24 April 2025
The Lower Decks 2.0: A Symposium on Janeway and Open Access
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
Save the date: The Lower Decks 2.0: A Symposium on Janeway and Open Access
16 April 2025
Call for OLHJ Special Collection Articles: Language Diversity in Game Studies
Posted by Dr Stanisław Krawczyk
Game scholars do not only examine games; they also examine game studies. For instance, feminist game researchers have rightly discussed gender inequality within their own academic field. However, another matter of diversity in game studies – language diversity – has not yet been investigated in dep…
16 April 2025
Worldviews and IRAS: Editorial for the December 2024 issue
Posted by Arthur C. Petersen
In this Editorial for the December 2024 issue [click here to browse the issue online; click here to view and download a PDF of the entire issue; and to order a printed copy for $7.01 (no-profit-to-journal price) through Amazon, choose for instance one of the following market places: US, UK, DE, FR…
16 April 2025
International Labour Review inspires innovations in multilingual publishing at the OLH
Posted by Dr Katherine Parker-Hay
In March 2024, the OLH accepted an application from the International Labour Review (ILR), who have moved from legacy publisher Wiley and relaunched as a diamond open access journal with the OLH in April 2025. In this article, the OLH’s User Experience Researcher and Content Strategist Dr Katherine…
13 April 2025
2025 International Flann O’Brien Society Awards Shortlist Announced!
Posted by The International Flann O’Brien Society
Sincere thanks to all who voted in the 2025 International Flann O’Brien Society Awards. The votes have been tallied and we are now delighted to announce the shortlisted candidates.
Based on the public votes, there are 3 shortlisted nominees in the Best Book category, and 5 shortlisted nominees for…
7 April 2025
International Labour Review transitions to open access
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
The International Labour Review, one of the world’s leading publications on world-of-work knowledge and research, transitions to open access with the Open Library of Humanities.
GENEVA (ILO News) – The International Labour Review (ILR), one of the leading publications covering global work and emplo…
3 April 2025
CFP: Victorian Infrastructures and their Environmental Legacies
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
CFP for a Special Collection at OLHJ (Open Library of the Humanities Journal)
Victorian Infrastructures and their Environmental Legacies
Edited by Julia Ditter and Irmtraud Huber Infrastructures have recently drawn critical interest from anthropology, geography, science and technology studies, engi…
1 April 2025
Reclaiming Academic Publishing: The Launch of the Open Journals Collective
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
Earlier this week we launched the Open Journals Collective (OJC), an equitable, sustainable, community-led alternative to the big deals and transformative agreements offered by corporate academic publishers.
The OJC is a collective of libraries and university-based publishers working to change the …
28 March 2025
OLH welcomes the University of the Arts London (UAL) as a Bronze super-supporter
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
We are delighted to announce that the University of the Arts London (UAL) has joined us as a new Bronze super-supporter. UAL is a renowned public collegiate university in London, UK, specialising in arts, design, fashion, and the performing arts. Established as The London Institute in 1986, it beca…
12 March 2025
Editorship of <em>C21 Literature</em>
Posted by Dr Caroline Edwards
C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-Century Writings is the journal of the British Association for Contemporary Literary Studies (BACLS). The journal is dedicated to examining the genres, forms of publication, and circulation of 21st-century writings. C21 Literature engages with, and makes a significan…
6 March 2025
On Clarivate’s Recent Announcement
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
Clarivate’s recent announcement has sparked significant concern among librarians and information professionals. The proposed changes could restrict libraries from securing perpetual access to print books and ebooks, forcing institutions into ongoing subscription-based agreements. This approach, whi…
5 March 2025
Political Philosophy's first year at OLH
Posted by Dr Caroline Edwards
OLH journal Political Philosophy recently completed a successful first year of publishing. The journal launched in January 2024 following the collapse of the Journal of Political Philosophy, when Wiley removed its Editor in Chief Prof. Robert Goodin (Australian National University) and the journal'…