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New article in 'Research Information' on OA monographs and Opening the Future

An article co-authored by Anthony Cond, CEO of Liverpool University Press (LUP), was published recently in a leading industry magazine called Research Information. In it, Anthony and co-author Professor Martin Eve (Birkbeck, University of London and a COPIM project lead), recap some of the emerging funding models in open access monograph publishing. They note that the funding landscape is [...]

Liverpool University Press announces first sign up to their Opening the Future OA books programme

Liverpool University Press (LUP) is delighted to announce that KU Leuven has become the first institution to join its Opening the Future programme.  Recently launched as the second of COPIM’s pilots for sustainable open access books, the initiative will see KU Leuven staff and students benefit from unlimited access to two backlist series of LUP monographs on contemporary Latin American [...]

Jisc licence subscriptions manager goes live for Liverpool University Press Opening the Future initiative

Liverpool University Press (LUP) and the COPIM project are pleased to announce a partnership with Jisc on their Opening the Future membership programme.The recent agreement means that UK libraries can now easily sign up and pay for two packages of books on offer from LUP through Jisc’s Licence Subscription Manager: https://subscriptionsmanager.jisc.ac.uk/catalogue/2651. Access to two monograph [...]

Welcome to Opening the Future at Liverpool University Press

Liverpool University Press (LUP) are pleased to announce that we are adding to our existing Open Access (OA) publishing programmes with the launch of this innovative monograph funding initiative. Our Opening the Future programme offers libraries subscription/membership access to a choice of two modern language backlist series - and in return the we will use subscription fees to produce [...]