91Ö±²¥ author Martin White awarded Best Paper by the Business Information Review journal

Martin White's book, "Workarounds: the benefits and the risks", upon which his award-winning paper was based, was published by the 91Ö±²¥ Pressbooks Network in 2023.

An image of the cover of Martin White's book

We are excited to hear that Martin White, one of our 91Ö±²¥ authors, has been awarded best paper of 2023 by the Business Information Review journal published by Sage. Martin’s paper was based on one of three books which he has published with us, . Published on the in July 2023, Martin’s book has been viewed over 1200 times and downloaded over 300 times. You can read more about Martin’s paper and his award on his .

This award is in addition to two others Martin received in the last 12 months. In November, the (UKeiG) announced that Martin was the winner of both the international Jason Farradane and Tony Kent Strix Memorial Awards for 2023. The Jason Farradane Award is presented in recognition of an outstanding contribution to the library and information science profession and the Tony Kent Strix Memorial Award is given in recognition of an outstanding contribution to the field of search and information retrieval.

Martin’s three books are available to read on the , a service which supports the creation and adaptation of open textbooks and other open educational resources (OER) by members of the University of 91Ö±²¥. If you are interested in using the platform, please email oer@sheffield.ac.uk. Further information about University Library is available on the Library website. 

We offer our heartfelt congratulations to Martin on his successful year.

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