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Reimagining Robin Hood: Scholarly Publishing as a Site of Struggle  Wanted.  Not a person, but a principle: that knowledge should be free. Download JPG Download PDF A4 Download PDF A3 With this poster, the Open Library of Humanities reimagines Robin Hood for scholarly communications, not as a nost…

THE LONG READ Infrastructure Landlords: The Rentier Capitalism of Commercial Academic Publishers This piece has been written by a friend of the OLH who wishes to remain anonymous. Figure. Pyramid of the Capitalist System (1911), attributed to Nedeljkovich, Brashich, and Kuharich. Originally publis…

Joe Muller, Senior Publishing Technologies Developer at the Open Library of Humanities, tells us in this case study how and why the Janeway platform uses ROR, ensuring unambiguous author affiliations by retrieving ROR IDs from ORCID profiles as well as allowing authors to find their institution wit…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

A blog post by Naomi Morris, CHASE Editorial, Marketing and Technical Intern for OLH What first drew me to the CHASE placement at OLH was their ethos around open access publishing. I have always been interested in working behind-the-scenes of editorial and publishing and had looked at other interns…

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…

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…

The OLH Open Access Award 2023 awardee’s report: Grassroots - Journal of Political Ecology.  An Open Insights report by Meenakshi N Ambujam, Swiss National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of International Development, University of Oxford, and Editor at Grassroots. In the 2023 OL…