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Tulane University joins Opening the Future at CEU Press
Central European University (CEU) Press is pleased to announce that the library at Tulane University is now a subscriber member of Opening the Future. Tulane have opted for the Editors’ Choice package of backlist books, which is a selection of 50 monographs curated by the editors at the Press. This means that Tulane staff and students now have unlimited, concurrent access to 50 titles in a [...]
University of Southampton signs up to Opening the Future at CEU Press
We are pleased to announce that the University of Southampton Library has joined as a subscribing member of the CEU Press Opening the Future programme. This commitment forms part of its support for sustainable and high-quality open access publishing and equitable education opportunities. The University has opted for the ‘OA Supporter Membership’ package. Some institutions may not wish to [...]
University of Cambridge becomes new Opening the Future member
CEU Press and COPIM are pleased to announce that the library at the University of Cambridge is one of the latest subscriber members to Opening the Future. Cambridge has signed up to the Editors' Choice package. This means that their staff and students now have unlimited and concurrent access to 50 different eBooks on subjects ranging from mediaeval Europe, to human rights, Jewish studies, [...]
CEU Press announces 8th & 9th OA titles to be funded by Opening the Future
Central European University (CEU) Press is pleased to announce the selection of two more open access books that have been funded entirely by library members of the Opening the Future (OtF) programme. Due for release in July 2022 the two new books will be freely available to download or read online. Free-Market Socialists: European Émigrés Who Made Capitalist Culture in America, [...]
OA Monographs: Making Mandates Reality - workshop recording
A COPIM workshop in partnership with RLUK - video link and speaker slides, 23 June 2022RecordingCOPIM - RLUK | Open Access Monographs: Making Mandates RealityAbout this eventThis half-day workshop galvanised a much-needed sector-wide conversation on OA monographs in the context of the UK’s policy landscape. Expert panels of speakers from the library, publishing and policy worlds outlined the [...]
Opening the Future program welcomes JSTOR as a hosting partner
JSTOR has joined the Opening the Future program as a hosting partner for Open Access ebooks published by Central European University Press and Liverpool University Press. These ebooks will be freely available on JSTOR, in addition to the publishers’ websites and other platforms offering Open Access ebooks. Making the titles available on multiple platforms ensures that users can discover and [...]
Loughborough University joins Opening the Future at CEU Press
Central European University (CEU) Press is pleased to announce that the library at Loughborough University is now a subscriber member of Opening the Future. Loughborough are subscribing to the Political Science package of backlist books. Through this, staff and students now have unlimited access to 50 different eBooks on the political, economic, social and cultural changes of the Central and [...]
Librarian perspective: Q&A with Curtis Brundy, Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Communications and Collections at Iowa State University
We recently caught up with Curtis Brundy, Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Communications and Collections at Iowa State University, for a Q&A on OA monographs and library collection policies.Iowa State University Library assists beyond the university faculty, staff and students. How does OA help serve its obligations towards the state of Iowa?Iowa State University is a Land Grant [...]
University of New South Wales Library joins Opening the Future at CEU Press
CEU Press is pleased to announce that the library at University of New South Wales (UNSW) is now a subscriber member of Opening the Future. UNSW has opted for the Editors' Choice package of backlist books. This means that their staff and students now have unlimited and concurrent access to 50 different eBooks on subjects ranging from medieval Europe, to East European culture, economics, and [...]
University of California signs up to Opening the Future program through CDL
CEU Press and Liverpool University Press are pleased to announce that nine University of California (UC) campuses have signed up through the California Digital Library (CDL) to their Opening the Future collective funding programs. Under the terms of the deal, nine University of California campuses will receive unlimited, perpetual access to curated selections of the two publishers’ backlists: the [...]