OLH Welcomes the University of North Dakota

The Open Library of Humanities is pleased to announce a new supporting institution, the University of North Dakota (UND). UND is a public research university in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It was established by the Dakota Territorial Assembly in 1883, six years before the establishment of the state of North Dakota. The university is the state's flagship institution, with more than 14,000 students and 225+ online and on campus fields of study. UND pioneered the first degree program in unmanned aircraft systems and hosts renowned research centers such as the Energy and Environmental Research Center and the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center. UND is known for its strong focus on aerospace, energy, and health sciences, and houses the only law school and medical school in North Dakota. With a vibrant student life, rich athletic traditions, and notable alumni across diverse fields, UND continues to be a cornerstone of innovation and education in North Dakota.

With this partnership in place, the University of North Dakota demonstrates its support of diamond open access. The Open Library of Humanities is collectively funded by its member libraries and wouldn't be able to operate without their generous support. Redirecting funds for the support of scholar-led diamond OA initiatives is vital for the survival of not-for-profit platforms such as OLH. It helps build an academic publishing ecosystem based on equity and on a vision of academic research as a global public good.



About OLH: The Open Library of Humanities is an award-winning, academic-led, diamond open-access publisher of 33 journals based at Birkbeck, University of London. With initial funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and subsequent support from Arcadia, a charitable fund, the platform covers its costs by payments from an international library consortium rather than any author fee. This funding mechanism enables equitable open access in the humanities disciplines, with charges neither to readers nor authors. 

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