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West Virginia University joins LUP’s Opening the Future programme
The Libraries at West Virginia University (WVU) are the latest to subscribe to Liverpool University Press’s OA monograph funding programme.WVU’s history dates back to 1867 and is now home to students from 112 nations. The WVU Libraries encompass seven libraries statewide, including a Health Sciences Library, Law Library, and the West Virginia and Regional History Center. Onsite collections [...]
Announcing the first Liverpool University Press OA books funded through Opening the Future
The team at Liverpool University Press are thrilled to announce that our Opening the Future library membership programme has reached the threshold needed to begin funding its first two titles, made fully open access through subscribing libraries’ memberships. Opening the Future is a collaboration between Liverpool University Press and COPIM, with support from LYRASIS and Jisc, and was launched [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Library perspective: balancing investments and sustainability in Open Access
The COPIM Opening the Future team recently caught up with Annie Johnson (formerly of Temple University Libraries, now at the University of Delaware Library) for a Q&A on balancing investments and sustainability in Open Access. Annie Johnson was until this month the Assistant Director for Open Publishing Initiatives and Scholarly Communications at Temple University Libraries and Press in [...]
Library perspective: balancing investments and sustainability in Open Access
The COPIM Opening the Future team recently caught up with Annie Johnson (formerly of Temple University Libraries, now at the University of Delaware Library) for a Q&A on balancing investments and sustainability in Open Access. Annie Johnson was until this month the Assistant Director for Open Publishing Initiatives and Scholarly Communications at Temple University Libraries and Press in [...]
Announcing two more Open Access books funded by Opening the Future library membership programme
Central European University (CEU) Press is pleased to announce the selection of two new open access books, due for release in July 2022, when they will be freely available to download or read online:Under the Radar: Tracking Western Radio Listeners in the Soviet Union, R. Eugene Parta. The account of a remarkable Cold War operation to assess the impact of Western radio broadcasts on Soviet [...]