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How can I persuade my institution to support collective funding for open access books? (Part One)
The first of a two-part blog post in which our colleagues at COPIM lay out the problems with BPCs (Book Processing Charges) and disentangle the various alternatives; in Part Two they outline practical steps to convince budget holders to invest in collective models instead."As part of our work at COPIM, we speak to a lot of librarians. Many are personally convinced of the need to support [...]
University of Birmingham becomes new Opening the Future member at Liverpool University Press and CEU Press
Liverpool University Press (LUP) and CEU Press are pleased to announce that the library at the University of Birmingham is a new member of the Opening the Future (OtF) programmes at both publishers. Birmingham has chosen to sign up to: At LUP: the Modern Languages Package which contains 37 eBooks on 'Contemporary Hispanic and Lusophone Cultures' and 'Liverpool Latin American Studies’, [...]
The Claremont Colleges Library becomes new Opening the Future member at LUP
Liverpool University Press is pleased to announce that the Claremont Colleges Library is the latest subscriber member to Opening the Future (OtF). The Claremont Colleges have subscribed to the Modern Languages Package which means their staff and students now have unlimited and concurrent access to 36 eBooks in two monograph series: Contemporary Hispanic and Lusophone Cultures, and Liverpool [...]
Liverpool University Press third OA book reaches funding target through Opening the Future programme
**Update November 2022** NOW PUBLISHEDFurther Details on the LUP website: https://lup-stag.literatumonline.com/doi/book/10.3828/9781802077209272 pages, 5 imagesISBN:9781802077209 (Hardcover)eISBN:9781802079012 (PDF)Latin American & Caribbean Studies - Liverpool Latin American Studies-----The third book in LUP’s Opening the Future (OtF) open access programme has reached its funding target: due [...]
University of Alberta joins Opening the Future at both CEU Press and Liverpool University Press
The Library at University of Alberta recently became a subscriber member of CEU Press and Liverpool University Press’s OA monograph funding programmes.Alberta has chosen to subscribe to four packages of backlist eBooks across both presses, enhancing the Library’s digital collection with a wide cross-section of titles. With this membership subscription, staff and students at Alberta now have [...]
Liverpool University Press releases second OA book funded by Opening the Future - OUT NOW
Liverpool University Press (LUP) is pleased to announce the publication of its second academic monograph funded entirely by the Opening the Future (OtF) library membership scheme. LUP published their first OtF-funded OA book in July 2022, and are pleased to announce they are now releasing their second OA OtF title. Empire Found: Racial Identities and Coloniality in Twenty-First Century [...]
University of Chicago joins Opening the Future at both CEU Press and Liverpool University Press
The Library at University of Chicago recently became a subscriber member of CEU Press and Liverpool University Press’s OA monograph funding programmes.Chicago has chosen to subscribe to three packages of backlist eBooks, enhancing their digital collection by 136 titles in total. With this subscription, staff and students now have access to 36 books from the LUP monograph series Contemporary [...]
Liverpool University Press releases first OA book funded by Opening the Future - OUT NOW
Liverpool University Press (LUP) is pleased to announce the publication of its first academic monograph funded entirely by the Opening the Future library membership scheme. In May we announced that LUP had reached the funding threshold to produce two new OA books, and we are pleased that the first of these is now freely available worldwide to read and download from the LUP website at [...]
University of Exeter joins Opening the Future OA books programme at Liverpool University Press
Liverpool University Press (LUP) is delighted to announce that the library at the University of Exeter has become the latest institution to subscribe to its Opening the Future membership programme. Their membership will see Exeter staff and students benefit from unlimited, perpetual access to two backlist series of LUP monographs on contemporary Latin American culture, language, politics, [...]
University of Salford joins Opening the Future at Liverpool University Press
We are pleased to announce that the library at the University of Salford has joined the Liverpool University Press (LUP) Opening the Future initiative. With this membership, staff and students at the University gain access to titles from two series of LUP’s books: 'Contemporary Hispanic and Lusophone Cultures' and 'Liverpool Latin American Studies’. In total they’ll be able to read 37 [...]