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University of Fribourg now an Opening the Future member with CEU Press

CEU Press are pleased to announce that the Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire (BCU) library at University of Fribourg is a new member of their Opening the Future (OtF) programme. The University BCU library has chosen to sign up to the Library Selection Package which contains 50 books selected by an independent panel of librarians on the history of the Central and Eastern European [...]

CEU Press announces forthcoming release of 3 new OA titles funded by Opening the Future

Central European University (CEU) Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of three new open access books that have been funded entirely by library members of the Opening the Future (OtF) programme. Available soon, the OA books will be freely available online, and can also be bought in print. -        Multicultural Cities [...]

Liverpool John Moores University is a new Opening the Future member with CEU Press

CEU Press are pleased to announce that the library at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) is a new member of the Opening the Future (OtF) programme. The library has chosen to sign up to the Library Selection Package, which contains 50 eBooks selected for the programme by an independent panel of librarians on the history of the Central and Eastern European region, culture, communism, [...]

University of Cambridge expands their Opening the Future membership

CEU Press are pleased to announce that Cambridge University Libraries are now subscribing to two more packages on their Opening the Future programme, taking their membership to three packages in total. Cambridge have been OtF members for over a year already and benefiting from access to the Editors' Choice package. They recently added to their membership and augmented their local collection [...]

Opening the Future at CEU Press: an update on progress

A brief look at our progress so far, since launching our OA funding programme in 2021Central European University (CEU) Press, in partnership with the COPIM project, are proud to share the first insights into the global reach of open access (OA) titles funded by their Opening the Future (OtF) initiative. This collective subscription model gives libraries access to a selection of the Press’ [...]

University of Tennessee, Knoxville becomes Opening the Future member at both CEU Press and Liverpool University Press

CEU Press and Liverpool University Press (LUP) are pleased to announce that the library at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is a new member of the Opening the Future (OtF) programmes at both publishers. The library has chosen to sign up to: * At CEU Press: the Library Selection Package, which contains 50 eBooks selected by an independent panel of librarians on the history of the [...]

Cardiff University is now an Opening the Future member at both CEU Press and Liverpool University Press

CEU Press and Liverpool University Press (LUP) are pleased to announce that the library at Cardiff University is now a member of the Opening the Future (OtF) programmes at both publishers. Staff and students at Cardiff have access to 100 eBooks at CEU Press on the history of the Central and Eastern European region, culture, and politics. And at LUP they can now access the Modern Languages [...]

"Beyond the BPC: Making Open Access Book Publishing Fair, Sustainable and Equitable"

ATG Special Report — Beyond the BPC: Making Open Access Book Publishing Fair, Sustainable and Equitable"At the Charleston 2022 conference, we saw books catching up with journals with a showcase of new business models designed to transition long-form publishing to OA.  Now, with an increasing number of OA mandates for monographs and book chapters, the goal is to find a model, or several [...]

University of Washington becomes new Opening the Future member at CEU Press and Liverpool University Press

CEU Press and Liverpool University Press (LUP) are pleased to announce that the library at the University of Washington is a new member of the Opening the Future (OtF) programmes at both publishers. The U of Washington library has chosen to sign up to: At CEU Press: the Library Selection Package, which contains 50 eBooks selected by an independent panel of [...]

Library at the Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen joins Opening the Future

CEU Press is pleased to announce that the Library at the Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen (Institute for Human Sciences) in Vienna is one of the latest to subscribe to our Opening the Future collective funding programme. Founded as a place of encounter in 1982 by a young Polish philosopher and two German colleagues in neutral Austria, the Institute’s initial mission was to create a [...]