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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 [...]

Still confused about OA? OtF in 60 seconds

Still confused about OA? We recently challenged the COPIM project to explain our Opening the Future collective funding model in only 60 seconds... and here's the result! Click on the thumbnail below to play the video... div.polaroid { width: 250px; box-shadow: 0 4px 8px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2), 0 6px 20px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.19); text-align: center; } div.container { [...]

CEU Press publishes first OA book today - funded by Opening the Future

“I believe we should strive to guarantee for everyone equal access to all Humankind’s knowledge. This is underpinned by my experience of education in communist Poland, where access to publications was severely restricted and censored by the regime.” Dr Tomasz Kamusella, authorCentral European University (CEU) Press is pleased to announce the publication of a new academic monograph for [...]

University of Liverpool joins Opening the Future at Liverpool University Press

Liverpool University Press (LUP) is delighted to announce that the University of Liverpool’s own library is the latest to subscribe to our Opening the Future collective funding programme. The University was founded in 1881 and now boasts 400+ Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses with over 22,000 students on campus. Staff and students at Liverpool will now get unlimited, perpetual access to [...]

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 [...]

University of St Andrews is the latest Opening the Future member at Liverpool University Press

Liverpool University Press (LUP) is delighted to announce that the University of St Andrews Library is the latest to subscribe to our Opening the Future collective funding programme. Founded in the 15th century, St Andrews is Scotland's first university and the third oldest in the English speaking world. The University’s 10,000+ students (a mixture of postgraduates and undergraduates) and [...]

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 [...]