And the winners are… We are pleased to announce the following Murray State faculty members are the 2021 Lana Porter Open Access Initiatives Awardees! University Libraries’ Scholarly Communication Committee will grant each faculty member a stipend to be used for research materials, conferences, travel, or other projects during the current academic year. The award is given in the spirit of encouraging recipients to continue producing scholarship in an open access format. Congratulations to this year’s awardees, and thank you to all our nominees for your time and effort in applying and for supporting open access research.        …

The Jackson Purchase Historical Society is pleased to announce the publication of Volume 48 of its award-winning Journal. The Journal has received awards for excellence in 2015, 2017, and 2020. The society was founded in 1958. Since its founding, it has played a crucial role in the life of the Jackson Purchase region due to the diligent efforts of its members to preserve the area’s past. The Journal of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society continues to be the primary channel through which knowledge of the Jackson Purchase has been disseminated. This year’s Journal is the forty-eighth published by the members…