EPIC Update - 12 March 2026 - More webinars & new subscription options for 2026-2027
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12 March 2026
Included in this update
- JCS Online Resources – FindMyPast & British Newspaper Archive webinar opportunities
- Gale Cengage – new public library package options & webinar opportunity
- Other new subscription options for 2026-2027
JCS Online Resources - FindMyPast & British Newspaper Archive webinars
Dr Lorna Tyrtania, Principal Product Manager at Findmypast / The British Newspaper Archive will lead two short webinars providing a walkthrough to explain how patrons can access each of the databases to get started quickly, explore, search and view the content, with a few extra tips and tools for success.
Each webinar will run for 30 minutes (25-minute presentation followed by 5 minute Q and A) Please register separately for each of the webinars that you wish to attend below:
Please also note that these webinars will be hosted out of the UK - hence the late-night timing of the live sessions. However, if you register as an attendee, you will be sent a recording of the session whether you attend the live session or not.
Webinar info and registration links are as follows:
Making the most of FindMyPast
Tuesday 17 March 2026 - 10.30pm
Registration link
Making the most of The British Newspaper Archive
Tuesday 14 April 2026 - 8.30pm
Registration link
Gale Cengage - new public library packages & webinar
Gale Cengage is introducing two new public library packages through EPIC in 2026-2027:
The Gale Regional Public Libraries Package will be available to public libraries with a population served of less than 200,000 and includes access to the following Gale Cengage resources:
- Gale General OneFile
- Gale OneFile: News
- Gale OneFile: Australia and New Zealand
- Gale In Context: Global Issues
- National Geographic Kids
Gale will be hosting the following webinar session to provide an overview of the resources included in the package:
Overview of resources for Gale Regional Public Libraries Package
Wednesday 18 March 2026 - 9.00am (30 mins)
Registration link
The Gale Large Public Libraries Package will be available to public libraries with a population served over 75,000.
Use the following link to access a full list of the Gale products included in the Gale Large Public Libraries Package.
Other new EPIC subscription options for 2026-2027
The following are more new subscription options that will be available through EPIC in 2026-2027:
A quick reminder that you can access subscription pricing information for all of these options (using your authorised EPIC account login) from the secure section of the EPIC pricing and sub-licence agreements page of the National Library website.
OCLC:
- biblio+ (Public Libraries)
A book centric streaming platform which enables public libraries to provide their users with unlimited, simultaneous access to a full collection of high-quality movies, popular series and documentaries.
Fiero Learning:
- Storykin (Public Libraries)
A creativing writing education platform that guides library patrons through the process of writing a novel, short story, memoir or personal essay. It also includes courses on traditional and self publishing.
Digitales:
- Ginger Tiger (Public Libraries)
Access to a comprehensive collection of education activities created exclusively for the special needs community (in-library use only).
Bookery:
- Learn English Online (Public Libraries, Tertiary Libraries)
A new Clarity English program. A simple to use, English learning tool, covering 4 levels – beginner, elementary, intermediate and advanced.
RMIT Publishing:
- Informit Explore (Public Libraries, Non- University Tertiary Libraries, Special Libraries)
A major Australasian focussed research database that provides access to ALL the content available through Informit Core in a topical, issues based discovery layer tailored specifically for public libraries and aligned with the New Zealand curriculum.
ProQuest:
The following new ProQuest One products:
- ProQuest One Business (Public Libraries, Non-University Tertiary Libraries, Non-Government Special Libraries)
- ProQuest One Social Sciences (Public Libraries, Government Special Libraries)
- ProQuest One Entertainment and Popular Culture (Public Libraries)
- ProQuest One Visual Arts and Design (Public Libraries, Non-University Tertiary Libraries)
- ProQuest One Women’s Studies (Public Libraries, Non-University Tertiary Libraries)
- ProQuest One Anthropology (Public Libraries, Non-University Tertiary Libraries, All Special Libraries)
- ProQuest One Applied and Life Sciences (Non-University Tertiary Libraries, All Special Libraries)
- ProQuest One Sustainability (Non-University Tertiary Libraries, All Special Libraries)
- ProQuest One Health and Nursing (All Special Libraries)
- ProQuest One Psychology (All Special Libraries)
Bloomsbury:
Below are new collections that will be available as subscription options to all library sectors on the following Bloomsbury platforms:
- Drama Online – Globe on Screen 3
- Drama Online – National Theatre Collection 4
- Drama Online – Global Plays Collection 2
- Drama Online – Open Clasp Video Collection
- Drama Online – Playlab Theatre Collection
- Drama Online – Arden Shakespeare Play Collection: Text and Language
- Drama Online – Theatre and Series
- Drama Online – Acting and Practical Theatre Guides
- Bloomsbury Music & Sound – Sound Studies
- Bloomsbury Visual Arts – Architecture Design & Practice 2
- Bloomsbury Visual Arts – Art and Visual Culture Reference Collection
- Bloomsbury Visual Arts - European Art History Collection
- Bloomsbury Visual Arts - Modern Art Collection
- Bloomsbury Visual Arts – Theory of Art Collection
- Bloomsbury Visual Arts - Visual Culture and Photography Collection
- Screen Studies – Filmmaking 2 Collection
- Screen Studies – Film Studies Reference Collection
- Screen Studies – Digital Screen Cultures Collection
- Screen Studies – Filmmakers and Film Genre Collection
- Screen Studies – National and Transnational Cinema Collection
- Bloomsbury History – African American History Collection
- Bloomsbury History – African History Reference Library Collection
- Bloomsbury History – The History of the Ancient World
- Bloomsbury History – 20th Century Military History Collection
- Theology and Religion Online – Anchor Yale Reference Library
- Theology and Religion Online – History of Christianity Collection
- Theology and Religion Online – History of Judaism Collection
- Theology and Religion Online – Approaches to the Bible Collection
- Theology and Religion Online – t&t Clark Bible Commentaries Collection
- Theology and Religion Online – Baker New Testament Bible Commentaries
- Theology and Religion Online – The Bible and Violence Collection
- Bloomsbury Video Library – The London Symphony Orchestra 2024 Collection
- Bloomsbury Video Library – 18th and 19th Century Ballet Collection
- Bloomsbury Video Library – 20th and 21st Century Ballet Collection
- Bloomsbury Video Library – Wigmore Hall 2022-2025 Collection
Jessica Kingsley Publishers Library
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers Library – Autism and Neurodiversity Collection
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers Library – Gender Diversity and Sexuality Collection
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers Library – Inclusive Teaching and Learning Collection
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers Library – Mental Health and Counselling Collection
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Paula Banks - EPIC Manager
