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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 Liverpool University Press and CEU Press
Liverpool University Press (LUP) and CEU Press 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
University of Washington becomes new Opening the Future member at Liverpool University Press and CEU Press
Liverpool University Press (LUP) and CEU Press 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 LUP: the Modern Languages Package which contains 37 eBooks on 'Contemporary Hispanic and Lusophone Cultures' and [...]
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 [...]
How can I persuade my institution to support collective funding for open access books? (Part One)
The first of a two-part blog post in which our colleagues at COPIM lay out the problems with BPCs (Book Processing Charges) and disentangle the various alternatives; in Part Two they outline practical steps to convince budget holders to invest in collective models instead."As part of our work at COPIM, we speak to a lot of librarians. Many are personally convinced of the need to support [...]