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Nominations now open for the OLH Library Board

Posted by Paula Clemente Vega on 2023-05-16

As part of our 2023-2030 plan for sustainable growth of the OLH, we are pleased to announce that the OLH Library Board is being re-constituted as one of three elected Advisory Boards. As a strictly not-for-profit publisher with no shareholders, the OLH exists purely for the intellectual and academic good of the research that we publish. This mission is shared by hundreds of stakeholders who [...]

University of Tennessee joins OLH LPS Model

Posted by Paula Clemente Vega on 2023-04-18

We are pleased to announce that the University of Tennessee, Knoxville has joined the Open Library of Humanities' (OLH) Library Partnership Subsidy system. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is the flagship land-grant university of the state of Tennessee. Founded as Blount College in 1794, two years before Tennessee became a state, UT Knoxville has grown into the state’s premier public [...]

OLH publication on the history of Becket’s name features in The Times

Posted by Paula Clemente Vega on 2023-04-05

We are very pleased to say that an article published in the Open Library of Humanities journal has been recently featured in The Times. The article in question, “Who Put the ‘a’ in ‘Thomas a Becket’? The History of a Name from the Angevins to the Victorians” by John Jenkins, examines the history of Becket’s name since the 12th century.In The Times piece Jack Blackburn says:"Thomas Becket was [...]

Research into Janeway user needs during copyediting

Posted by Paula Clemente Vega on 2023-03-31

A blog post by Joseph Muller, Publishing Technologies Developer for JanewayJoseph Muller is a developer working on the Janeway project. In this blog post, he explores a move towards human-centred software design, informed by User Experience research, that the OLH are experimenting with in preparation for redeveloping Janeway's copyediting interface. The project was co-researched with [...]

OLH annual report 2022

Posted by Paula Clemente Vega on 2023-03-31

The Open Library of Humanities (OLH) is an award-winning, academic-led, diamond open-access publisher of 28 journals based at Birkbeck, University of London. With initial funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and subsequent support from Arcadia, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Professor Peter Baldwin, the platform currently covers its costs by payments from an international library [...]

The University of Delaware Joins OLH LPS Model

Posted by Paula Clemente Vega on 2023-03-30

We are pleased to announce that the University of Delaware has joined the Open Library of Humanities' (OLH) Library Partnership Subsidy system. With roots dating back to 1743, the University of Delaware is one of the oldest universities in the U.S. Originally founded as a seminary in New London, Pennsylvania, the school had relocated and gone through several name changes before it officially [...]

Braunschweig University Library joins OLH LPS Model

Posted by Paula Clemente Vega on 2023-03-23

We are pleased to announce that the University Library of TU Braunschweig has joined the Open Library of Humanities' (OLH) Library Partnership Subsidy system. Technische Universität Braunschweig, commonly referred to as TU Braunschweig, is the oldest Institute of Technology in Germany. The university was founded in 1745 as Collegium Carolinum and is a member of TU9, an incorporated [...]

The Lower Decks: A Symposium on Janeway and Open Access Publishing

Posted by Paula Clemente Vega on 2023-02-02

Location: Birkbeck, University of London, & streaming onlineDates: 07/09/2023 – 08/09/2023Cost: FreeSign up to attend: https://thelowerdecks.janeway.systems/signupIn celebration of the ten-year anniversary since the launch of the project of the Open Library of Humanities (OLH), an award-winning, academic-led, diamond open access journal publisher, and the five-year anniversary of Janeway, its [...]

The OLH Open Access Award 2023: call for applications

Posted by Paula Clemente Vega on 2023-01-31

The OLH Open Access Award 2023: call for applications The Open Library of Humanities (OLH) is proud to continue its work towards its open access mission across the globe with the OLH Open Access Award 2023, a fund dedicated to promoting the benefits and impact of open access to humanities scholars and disciplines and to knowledge worldwide. The Open Library of Humanities is an [...]

OLH welcomes the Saxon State and University Library Dresden (SLUB) as a bronze super-supporter

Posted by Paula Clemente Vega on 2023-01-19

We are very pleased to announce that we have recently welcomed a new bronze super-supporter to our library board. The Saxon State and University Library Dresden, abbreviated SLUB Dresden, is one of the largest academic libraries in Germany. As the library of the Technische Universität Dresden, it provides the information for a research-intensive full university with a particularly wide range [...]

Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg joins OLH LPS Model

Posted by Paula Clemente Vega on 2022-12-20

We are pleased to announce that Oldenburg University Library has joined the Open Library of Humanities' (OLH) Library Partnership Subsidy system. The Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg was founded in 1973, making it one of Germany's youngest universities. Its goal is to find answers to the major challenges society faces in the 21st century – through interdisciplinary, cutting edge [...]

Wayne State University joins OLH LPS Model

Posted by Paula Clemente Vega on 2022-12-13

We are pleased to announce that Wayne State University has joined the Open Library of Humanities’ (OLH) Library Partnership Subsidy system. Wayne State University (WSU) is a public research university in Detroit, Michigan. It is Michigan's third-largest university. Wayne State's history began in 1868, when five physicians who witnessed the crude medical treatment on Civil War battlefields [...]

A Year with the Open Library of Humanities

Posted by Paula Clemente Vega on 2022-11-29

A Year with the Open Library of Humanities A blog post by Lindsey Beth Zelvin, CHASE Editorial, Marketing and Technical Intern for OLHLindsey Beth Zelvin is the CHASE Editorial, Marketing and Technical Intern for the Open Library of Humanities. She is coming to the end of a yearlong placement with OLH which she began in November 2021. Lindsey is in the second year of her PhD in [...]

OLH features in a European Commission report on business models for sustainable non-for-profit OA publishing

Posted by Paula Clemente Vega on 2022-11-18

OLH features in a European Commission report on business models for sustainable non-for-profit OA publishingThe Open Library of Humanities is very honoured to have been showcased in a European Commission report on business models for sustainable non-for-profit OA publishing. The report, "Operationalising Open Research Europe as a collective publishing enterprise" published in October 2022, was [...]

James Madison University joins OLH LPS Model

Posted by Paula Clemente Vega on 2022-11-14

We are pleased to announce that James Madison University has joined the Open Library of Humanities’ (OLH) Library Partnership Subsidy system. Founded in 1908, James Madison University (JMU) is a public university located in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. JMU offers 139 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs to over 22,000 students. JMU’s membership in the OLH was led by JMU Libraries, a [...]