The IES works with key partners in the subject community and in the book world to drive innovation in policy and in practice. It supports and promotes multi-disciplinary book studies from manuscript to print and publisher, from digital book to archive, collection, and library, and from editing and textual studies to creative and critical practice. The IES aims become a national centre for the study of the book, underpinned by strong cross-School relationships and resources, and by partnerships with the GLAM sector and with industry.  It works closely with subject associations and learned societies to advocate for the study of English.