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Columbia University renews their Opening the Future membership at CEU Press

CEU Press are pleased to announce that Columbia University has renewed their initial three year membership of their Opening the Future programme.The library now also has perpetual access to the books from their initial subscription.As with all Opening the Future members, Columbia University has enhanced their eBook collection with titles relevant to the university’s research and teaching needs - [...]

The European University Institute renews their Opening the Future membership at CEU Press

CEU Press are pleased to announce that the European University Institute has renewed their initial three year membership of their Opening the Future programme.The library at EUI has continued to boost their local collection by subscribing to the East Meets West package on top of their original subscription to the Editor’s Choice package, Political Science package, and History package.This means [...]

Opening the Future Annual Report 2024

2024 was a busy year for Opening the Future and our participating publishers. We had a couple of major goals at the outset: to continue supporting our existing publishers with implementing the model and navigate the start of the renewals process;to onboard some new publishers. 1) Existing publishersSo firstly, here’s an update on our two partner presses, CEU Press and Liverpool [...]

UiT (The Arctic University of Norway) renews their Opening the Future membership at CEU Press

CEU Press are pleased to announce that UiT (The Arctic University of Norway) has renewed their initial three year membership of their Opening the Future programme.The library at UiT has continued to boost their local collection by subscribing to the Editor’s Choice package on top of their original subscription to the Library Selection package. This means that staff and students now have [...]

The University of Bristol subscribes to Opening the Future at Liverpool University Press

Liverpool University Press are pleased to announce that the University of Bristol is a new subscribing member to their Opening the Future programme.The library has boosted their local collection by subscribing to the Modern Languages package. This means that staff and students now have unlimited and concurrent access to 37 Hispanic and lusophone culture, language, history and socio-political [...]

The University of Sheffield renews their Opening the Future membership at CEU Press

CEU Press are pleased to announce that The University of Sheffield has renewed their initial three year membership of their Opening the Future programme.The library has continued to boost their local collection by subscribing to the Editor’s Choice package on top of their original subscription to the History package.This means that staff and students now have unlimited and concurrent access to [...]

The University of St Gallen renews their Opening the Future membership at CEU Press

CEU Press are pleased to announce that the University of St Gallen has renewed their initial three year membership of their Opening the Future programme.The library now also has perpetual access to the books from their initial subscription.As with all Opening the Future members, the University of St Gallen has enhanced their eBook collection with titles relevant to the university’s research and [...]

OtF's Library Advisory Board meets for the first time

Back in Spring 2024, we at Opening the Future (OtF) were taking stock of the past four years, and the next two. We are no longer a ‘pilot’ OA funding model, but a functional, long-term one funding serious scholarship which has so far enabled over 60 new OA books to be published (around 35 already out, the rest in the pipeline) between CEU Press and Liverpool University Press. We have been [...]

Tilburg University subscribes to Opening the Future at CEU Press and Liverpool University Press

CEU Press and Liverpool University Press are pleased to announce that Tilburg University is a new subscribing member to their Opening the Future programmes.The library at Tilburg University has boosted their local collection by subscribing to CEU Press’ Editor’s Choice package, and LUP’s Modern Languages package. This means that staff and students now have unlimited and concurrent access to [...]

Two new books funded at Liverpool University Press via OtF

Liverpool University Press is pleased to announce the funding of two new open access books thanks to the existing supporters, and recently joined new library members of the Opening the Future (OtF) programme. Published over October and November 2024, our new OA books will be freely accessible and readable online, and will also be available in print.Jurisdictional Battlefields: Political [...]