4 June 2024
Gale, part of Cengage Group, has announced that Power to the People: Counterculture, Social Movements, and the Alternative Press, Nineteenth to Twenty-First Century has been named the best Research and Development Database Solution of 2024 as part of the Software & Information Industry Association’s (SIIA) annual CODiE Awards. The CODiE Awards recognize the companies producing the most innovative education technology products across the country and around the world. This is the fourth consecutive year a Gale primary source archive has been recognized for innovative excellence by the CODiEs.
“This archive has truly been a labor of love and years in the making for us,” said Terry Robinson, senior vice president of Gale’s global academic business. “As the content came together, we knew this collection was going to be something special. The authentic voices in the archive combined with the technology of our Gale Primary Sources research platform, shows that the uniqueness and innovation of this archive is unmatched, and we are thrilled to see it recognized for that.”
The SIIA CODiE Awards are the industry’s only peer-reviewed awards program. Product submissions undergo rigorous reviews by expert judges including educators and administrators whose evaluations determined the finalists. SIIA members then vote on the finalist products, and the scores from both rounds are tabulated to select the winners.
Here’s what the CODiE judges said about Power to the People:
“The product is great for research as it is rich in content and has a user-friendly design and accessibility features. Overall, it’s an excellent research database with high quality and unbiased resources.” –2024 CODiE Judge
Power to the People is a digital archive of rare primary sources that showcase a wide range of ideas, initiatives and social movements devoted to people-powered politics that have shaped modern Western history. The collection paints a multifaceted picture of social history and includes diverse, first-hand perspectives on countercultural movements. The archive is available on the Gale Primary Sources platform, enabling cross-archival searching to help users make new connections.