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We are pleased to share that CDRXIV, a new preprint server from CarbonPlan, has officially launched. CDRXIV is powered behind the scenes by Janeway, with the Open Library of Humanities providing technical infrastructure and development support. This project reflects Janeway’s flexibility as an open…

We’re delighted to announce that our Executive Director, Dr Caroline Edwards, will be participating in the Open Science & Scholarship Festival 2025, organised in collaboration with LSE, the Francis Crick Institute and the UCL Office for Open Science & Scholarship. The festival will take pla…

CFP for a Special Collection at OLHJ (Open Library of the Humanities Journal) Language Diversity in Game Studies Para ver la versión en español de la convocatoria para artículos por favor ver abajo. Game scholars do not only examine games; they also examine game studies. For instance, feminist game…

The OLH is pleased to welcome a field-defining journal to its portfolio of leading humanities and social sciences titles. Energy Humanities, which will begin publishing at the OLH in 2026, is a rigorous, highly respected journal in the interdisciplinary field of energy studies. Influential scholars…

Save the date: The Lower Decks 2.0: A Symposium on Janeway and Open Access

In March 2024, the OLH accepted an application from the International Labour Review (ILR), who have moved from legacy publisher Wiley and relaunched as a diamond open access journal with the OLH in April 2025. In this article, the OLH’s User Experience Researcher and Content Strategist Dr Katherine…

The International Labour Review, one of the world’s leading publications on world-of-work knowledge and research, transitions to open access with the Open Library of Humanities. GENEVA (ILO News) – The International Labour Review (ILR), one of the leading publications covering global work and emplo…

CFP for a Special Collection at OLHJ (Open Library of the Humanities Journal) Victorian Infrastructures and their Environmental Legacies Edited by Julia Ditter and Irmtraud Huber Infrastructures have recently drawn critical interest from anthropology, geography, science and technology studies, engi…

Earlier this week we launched the Open Journals Collective (OJC), an equitable, sustainable, community-led alternative to the big deals and transformative agreements offered by corporate academic publishers. The OJC is a collective of libraries and university-based publishers working to change the …

We are delighted to announce that the University of the Arts London (UAL) has joined us as a new Bronze super-supporter. UAL is a renowned public collegiate university in London, UK, specialising in arts, design, fashion, and the performing arts. Established as The London Institute in 1986, it beca…

Clarivate’s recent announcement has sparked significant concern among librarians and information professionals. The proposed changes could restrict libraries from securing perpetual access to print books and ebooks, forcing institutions into ongoing subscription-based agreements. This approach, whi…

OLH journal Political Philosophy recently completed a successful first year of publishing. The journal launched in January 2024 following the collapse of the Journal of Political Philosophy, when Wiley removed its Editor in Chief Prof. Robert Goodin (Australian National University) and the journal'…