The Open Library of Humanities is a nonprofit, diamond open access publisher in the humanities and social sciences[1] founded by Martin Paul Eve and Caroline Edwards.[2] Founded in 2015, OLH publishes 27 scholarly journals as of 2022,[3] including a mega journal, also called Open Library of Humanities, which was modeled on PLOS but not affiliated with it.[4]
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| Parent company | Birkbeck, University of London |
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| Status | Nonprofit |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Founders | Martin Paul Eve, Caroline Edwards |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters location | London, England |
| Publication types | Academic journals |
| Nonfiction topics | Humanities |
| Official website | openlibhums.org |
History
editThe Open Library of Humanities was officially launched on 28 September 2015.[5] The project was funded by core grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation[6][7] and uses a library partnership subsidy model to cover costs.[8] It has a number of advisory committees, such as the Academic Steering & Advocacy Committee which includes PLOS co-founder Michael Eisen,[1] Quebec-based academic Jean-Claude Guédon, and the Director of Scholarly Communication of the Modern Language Association, Kathleen Fitzpatrick.[9] An internationalization committee was formed in 2013 to develop an international strategy.[10] A member of this committee, Francisco Osorio, has written that the open access model of the Open Library of Humanities may be beneficial for researchers publishing in languages other than English.[11]
Although originally intended to run on Open Journal Systems,[12] in 2017 OLH started development of a new platform, Janeway.[13] Initially the main press site and the journal Orbit[14] were hosted on the new platform. In of March 2022 the project to migrate the remaining jouranls was completed.[15] The University of Lincoln, in partnership with the Public Knowledge Project, offered a funded place for an MSc by Research in Computer Science to develop an open-source XML typesetting tool as proposed by the Open Library of Humanities technical roadmap.[16] In November 2013 it was announced that the Public Knowledge Project will be funding the development of the typesetter, known as meTypeset.[17]
The Open Library of Humanities publishing model relies on support from an international group of libraries, which enables the publication of articles without the need for article processing charges.[18] In 2021, OLH became part of Birkbeck, University of London, maintaining its nonprofit status while reducing overhead.[19]
Journals
edit- Open Library of Humanities
- 19: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century
- ASIANetwork Exchange
- Architectural Histories
- Body, Space & Technology
- C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-Century Writings
- The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship
- Digital Medievalist
- Digital Studies / Le champ numérique
- Ethnologia Europaea
- Francosphères
- Genealogy+Critique
- Glossa: a journal of general linguistics
- International Journal of Welsh Writing in English
- Journal of British and Irish Innovative Poetry
- Journal of Embodied Research
- Journal of Portuguese Linguistics
- Laboratory Phonology
- Marvell Studies
- Open Screens
- Orbit: A Journal of American Literature
- Pynchon Notes
- Quaker Studies
- Studies in the Maternal
- Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal
- Zeitschrift für Fantastikforschung
- The Parish Review: Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies
References
edit- ^ a b Howard, Jennifer (29 January 2013). "Project Aims to Bring PLOS-Style Openness to the Humanities". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ Adeline Koh, 'Mellon Funding for the Open Library of the Humanities', The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 18, 2014, http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/mellon-funding-for-the-open-library-of-the-humanities/56649 Archived 2015-12-16 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Journals". Open Library of Humanities. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ^ "About". Open Library of Humanities. 2013. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ "OLH Launches". Open Library of Humanities.
- ^ "Funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation". Open Library of Humanities. 7 April 2014. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ^ "Birkbeck awarded $741,000 grant for new humanities open-access model of publishing".
- ^ "Open Access Monographs in the Humanities and Social Sciences Conference Report" (PDF). Jisc Collections and OAPEN. 2013. p. 10. Archived from the original on 9 April 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ "Academic Steering & Advocacy Committee". Open Library of Humanities. 2013. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ Schwartz, Meredith (14 February 2013). "Open Library of Humanities Begins Infrastructure Phase". Library Journal. Archived from the original on 25 October 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ Osorio, Francisco (5 April 2013). "Open Library of Humanities: mega journals seeing from the south". Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Chile. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ "Roadmap for Technical Pilot". Open Library of Humanities. 15 May 2013. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ "Introducing Janeway – the new open source publishing software from Birkbeck". Retrieved 2018-02-22.
- ^ "News - Orbit Migrates to Janeway". orbit.openlibhums.org. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
- ^ "Migration of OLH journals to Janeway completed". orbit.openlibhums.org. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ^ "Funding Opportunity in MSc Computer Science by Research". University of Lincoln. 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ "PKP supporting OLH development of in-house typesetter". Public Knowledge Project. 20 November 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
- ^ "Open Library of Humanities".
- ^ "The Open Library of Humanities merges with Birkbeck". Birkbeck, University of London. 2021-05-01. Retrieved 2022-06-15.