The Kortext blog
Welcome to the Kortext blog, where you’ll discover insights, opinions and interviews from across the higher education sector.
Sign Language – an open access collection
To mark Sign Language Week, we’ve picked five open access titles from our sign language collection. Whether you’re a linguistics student, a Deaf studies researcher, or simply curious about sign languages, these titles offer rich insights.
Finalising your APUC Lot 1 and SUPC Lot 4 transition
As June draws closer, many university libraries are moving from early planning into final decision-making on their Lot 1 or Lot 4 transitions. Here are the key considerations we’re seeing across the sector.
March 2026 product updates: smarter analytics and faster workflows
Read about how our latest release brings a smarter analytics experience, faster workflows and a series of app updates to improve usability across all platforms.
Thriving at university with study+ and stream
In this blog, Rachel Maxwell explores how Kortext study+ and Kortext stream are designed to enhance student health and wellbeing.
Celebrating Kortext’s ladies in leadership
For International Women’s Day 2026, we asked some of our women leaders to share, in their own words, the impact of their work at Kortext.
THE Awards Outstanding Library Team of the Year 2025
We were joined by Sarah d’Ardenne, Head of Library Services at the Royal Northern College of Music, to talk about what the win meant to the team and discuss the details of their award-winning submission.
Kortext and COBIMET, Inc. partner to expand digital learning access in Puerto Rico
Read our press release to discover how a new partnership between Kortext and COBIMET, Inc. is expanding flexible access to digital academic content and innovative learning technologies for libraries.
LGBT+ History Month – an open access collection
Read our blog to discover five free-to-access LGBTQ+ titles from our curated LGBT+ History Month open access collection.
Data: turning insights into action at Teesside University
How can universities move beyond dashboards? Professor Mark Simpson shares how Teesside University used data-driven insight to improve student outcomes and institutional performance.