12 July 2022
Sissa Medialab partners with Janeway to migrate their 7 journals
Posted by Paula Clemente Vega
We are very pleased to announce that the OLH's in-house digital publishing platform Janeway has partnered with Sissa Medialab to migrate their journals. Sissa Medialab is an Italy-based organization owned by SISSA (International School for Advanced Studies). The organisation runs seven online …
7 July 2022
Janeway review
Posted by Paula Clemente Vega
A review by Glossa Editor-in-Chief Professor Johan Rooryck of Janeway, our in-house open source publishing platformThe first thing to know about Janeway is that it is not just a submission system and platform. It is a complete publishing tool that allows the editors to basically operate a…
24 June 2022
Four universities from the FinELib consortium join the Open Library of Humanities library partnership subsidy model
Posted by Paula Clemente Vega
We are pleased to announce that FinELib, a consortium of Finnish universities, research institutions, and public libraries have signed an agreement that provides support for the Open Library of Humanities from four of their member institutions: Abo Akademi University, University of Eastern Finland,…
9 June 2022
ETH Zurich joins OLH LPS model
Posted by Paula Clemente Vega
We are pleased to announce that ETH Library has joined the Open Library of Humanities’ Library Partnership Subsidy system.The ETH Library advances knowledge, supports research and teaching and as a trustworthy institution, makes the world of yesterday, today and tomorrow more comprehensible.ETH Zur…
26 May 2022
Janeway Systems partners with three more institutions to migrate their journals
Posted by Paula Clemente Vega
We are very pleased to announce that Janeway, our in-house publishing platform, has partnered with three more institutions to migrate their journals: Ghent University Library, the University of Iowa Libraries and Washington University in St Louis. These three new partnerships with Janeway will prov…
25 May 2022
Open Insights: Early Career Researchers and the Importance of Open Access
Posted by Paula Clemente Vega
Early Career Researchers and the Importance of Open AccessAn Open Insights blog post by Lindsey Beth Zelvin Lindsey Beth Zelvin is the CHASE Editorial, Marketing and Technical Intern for the Open Library of Humanities. She began this placement in November 2021. Lindsey is in the first year of …
24 May 2022
Call for Special Collections!
Posted by Paula Clemente Vega
The Open Library of Humanities journal (OLHJ) is currently seeking new Special Collections to join our wide array of published research in the Humanities.  OLHJ has published quality, peer-reviewed research across 40 Special Collections since 2016, with subjects ranging from ‘The Working-…
6 May 2022
OLH annual report 2021
Posted by Paula Clemente Vega
Background and Merging with Birkbeck, University of LondonThe Open Library of Humanities (OLH) is an award-winning, academic-led, diamond open-access publisher of 28 journals based in the Department of English, Theatre and Creative Writing at Birkbeck, University of London. As part of an internatio…
30 March 2022
Concordia University joins OLH LPS Model
Posted by Paula Clemente Vega
We are pleased to announce that Concordia University has joined the Open Library of Humanities’ Library Partnership Subsidy system. Concordia University is an English-language public comprehensive university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the top-ranked university in North America found…
5 March 2022
Migration of OLH journals to Janeway completed
Posted by Paula Clemente Vega
We are thrilled to announce that we have finalised the transition of our journals from their previous publication service provider, Ubiquity Press, to the Janeway platform run by the Open Library of Humanities (OLH). All our journals with the exception of the ones we fund but are published by other…
24 February 2022
The Open Library of Humanities welcomes Iowa State University as a higher tier supporter
Posted by Paula Clemente Vega
We are very pleased to announce that we have recently welcomed a new higher-tier supporter to our library board.  Iowa State University Library is a signatory of the Open Access 2020 Initiative and is active in national and international efforts to advance open access. As part of a land-grant …
24 February 2022
Five universities from the Sikt consortium join the OLH Library Partnership Subsidy model
Posted by Paula Clemente Vega
We are pleased to announce that Sikt — Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research and the Open Library of Humanities have signed a one-year agreement that provides support for OLH from five of their member institutions: University of Bergen, Molde University College, Norwegian U…