPP) is an independent publisher of works in the Humanities and Social Sciences. LPP note in their mission statement that “[their] enterprise is committed to delivering curriculum-ready content that allows students to engage with global author voices exploring the intersection of social identity and place or context.”

Available to Cambridge users are titles in the following subject collections: Forced Migration Studies, Education Studies, Latinx Studies, Black Studies, Gender Studies, Disability Studies, Cultural Anthropology, Carceral Studies, Queer and LGBT+ Studies and Asian Studies.

Please see below for a sample of titles available:

• Music and Black Community in Segregated North Carolina
• Students, Teachers, Families, and a Socially Just Education: Rewriting the Grammar of Schooling to Unsettle Identities
• From Sleepless in Seattle to I Seoul You: Korean Gay Men and Cross-cultural Encounters in Transnational Times
• Life Lived Well as a Non-binary and Autistic Mental Health Advocate: Finding a Place of Hope
• Improving the Experience of Health Care for People Living with Sensory Disability: Knowing What is Going On

Notes on using the ebook collection

Cambridge users can access the ebook collection using the Lived Places collection link, which can be found on the A-Z Databases and via the ebook platform list on the ebooks@cambridge LibGuide.

You may see a login page after clicking the link. This login page can be circumvented without creating an account by clicking “Lived Places Publishing” in the top left corner of the screen.

The LPP landing page shows recently published or featured titles. To see a wider selection, users can search by keyword using the search bar at the top of the screen or they can filter by Subject, Collection or Author.

Click the Filter button (orange circle) below the search bar to view filtering options.

Please also note that currently available titles will display “Read” and “Download” icons.

Forthcoming titles will either show a padlock or they will simply be listed without the Read and Download icons. The Lived Places website will soon be updated to make it clearer that these titles are forthcoming and are not yet available.

We are keen to hear your thoughts on this trial ebook collection! Please send feedback or questions to the ebooks team at ebooks@lib.cam.ac.uk

Suz Edgar