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14 September 2023
Inaugural Open Library of Humanities Award
Posted by Dr Caroline Edwards
We were delighted to be able to launch our new Open Library of Humanities Award at the recent two-day international symposium on Janeway and open access publishing, The Lower Decks, held at Birkbeck, University of London on 7-8 September 2023.The inaugural Open Library of Humanities Award 2023 was …
16 December 2021
Open Insights: Solving The Biggest Problem with Open Access with an OLH Grant
Posted by Paula Clemente Vega
The OLH Open Access Award 2020 awardee’s report: the Open Access Digital Theological LibrarySolving The Biggest Problem with Open Access with an OLH GrantAn Open Insights essay by Thomas E. Phillips, Digital Theological LibraryThe Open Access Digital Theological Library (OADTL), the only fully Open…
23 November 2021
New OLH poster, the Barbara Kruger Poster
Posted by Paula Clemente Vega
New journal flipping poster available to download, print and share!Following the success of our previous poster, the Comics Superheroes Poster, we are delighted to be able to launch our next poster of the journal flipping series, the Barbara Kruger Poster. This new poster is inspired in the artist'…
11 November 2021
New OLH poster, the Comic Superheroes Poster
Posted by Paula Clemente Vega
Our journal flipping poster is now available to download, print and share!Following the success of our previous posters — the Victorian Poster, the Constructivist Poster, the Muybridge Poster and the Shakespearean Poster — we're delighted to launch our newest poster in the series, the Comic Su…
21 September 2021
Mentorship, open access and violin memes: my time as an intern at the Open Library of Humanities
Posted by Paula Clemente Vega
Mentorship, open access and violin memes: my time as an intern at the Open Library of Humanities - a blog post by Francesca TambelliniMy name is Francesca Tambellini, and from 28 June to 9 July 2021, I became the Open Library of Humanities’ first ever intern. I am originally fr…
25 August 2021
The Comics Grid Webinar Series - Wrestling Graphic Novels: A Comics Grid Webinar with Anna Marta Marini and Jessica Fontaine
Posted by Paula Clemente Vega
Live Chat | WebinarThe Comics Grid Webinar Series - Live Chats on Comics Scholarship Wrestling Graphic Novels: A Comics Grid Webinar with Anna Marta Marini and Jessica FontaineGonzo © Jason Gonzalez, 2021.Brown and Easton © Box Brown and Brandon Easton, 2015Date:  Tuesday 26 October 2021.…
5 May 2021
The Comics Grid Webinar Series - Graphic Science and Narrative Drawing: A Comics Grid Webinar with Lydia Wysocki and Paul Fisher Davies.
Posted by Paula Clemente Vega
Live Chat | WebinarThe Comics Grid Webinar Series - Live Chats on Comics Scholarship Graphic Science and Narrative Drawing: A Comics Grid Webinar with Lydia Wysocki and Paul Fisher Davies.CC BY Lydia WysockyDate:  Tuesday 1 June 2021.Time: 4-5pm BST. Check your timezone here. Registr…
14 December 2020
The Comics Grid Webinar Series - Music and Noir in Comics: Reading Thompson and Campbell's Jem and the Holograms and Díaz Canales and Guarnido’s Blacksad with Susan Bond and Hailey J. Austin.
Posted by Paula Clemente Vega
Live Chat | WebinarThe Comics Grid Webinar Series - Live Chats on Comics Scholarship Music and Noir in Comics: Reading Thompson and Campbell's Jem and the Holograms and Díaz Canales and Guarnido’s Blacksad with Susan Bond and Hailey J. Austin. Díaz Canales and Guarnido. © Juan Diaz C…
25 September 2020
The Open Library of Humanities Celebrates its 5th Birthday
Posted by Dr Rose Harris-Birtill
The Open Library of Humanities today celebrates its 5th anniversary since we launched our platform on 28th September 2015 with only 7 journals and 99 supporting institutions. Five years on, our sustainable business model has attracted nearly 300 supporting institutions, proving the succes…
4 September 2020
The Comics Grid Webinar Series: Troubling Boundaries, Leaking Forms: Reading Bechdel's Fun Home and Carroll's Through the Woods with Dr Jeanette D'Arcy and Dr Miranda Corcoran.
Posted by Paula Clemente Vega
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)…
17 June 2020
Winners of the OLH Open Access 2020 Award announced
Posted by Paula Clemente Vega
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…
4 May 2020
Disability and Access to Research: Open for Whom?
Posted by Paula Clemente Vega
Disability and Access to Research: Open for Whom?The current conditions of life under pandemic lockdown have spurred calls for broader access to the scholarly literature as the daily experiences of many disabled people are, quite literally, brought home to a broader portion of the research communit…