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An article last week in Science pointed to the fact that "dozens of scientific journals have vanished from the internet, and no one preserved them". These titles were open-access journals and, obviously, press coverage like this does no good for the spread of OA. It is, of course, possible for non-…

We are delighted to announce that the Open Library of Humanities has been Highly Commended for the ALPSP Awards for Innovation in Publishing 2020. We would like to send a huge thanks to the judges and many congratulations to the two joint winners, Jus Mundi and The DAISY Consortium. The awards were…

Gylphi -- the original publisher of the Journal of British and Irish Innovative Poetry -- is making some of the remaining print stock of the first run available for purchase online from this afternoon. Follow this link: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/114401257657Today copies of the inaugural issue are …

Live Chat | WebinarThe Comics Grid Webinar Series - Live Chats on Comics Scholarship Troubling Boundaries, Leaking Forms: Reading Bechdel's Fun Home and Carroll's Through the Woods with Dr Jeanette D'Arcy and Dr Miranda Corcoran.(Bechdel, 2014. © Alison Bechdel. Carroll, 2014. © Emily Carroll)…

Bureaucratic Poetics: Brian O’Nolan & the Irish Civil Service Online Workshop, November 26–27 2020   Keynote speakers Dr Martin Maguire author of The Civil Service and the Revolution in Ireland, 1912–38: ‘Shaking the blood-stained hand of Mr Collins’(Manchester University Press, 2008)   Dr Jon…

We are very pleased to announce that the Dutch Research Council (NWO) has joined the Open Library of Humanities' Library Partnership Subsidy system and has committed to three years of funding for OLH. This cements NWO’s belief in a diversity of business models to support open access.The Dutch Resea…

JBIIP was deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Lawrence Upton in February this year. Lawrence was a major figure in British poetry, distinguished in particular for his contribution to sound and visual poetry, and a prolific collaborator. Lawrence contributed an article on Bob Cobbing for our C…

The Open Library of Humanities Shortlisted for Three Publishing AwardsWe are delighted to announce that the Open Library of Humanities has been shortlisted for three different publishing awards: two Association of Publishers (AOP) Digital Publishing Awards in the categories of Best Digital Publishi…

The University of Neuchâtel joins OLH LPS modelWe are very pleased to announce that the library of the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Neuchâtel has joined the Open Library of Humanities' Library Partnership Subsidy system. Established in 1838, the University of Neuchâtel (UniNE) is a Fr…

Live Chat | Webinar: Postcolonial Perspectives in Game StudiesDate: Monday 29th June 2020Time: 3-4pm BST. Check your timezone here Registration: Please register hereTo join the webinar: Please install the Zoom meetings application from the Zoom Download Centre before the webinar. The Post…

Winners of the OLH Open Access 2020 Award announced Earlier this year, the Open Library of Humanities launched the OLH Open Access Award 2020, a fund dedicated to promoting the benefits and impact of open access to humanities scholars and disciplines and to knowledge worldwide. Our open access…

We are seeking papers for a special issue dedicated to the work of Sean Bonney (1969-2019).   The author of numerous pamphlets and full-length collections, including Our Death (2019), Letters against the Firmament (2015), Happiness (2011), The Commons (2011), Document (2008), Ba…