18 February 2019
OLH Readership and Cost Reports for 2018-2019
Posted by Martin Paul Eve
It is a truism to note that “all metrics are wrong”. In the world of open access, this may be even more applicable, though. As I have noted elsewhere, different institutions want different metrics (“our readers”, “our authors”) and it is sometimes very difficult to provide these data. Further, we k…
11 February 2019
CFP - C21 Special Issue: “Surveilling the Body: Ableism and Anglophone Literature” / Deadline: 1 May 2019.
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
Call for Papers - C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-Century WritingsSpecial Issue: “Surveilling the Body: Ableism and Anglophone Literature” Guest Edited by Dr Susan Flynn and Dr Antonia MackaySurveillance Studies has made a substantial contribution to interrogations of human rights offences by …
4 February 2019
Austria: Five leading Universities and most important Funder Unite to Support the Open Library of Humanities
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
We are pleased to announce that five Austrian institutions – the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna as Higher Supporters as well as the University of Graz, the University of Salzburg and the University of Vienna as Regular Supporters – have come together to begin work o…
28 January 2019
Furman University joins OLH LPS model
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
We are extremely pleased to announce that Furman University has joined the Open Library of Humanities' Library Partnership Subsidy system. Founded in 1826, Furman is the oldest private university in South Carolina. Furman provides students with a distinctive education in fine arts, huma…
28 January 2019
University of Cologne joins OLH LPS model
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
We are extremely pleased to announce that the University of Cologne has joined the Open Library of Humanities' Library Partnership Subsidy system. Since its establishment in 1388, the University of Cologne has been a center of science and scholarship in Europe. With its 50.000 students, it is one o…
24 January 2019
Launching the OLH Advocacy Network
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
In 2018 the OLH launched the EmpowOA programme, designed to provide scholars and librarians working in the humanities with tools, spaces and cogent arguments about open access. Visitors to the website can now make use of a collection of advocacy resources and read our new Open Insights series featu…
16 January 2019
The OLH short-documentary is now online!
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
The Open Library of Humanities has been working together with the Derek Jarman Lab to produce a short-video about the OLH. The film, which was launched this week, is an interview-led documentary in which some Open Library of Humanities team members and key partners talk about the platform and discu…
7 January 2019
CFP: Waste - Papers on Disposability, Decay, and Depletion
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
Waste, whether municipal, hazardous, biomedical, or contaminate, is receiving increasing attention both academically and politically. A drive for improved education around waste management is visible at national and community levels, while the media is brim-full of reports that shed light onto the …
17 December 2018
Open Insights: An interview with Maurice Erb, Simon Ganahl and Patrick Kilian
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
Le foucaldien: Open access, Interdisciplinary Research and Multilingual Publishing, Challenges and Opportunities.An Open Insights interview with Maurice Erb, Simon Ganahl and Patrick KilianMaurice Erb, Simon Ganahl and Patrick Kilian (University of Zurich) are editors of Le foucaldien, an open acce…
11 December 2018
Open Insights: An interview with Leslie Chan
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
Open Access, the Global South and the Politics of Knowledge Production and CirculationAn Open Insights interview with Leslie ChanLeslie Chan is Associate Professor in the Department of Arts, Culture and Media and the Centre for Critical Development Studies at the University of Toronto Scarborough, …
10 December 2018
University of Richmond joins OLH LPS model
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
We are extremely pleased to announce that the University of Richmond has joined the Open Library of Humanities' Library Partnership Subsidy system. The University of Richmond is a private institution that was founded in 1830. Virginia’s capital city of Richmond is a historic one, packed with parks,…
7 December 2018
CFP: The Working-Class Avant-Garde / Deadline: 28 April, 2019
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
The avant-garde is often conceived to be the domain of the elite – those with the financial backing, education, and networks to succeed in this competitive arena. Indeed, studies such as John Carey’s divisive text, Intellectuals and the Masses, have understood the high intellectualism of the twenti…
