[IP-OA_Forum] Press Release: Knowledge Unlatched Pilot Collection to become Open Access

[Christina Emery <christina@knowledgeunlatched.org>]

Dear IP-OA Members,

Knowledge Unlatched (KU) is proud to announce that its Pilot Collection of 28 new books from 13 recognised scholarly publishers is about to be unlatched.

 

The KU Pilot Collection is the first step in creating a sustainable route to Open Access for Humanities and Social Sciences books. Support from a minimum of 200 libraries willing to participate in the KU Pilot was required in order to achieve this goal.This target was exceeded by almost half, with close to 300 libraries from 24 countries joining KU in support of its shared cost approach to Open Access for specialist scholarly books.

 

Knowledge Unlatched is a truly global initiative, involving 137 participating libraries from North America, 77 from the UK, 27 from Australia & New Zealand and 55 from the rest of the world all working together to make the Pilot Collection Open Access.

 

Because the target number of 200 participating libraries was exceeded, the amount that each library is paying per title was reduced from the target average price of $60.00 to under $43.00.

 

You can find out more in our press release here: http://www.knowledgeunlatched.org/press-release/

 

KU would like to thank all participants and partners for their support and commitment to ensuring Open Access for Humanities and Social Sciences monographs.

 

Best regards,

 

Christina Emery

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Project Coordinator

Knowledge Unlatched

christina@knowledgeunlatched.org

21 Palmer Street, London, SW1H 0AD

www.knowledgeunlatched.org