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University of Essex joins Opening the Future at CEU Press
We are pleased to announce that the University of Essex is a member of the CEU Press Opening the Future initiative. Founded in 1964, the University of Essex prides itself on being determined to do things differently, and always putting student success at the centre of everything they do. Joining CEU Press is in keeping with these aims, as Essex hopes to support more open publication to [...]
Edge Hill University joins CEU Press’s Opening the Future programme
The Library at Edge Hill University is the latest to subscribe to CEU Press’s OA monograph funding programme.Formally opened as a college in 1885 with just 41 students, the University has grown to a student population of over 23,000 studying subjects ranging from Accountancy and Biosciences, to Engineering, History, Politics and Sport.The library has chosen to subscribe to the History package [...]
COMING SOON - CEU Press' first OA book, funded by Opening the Future
The first book funded entirely by our Opening the Future programme and its generous library supporters is due out in late November 2021.Words in Space and Time: Historical Atlas of Language Politics in Modern Central Europe by Dr Tomasz Kamusella offers insights into the history and mechanics of Central Europe’s languages as products of human history and a part of culture.Free to read, free [...]
CEU Press announces 4th book for Opening the Future programme
We’re so pleased to announce another book going fully open access through our Opening the Future project, thanks to library support. It will be available for free download in late November 2021, when we’ll let the community know it’s been published.It is through this programme that we are able to make in-depth studies on universal issues available to a broader interested audience around the [...]
University of Groningen Library joins Opening the Future at CEU Press
CEU Press is delighted to announce that the University of Groningen Library is the latest to subscribe to our Opening the Future collective funding programme. Established in 1614, the University has a long history and outstanding alumni include the first Dutch woman to complete a university degree (Aletta Jacobs), as well as the first Dutch astronaut, and several Nobel prize winners.Under the [...]
Lancaster University becomes new Opening the Future member
CEU Press and COPIM are pleased to announce that the library at Lancaster University, UK, is the latest subscriber member to Opening the Future. Lancaster is the first library to subscribe to all three packages of books: History, Political Science, and the Editors' Choice package. This means that their staff and students now have unlimited/concurrent access in perpetuity to 150 different [...]
CEU Press’ Opening the Future programme hits funding target for 2nd and 3rd books
We are pleased to announce that Opening the Future at Central European University Press has already accrued enough library support to fund two more open access monographs, taking the total funded so far to three. This is hot on the heels of our June announcement on funding our first OA book; the programme is gaining momentum and already making a difference.Opening the Future at CEU Press is a [...]
Opening the Future welcomes newest library supporter, Portland State University
CEU Press and COPIM are pleased to announce that the library at Portland State University (PSU) is the latest subscriber member to Opening the Future (OtF). Founded in 1946, PSU in Oregon grew into a diverse public research university and now has 26,000 students and more than 200 degree programs in subjects ranging from Accounting to World History.PSU is one of the first libraries to choose an [...]
European University Institute Library becomes latest library supporter
We are pleased to announce that the European University Institute Library has joined the CEU Press Opening the Future initiative. Founded in 1976 and with over 1000 PhD students and postdoctoral fellows, the EUI is a leading institute in Europe dedicated to the research of social sciences and humanities.Students and staff at the EUI will get DRM-free, unlimited access to 50 eBooks in the History [...]
COPIM/CEU Press Opening the Future initiative announced as a finalist in ALPSP Award for Innovation in Publishing
Central European University Press and COPIM are thrilled to announce that our collective library funding model for open access monographs - Opening the Future - has been shortlisted as a finalist in the prestigious ALPSP Awards for Innovation in Publishing. Developed by COPIM, and initially piloted by CEU Press, Opening the Future (OtF) gives member libraries subscription access to [...]