30 March 2016
University of Maryland Libraries – College Park join OLH LPS model
Posted by Martin Paul Eve
We are extremely pleased to announce that the University of Maryland Libraries – College Park have joined the Open Library of Humanities' Library Partnership Subsidy system. The University of Maryland is a public research university, the flagship campus of the University System of Marylan…
29 March 2016
All Eleven Sites of the University of California Library System join OLH LPS model
Posted by Martin Paul Eve
We are extremely pleased to announce that all eleven sites of the University of California Library system have joined the Open Library of Humanities' Library Partnership Subsidy system. The UC library system has been among the pioneers of the adoption of digital technologies. Indeed, one …
14 March 2016
New OLH Poster: The Constructivist Poster
Posted by Martin Paul Eve
The second poster in our series is now available! Following on from our highly popular Victorian Poster, the new Constructivist Poster is a fitting tribute to the grassroots support from academics, librarians and publishers that have made the OLH possible. We are grateful to our fantastic gra…
1 March 2016
University of Strathclyde joins OLH LPS model
Posted by Martin Paul Eve
We are extremely pleased to announce that the University of Strathclyde has joined the Open Library of Humanities’ Library Partnership Subsidy system. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework, Strathclyde was rated among the 20 top research intensive universities in the UK. The Open Library of …
29 February 2016
MLA Panel Report, Jan. 2016
Posted by Martin Paul Eve
The OLH's Editorial Director Dr Caroline Edwards recently organised a panel as part of the 131st Annual Convention of the Modern Languages Association (MLA), held at Austin, Texas in January 2016. The panel was titled "The New Open Access Environment: Innovation in Research, Editing and Publi…
25 February 2016
CFP: New Voices in Jewish-American Literature / Deadline: 16 September, 2016
Posted by Martin Paul Eve
The retirement of Philip Roth in 2012 signifies a definite break with the past, the silencing of one of the last living links with the Jewish generation that dominated post-war American literary culture (Saul Bellow, Bernard Malamud, Isaac Bashevis Singer et al.). This does not, however, …
25 February 2016
Vrije University Amsterdam joins OLH LPS model
Posted by Martin Paul Eve
We are extremely pleased to announce that Vrije University Amsterdam has joined the Open Library of Humanities’ Library Partnership Subsidy system. Ever since it was founded in 1880, VU Amsterdam has been known for its distinctive approach to knowledge. Importantly, VU is an open organization, st…
23 February 2016
Simon Fraser University joins OLH LPS model
Posted by Martin Paul Eve
We are extremely pleased to announce that Simon Fraser University has joined the Open Library of Humanities’ Library Partnership Subsidy system. Founded in 1965, SFU has become Canada’s leading comprehensive university with vibrant campuses in British Columbia’s largest municipalities — Vancouver…
18 February 2016
Brock University joins OLH LPS model
Posted by Martin Paul Eve
We are extremely pleased to announce that Brock University has joined the Open Library of Humanities’ Library Partnership Subsidy system. Brock University is located atop the Niagara Escarpment and is positioning itself as a world leader in trans-disciplinary research. The Open Library of Humani…
17 February 2016
University of California linguistics faculty pledge support for OLH-supported journal, Glossa
Posted by Martin Paul Eve
Following yesterday’s announcement that MIT’s linguistics faculty have pledged support for Glossa and the Open Library of Humanities, a number of faculty members in the University of California system have made a similar declaration. The full list of signatures is available online. In an announcem…
16 February 2016
MIT Linguistics Faculty Statement of Support for Glossa and Open Library of Humanities
Posted by Martin Paul Eve
Today, the linguistics faculty at MIT followed those at other universities, such as the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, in endorsing the journal run by the previous editorial board and editors of Elsevier’s journal Lingua. The new journal Glossa is supported by the Open Library of Humanities, …
16 February 2016
Radboud University’s Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies join OLH LPS model
Posted by Martin Paul Eve
We are extremely pleased to announce that Radboud University’s Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies have joined the Open Library of Humanities’ Library Partnership Subsidy system. Radboud University was ranked 125th in the world in the 2015 Times Higher Educati…