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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
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…
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…
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…
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…

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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…
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…
27 January 2025
Enhancing Grassroots - Journal of Political Ecology with an OLH Grant
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
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…
14 October 2024
Promoting Post45 Journal with an OLH Grant
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
Promoting Post45 Journal with an OLH Grant The OLH Open Access Award 2023 awardee’s report: Post45 Journal An Open Insights report by Post45 Journal co-editors Annie McClanahan, Associate Professor of English at UC Irvine, and Arthur Z. Wang, Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Penns…
5 February 2024
Open Access = Access for All.
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
A blog post by Dr Steph Driver, OLH’s new accessibility specialist developer. "Nothing about us without us" is the central tenant of disability rights movements across the globe. I am but one disabled voice. I can code. I can facilitate. I can advocate, but to make Janeway accessible we need t…
18 October 2023
Dawn of the Zombie Journal: New Poster Celebrates History of OA Community Activism
Posted by Katherine Parker-Hay
To celebrate Open Access Week 2023 (and its proximity to Halloween), the OLH is launching the Zombie Poster. This commemorates the term ‘zombie journal’, first used by linguists in 2015 following the mass resignation of editors at the Elsevier journal Lingua. Protesting Elsevier’s claim to ‘own’ th…

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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…
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…
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…
14 February 2025
Remembering Karl Peters (1939–2025)
Posted by Mladen Turk
Karl E. Peters, Professor Emeritus of Religion, passed away last night. A respected scholar and teacher, Karl dedicated his life to exploring the intersection of science and religion, leaving a lasting impact on the field.   He served as Professor of Religion at Rollins College in Winter Park, Flor…
14 February 2025
2025 International Flann O’Brien Society Awards
Posted by Maebh Long
It is time to cast your vote in the 2025 International Flann O’Brien Society Awards! Longlist and Nominations Every two years, to coincide with the International Flann O’Brien Society conference, the Society awards two official prizes to the best book-length publication and best essay-length public…