Welcome to Berg Publishers. We are an academic publisher of books and journals with a strong focus on visual culture.

Berg Publishers has signed an agreement with the Scottish Higher Education Digital Library (SHEDL) Berg Publishers is pleased to announce it has signed an agreement with the Scottish Higher Education Digital Library (SHEDL) to licence its complete journal content to all 19 member institutions starting from 2010.  The three year agreement will support SHEDL’s initiative to provide access to a larger variety and number of electronic journals to the Scottish Higher Education community.

The Journal of Modern Craft received fantastic praise in the Times Literary Supplement The recent review honoured the journal’s contribution to a large and emerging academic subject area. 'Craft is a large subject, but The Journal of Modern Craft makes brave claims to be its journal of record.' read more ...

Cultural and Social History now covered by ISI Arts and Humanities Citation Index Cultural and Social History, the official journal of the Social History Society, has recently been accepted for inclusion in the ISI Arts and Humanities Citation Index. The journal has met the high standards of the objective evaluation process and is featured in the category 'history' from now on.

Art in Translation awarded ‘Highly Commended’ in the 2009 ALPSP Award for Best New Journal Art in Translation has been awarded a Highly Commended Certificate in the 2009 ALPSP Award for Best New Journal. The panel of judges, consisting of librarians and publishing professionals, honoured the journal as 'an ambitious project that offers an innovative resource for the Humanities sector'.

Interiors: Design, Architecture and Culture - new journal in 2010 Berg is pleased to announce it will launch Interiors in 2010. It will complement Berg’s existing programme in the visual arts and will increase its journal collection to 17 titles. The journal is edited by Anne Massey (Kingston University, UK) and John Turpin (Washington State University, USA) and will be published 3 times a year.

Art in Translation shortlisted for the 2009 ALPSP Award Best New Journal Art in Translation has been shortlisted for the 2009 ALPSP Award for Best New Journal. The award winner will be announced at the Awards Gala Dinner in Thame on 10 September 2009.

Berg announces new partnership with V&A museum Berg Publishers and the Victoria and Albert Museum are pleased to announce a new partnership which means that 1600 images from the internationally renowned V&A fashion collection will be available through the Berg Fashion Library. read more ...

Berg Publishers endorses TRANSFER Code of Practice Berg Publishers signed up to the Code of Practice developed by UKSG to ensure access to journal content remains accessible by institutions in case of change of publisher. Further details on the guidelines and policies are available at UKSG's website.

Bloomsbury plc acquires Berg Publishers Bloomsbury announces acquisition of Berg. read more ...