Honorary Doctorate

In 2015 I received the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters from Curtin University along with an adjunct professorship at Curtin University. This was to acknowledge the contribution I had made to furthering open access through new approaches and new business models.

Delivering the commencement address outdoors in the sunshine of Australia in February was an added bonus!

Frances Pinter, Curtin University, 24 February 2015

Stream the Graduation Ceremony here

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REDUX Award

University Press Redux Award, 2018 – for contributions to the academic publishing industry. The now ALPSP University Press Redux Conference, is a key event for scholarly publishers (university presses, libraries, societies) to discuss challenges, innovations, open access, and future strategies.

The 2018 award was decided by vote from the membership and a much appreciated endorsement by peers.

Dr Frances Pinter receiving the REDUX award from Lara Speicher, UCL Press

IFLA/Brill Open Access Award

Knowledge Unlatched wins the IFLA/Brill Open Access Award, 2014

IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions), 2014 award for Knowledge Unlatched, then the first collective action model for raising funds to open up access to monographs and peer reviewed edited collections.

It was a great honour to receive this award. KU was said to be 'the most outstanding and game-changing initiative in the field' and that 'the jury is deeply impressed with the simplicity and elegance of the original concept, with the daring scope of the project, bringing together libraries, publishers and other organisations from around the world'.