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University of Bristol becomes new Opening the Future member

CEU Press are pleased to announce that the library at the University of Bristol is a recent addition to the subscribing members of Opening the Future. Bristol 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, [...]

What is the difference in metrics used for books and journals?

This week, the Opening the Future team at COPIM started making a series of short videos from a recent Zoom chat with Lorraine Estelle, project director of COUNTER (Counting Online Usage of NeTworked Electronic Resources).We posed Lorraine a few topical questions on the use of metrics in measuring OA books and asked her for insights on the pitfalls, pros and cons.In the first of our videos below, [...]

What is the difference in metrics used for books and journals?

Third OA book published by CEU Press - funded by Opening the Future

We’re pleased to announce the title of the next monograph to be published fully open access by CEU Press: Staged Otherness: Ethnic Shows in Central and Eastern Europe, 1850–1939, edited by Dagnosław Demski and Dominika Czarnecka. Thanks to library support of our Opening the Future project, this book is the third one to accrue enough funding to allow us to make it freely accessible, without [...]

CEU Press’ Opening the Future programme publishes 2nd OA book

We are pleased to announce that Opening the Future at Central European University Press has accrued enough library support to publish another open access (OA) monograph: Constructing Identities over Time: “Bad Gypsies” and “Good Roma” in Russia and Hungary by Jekatyerina Dunajeva. This is hot on the heels of the release of our first OA book; the programme is gaining momentum and already making a [...]

Library at the University of Leipzig joins Opening the Future

CEU Press is pleased to announce that the Library at the University of Leipzig is one of the latest to subscribe to our Opening the Future collective funding programme. One of the world's oldest universities, its alumni includes Robert Schumann, Richard Wagner, Angela Merkel and nine Nobel laureates.As members subscribing to two packages (the History and the Editor’s Choice Collections), staff [...]

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz joins Opening the Future

CEU Press is delighted to announce that the Library at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has recently subscribed to our Opening the Future collective funding programme. With over 30,000 students representing 120+ nations, JGU is one of the largest and most diverse universities in Germany. Staff and students teach and research on subjects ranging from chemistry to biotechnology and [...]

CEU Press reaches target for fifth book funded by Opening the Future programme

Slated for release in January 2022, we’re pleased to announce the title of another monograph that will be published fully open access (OA) by CEU Press: Staged Otherness: Ethnic Shows in Central and Eastern Europe, 1850–1939, edited by Dagnosław Demski and Dominika Czarnecka.Thanks to library support through our Opening the Future (OtF) model, this book is the fifth one to accrue enough funding [...]

The University of Sheffield joins Liverpool University Press’s Opening the Future programme

The Library at The University of Sheffield (TUoS) is the latest to subscribe to LUP’s backlist of Modern Languages books. As members they will get DRM-free access to 37 of the publisher’s eBooks on Hispanic culture and languages, including literature, cinema, politics and history. And after three years membership, TUoS will retain perpetual access to the eBooks.LUP’s innovative OA monograph [...]

National Library of Finland becomes new Opening the Future member

CEU Press are pleased to announce that the National Library of Finland is a new member of their Opening the Future (OtF) programme. With roots stretching back to 1640 and to the establishment of the Academy of Turku, the National Library is a cultural heritage organisation that is open to all, providing nationwide services to citizens, scientific communities, and others.The National Library [...]