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The OLH Open Access Award 2024 Awardee Report, authored by Tom Morley, Research Culture and Open Monographs Lead at Lancaster University Library. Last year Lancaster University Library was awarded the Open Library of Humanities Open Access award to support our research culture activity relating to …

Theme: Users and Community Location: Dublin City University Library, Glasnevin Campus, Dublin, & hybrid streaming online Dates: 21st – 22nd May 2026 Cost: Free Sign-up to attend Janeway is an open-source scholarly publishing platform that has become the software of choice for editors, librarian…

In this interview, we speak with Dr Maddie Sinclair, Editorial Officer at the Open Library of Humanities, about her journey into scholarly publishing, her thoughts on open access, and the day-to-day realities of editorial work.  What initially drew you to apply for a role at the Open Library of Hum…

Earlier this year, the Open Library of Humanities (OLH) launched the fourth OLH Open Access Award 2025, an initiative dedicated to advancing open access in the humanities and to knowledge worldwide. We are pleased to announce that this year’s awards have been granted to three outstanding individual…

A blog post by Emily Gresham Beamer, CHASE Doctoral Training Partnership Intern. I began my editorial placement with the OLH hoping to develop a specific editorial skillset, and chose the Open Library of Humanities for its commitment to open access publishing. I knew a brilliant and busy tech team …

In this interview, we speak with Naomi Morris, Editorial Officer at the Open Library of Humanities, about her creative-critical PhD, professional journey, and the rewarding challenges of working in open-access publishing. Can you tell us a bit about your academic and professional background? What i…

We’re thrilled to announce that the OLH is partnering with award-winning poetry publisher the87press to relaunch its flagship poetry journal The Hythe Review.  Established in 2018, the87press is an Asian, LGBTQIA+, and neurodiverse led literary arts organisation based in South London. The press pub…

Capacity-Building Workshops and Advocacy for Diamond Open Access in India The OLH Open Access Award 2024 Awardee Report, authored by Priya, Library Assistant, Parsar Bharti, and Research Scholar, Central University of Himachal Pradesh. The global Open Access movement began with key initiatives such…

Dear Colleagues, We are very excited to announce the launching of six inaugural papers on the new, peer reviewed, community owned, and fully open access journal Syntactic Theory and Research (STAR) published by the Open Library of Humanities (OLH). As you know, OLH is dedicated to publishing open a…

We are thrilled to announce that our Executive Director, Dr Caroline Edwards, has successfully applied for conferment of her academic title at Birkbeck, University of London. From 1st October 2025, Caroline’s new title will be Professor of Contemporary Literature & Culture. This conferment reco…

Congratulations to our very own Dr Paula Clemente Vega, who has been promoted to OLH Community Outreach Manager! Paula started working at OLH in 2018 and has built a successful career with us focussing on library outreach and advocacy. Many colleagues working in diamond open access publishing will …

We're thrilled to announce the launch issue of Theory and Social Inquiry has been published at the Open Library of Humanities.  As we reported in May 2024, Theory and Social Inquiry is the successor of Theory and Society, a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Springer Nature that covers the…