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University of Vienna joins OLH LPS model

Posted by Martin Paul Eve on 2018-01-08

We are extremely pleased to announce that the University of Vienna has joined the Open Library of Humanities' Library Partnership Subsidy system. Founded in 1365, the University of Vienna is one of the oldest universities in Europe. With 175 degree programmes, 47 university continuing education and training programmes and about 94,000 students, the University of Vienna is the largest and [...]

University of Bern joins OLH LPS model

Posted by Martin Paul Eve on 2017-12-19

We are extremely pleased to announce that the University of Bern has joined the Open Library of Humanities' Library Partnership Subsidy system. The University of Bern is located in the heart of the Swiss capital of Bern and was founded in 1834. The University enjoys special recognition in leading-edge disciplines, is reputed for the excellent quality of its teaching, and has a campus [...]

Carleton College joins OLH LPS model

Posted by Martin Paul Eve on 2017-12-13

We are extremely pleased to announce that Carleton College has joined the Open Library of Humanities' Library Partnership Subsidy system. Founded in 1866, Carleton College is a small, private liberal arts college in the historic river town of Northfield, Minnesota. Best known for its academic excellence and warm, welcoming campus community, Carleton offers 33 majors in the arts, humanities, [...]

Article in OLH Journal, The Comics Grid, Wins Prestigious Learned Society Prize

Posted by Martin Paul Eve on 2017-12-08

We are delighted to announce that Aleisha Ward's article, "New Zealand Jazz Concerts, the Use and Abuse of Grand Pianos, and One Cartoonist’s Response" -- published in the Open Library of Humanities-supported journal The Comics Grid -- has won the prestigious Rebecca Coyle Prize.The Rebecca Coyle Prize is awarded to the best paper on popular music in the Australia-New Zealand region in [...]

Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg joins OLH LPS model

Posted by Martin Paul Eve on 2017-12-08

We are extremely pleased to announce that Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg has joined the Open Library of Humanities' Library Partnership Subsidy system. Founded in 1502, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg has been a place of scientific enlightenment, academic development and future-oriented research for over 500 years. The institution is the largest university in the state of [...]

Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig joins OLH LPS model

Posted by Martin Paul Eve on 2017-11-27

We are extremely pleased to announce that the Leipzig University Library has joined the Open Library of Humanities' Library Partnership Subsidy system. Leipzig University was founded in 1409, its Library in 1543. In the course of its diverse history, it grew to encompass a wide selection of disciplines comprising almost all areas of knowledge and culture. The library director Prof. Ulrich [...]

Open Library of Humanities signs Jussieu Call for Open Science and Bibliodiversity

Posted by Martin Paul Eve on 2017-11-23

The Open Library of Humanities is pleased to endorse the principles of the Jussieu Call for Open Science and Bibliodiversity.The authors of the Jussieu Call “find it necessary to foster an Open Access model that is not restricted to a single approach based on the transfer of subscriptions towards APCs (publication fees charged to authors to allow free access to their articles).” Such a singular [...]

University Library Johann Christian Senckenberg of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main joins OLH LPS model

Posted by Martin Paul Eve on 2017-11-16

We are extremely pleased to announce that the University Library Johann Christian Senckenberg of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main has joined the Open Library of Humanities' Library Partnership Subsidy system. Goethe University Frankfurt, positioned among the top international research universities, offers a wide variety of academic programmes, a diverse group of research institutes, and a [...]

University of San Diego joins OLH LPS model

Posted by Martin Paul Eve on 2017-11-09

We are extremely pleased to announce that the University of San Diego has joined the Open Library of Humanities' Library Partnership Subsidy system. The University of San Diego is a Roman Catholic institution committed to advancing academic excellence, expanding liberal and professional knowledge, creating a diverse and inclusive community and preparing leaders who are dedicated to ethical [...]

University of Rostock joins OLH LPS model

Posted by Martin Paul Eve on 2017-11-03

We are extremely pleased to announce that the University of Rostock has joined the Open Library of Humanities' Library Partnership Subsidy system. Founded in 1419, the University of Rostock is the oldest in the Baltic Sea Region. Joint research projects with other universities, in Germany and abroad, enable networking and an expansion of the University of Rostock’s expert and expertise [...]

University of Edinburgh Further Supports Open Library of Humanities

Posted by Martin Paul Eve on 2017-10-23

The university of Edinburgh has opted to support the Open Library of Humanities at a higher rate than required by a basic membership. This additional support will enable the OLH to continue its growth mission to convert subscription journals to a solid, ongoing, open-access model, with no author-facing charges.Theo Andrew, Scholarly Communications Manager at the University of Edinburgh, said: [...]

University of Geneva joins OLH LPS model

Posted by Martin Paul Eve on 2017-08-30

We are extremely pleased to announce that the University of Geneva has joined the Open Library of Humanities' Library Partnership Subsidy system. Founded in 1559 by Jean Calvin, the University of Geneva (UNIGE) is dedicated to thinking, teaching, dialogue and research. With 16’500 students of more than 150 different nationalities, it is Switzerland’s second largest university. Just like the city [...]

The University of Antwerp joins OLH LPS model

Posted by Martin Paul Eve on 2017-08-25

We are extremely pleased to announce that the University of Antwerp has joined the Open Library of Humanities' Library Partnership Subsidy system. The University of Antwerp, as a true research university, strives to excel in as many research areas as possible. This is why the University Board decided in 2010 to define nine frontline research domains and three emerging frontline research [...]

York St John University joins OLH LPS model

Posted by Martin Paul Eve on 2017-08-21

We are extremely pleased to announce that York St John University has joined the Open Library of Humanities' Library Partnership Subsidy system. Located in the centre of the historic city of York, York St John University is an outstanding university, known for its academic excellence and responsive nature. The university’s research strategy promotes interdisciplinary research and aims to develop [...]

Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum joins OLH LPS model

Posted by Martin Paul Eve on 2017-07-28

We are extremely pleased to announce that Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum (RUB) has joined the Open Library of Humanities' Library Partnership Subsidy system. With over 115 million euros of external research funding per year and numerous prize-winning academics, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum is an acclaimed research university in the heart of Germany. Since 2014 RUB supports open access through an OA fund [...]