By putting the pieces together, i was worried about the progress of knowledge unlatched and its owners potential conflict of interest in shaping uk higher education policy. Knowledge unlatched, the open access scheme for humanities and social science books run by publisher frances pinter, is entering a second pilot. Knowledge unlatched announces its fifth pledging round ku select 2018. Yul has pledged support to knowledge unlatched round 2, ku select 2016, and ku select 2017. On may 16, knowledge unlatched ku launched a new hosting platform for. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel.
Knowledge unlatched renews two successful open access collections march 27, 2020. Knowledge unlatched ku makes scholarly content freely available to everyone and contributes to the further development of the open access oa infrastructure. Marc records now available for kus round 2 collection. Knowledge unlatched launched in 2014 with twentyeight books. Knowledge unlatched announces launch of round 2 collection. Knowledge unlatched ku announced the start of a collaboration to study and overcome remaining obstacles to the spread of open access scholarly publishing in the humanities and social sciences. Knowledge unlatched api basics access users rounds packages submissions authors notifications bisac publishers libraries ip ranges usage data and reports library invoices library agreements partners back to. The evolution of breastfeeding and the making of a controversy grayson, jennifer on. It offers a crowdfunding model to support a variety of open access book and journal content packages as well as financial funding of partnerships. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search.
Their online marketplace provides libraries and institutions worldwide with a central place to support oa collections and models from leading publishing houses and new oa initiatives. Moving images of the british monarchy, in fact and fiction, are almost as old as the moving image itself, dating back to an 1895 dramatic vignette, the execution of mary queen of scots. In the early nineteenth century, critics like zebulon pike and washington irving viewed the west as a dumping ground for free blacks and native americans, a place where they could be segregated from the white communities east of the mississippi river. The iflabrill open access award was created in 20 for initiatives in the area of open access monograph publishing. Knowledge unlatched brings together libraries from all over the world via a crowdfunding platform where they can support open access by selecting publisher. In its first two collections the pilot and round 2, knowledge unlatched piloted a collective procurement approach to open access books. Knowledge unlatched a bridge model towards open access cooperative action for books, journals and services amsterdam, 17. Half a century later, the 1953 coronation of elizabeth ii was a milestone in the adoption of television. Associate professor lucy montgomery, curtin university and deputy director of knowledge unlatched christina emery partnership manager, knowledge. The last date to pledge is february 28, 2016, and ku really needs your support to reach its goal of 300 participating libraries and institutions. If at least 300 libraries from around the world pledge their commitment by 31 january 2016, 78 new humanities and social sciences books. Knowledge unlatched made with creative commons medium. Knowledge unlatched announces the results of the 2019.
Knowledge unlatched, scholarly content added to ebooks. This week, knowledge unlatched announced that they had received enough. Time is running out to support the knowledge unlatched round 2 collection which is working to make 78 new humanities and social sciences books from 26 scholarly publishers open access. In round 2, 78 new humanities and social sciences ebooks from 26 publishers were made open access through the support of both individual libraries and library consortia from across the globe. Knowledge unlatched ku is excited to announce the launch of geolocational data for its open access ebooks. This year the jury voted unanimously for knowledge unlatched, recognising it as the most outstanding and gamechanging initiative in the field. Just to give you an idea of the impact the round 2 collection contains 78 books and these titles have reached just under 40,000 downloads. Knowledge unlatched moves into second phase the bookseller. The projects have been assessed and selected by librarians based on their attractiveness for funding, including 180 subject.
Knowledge unlatched releases geolocational data for pilot. Knowledge unlatched is a notforprofit organisation committed to helping global communities share the costs of open access publishing so that good books continue to be published and more readers are able to engage with them. Knowledge unlatched brings together libraries from all over the world via a crowdfunding platform where they can support open access by selecting publisher titles at a clear and sustainable price. Temple university press was one of thirteen publishers who participated in the first round of the project, with the book, constructing muslims in france by jennifer fredett 2014. Knowledge unlatched secures the quality of titles to make selection of packages easier for librarians. Knowledge unlatched and bibliolabs have partnered to provide improved access to open access oa materials worldwide. Following on from its highly successful pilot concluded last year, knowledge unlatched is delighted to announce the launch of its second collection. Marc records now available for kus round 2 collection, provided by scope knowledge unlatched. In 2014, university of michigan press ump was a proud supporter of the pilot round of knowledge unlatched, contributing three books to a total collection of 28 titles offered to libraries worldwide. Knowledge unlatched launches round 2 collection knowledge. Knowledge unlatched and university of michigan library announce collaboration to. Knowledge unlatched releases geolocational data for pilot and round 2 collections knowledge unlatched. Icolc conference presentation on knowledge unlatched a. Open access book program, knowledge unlatched, expands to.
Icolc conference presentation on knowledge unlatched a bridge model towards open access 17. Knowledge unlatched was the formalisation of the global library consortium model for supporting open access books, developed by pinter as a response to a protracted crisis in monograph publishing and the opportunities presented by digital technology and open access. If we are successful then we hope there will be more money available for oa. Please select ok if you would like to proceed with this request anyway. The evolution of breastfeeding and the making of a controversy. Knowledge unlatched ejournal emagazine, 2016 worldcat. Overview collection,withdrawn,to be unlatched,unlatched knowledge unlatched pilot collection,0,0,28 knowledge unlatched round 2,1,0,78 ku select 2016 hss frontlist,4,0,147 ku select 2016 hss backlist,2,0,196 ku select 2017 hss frontlist,49,1,107 ku select. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus.
The knowledge unlatched round 2 pledging period is being extended by one month and will now end on 28 february 2016 there are two reasons for the extension. Knowledge unlatched is an open access cooperative funding oa books and journals in the humanities and social sciences. Knowledge unlatched releases geolocational data for pilot and round 2 collections. Many libraries around the world have already made the commitment to be a part of round 2, and we at lyrasis are excited to. Led by queen victoria, british monarchs themselves appeared in the new animated photography from 1896. The ku select 2017 hss journals collection was the first of kus journals models and thus acted as a test case for flipping hss journals to an open access, apcfree model. Knowledge unlatched is playing a role in policy discussions on open access around the world. Knowledge unlatched announces the results of the 2019 pledging round, plans to make 410 books and journals open access in the course of 2020 knowledge unlatched. William howard russell is widely regarded as one of the first war correspondents to write for a commercial daily newspaper. Knowledge unlatched is helping stakeholders to work together for a sustainable open future for specialist scholarly books.
Knowledge unlatched ku, the international initiative for open access oa, is pleased to announce renewals of two successful open access collections from 2017, both of which were launched as pilot projects for threeyear funding models. As you have likely heard, the deadline for pledging your support for round 2 of knowledge unlatched ku is rapidly approaching. This book offers a comprehensive and authoritative reading of this emerging field and how girlhood scholars construct and deploy research frameworks that directly engage girls in the research process. Library consortium knowledge unlatched, olh routes to open access. It is doing this by coordinating a global library consortium that shares the costs of unlatching books that librarians would like to include in their collections. Knowledge unlatched launches a new funding round for 17. In a spirit of civicmindedness pinter created knowledge unlatched as a uk nonprofit community interest company.
As a former employee of knowledge unlatched, from 2016 to 2017, i was unsure of how to deal with the information. Firstly, we are concluding a number of exciting consortia deals which are taking a while to shape. Knowledge unlatched ku the central funding platform for openaccess oa, launches its sixth funding round today. Yul has pledged support to knowledge unlatched round 2, ku select 2016, and ku. Libraries worldwide can support 17 projects across many scientific disciplines by pledging within the central knowledge unlatched marketplace. The first round of this model resulted in a collection of twentyeight.
Knowledge unlatched was established in september 2012 by publisher and social entrepreneur frances pinter. This has resulted in the addition of 270 scholarly monographs to ebooks minnesota. Language science press and knowledge unlatched announce the. I invite you and your colleagues to support round 2 and help us make the next rounds even stronger. Knowledge unlatched can now reveal the first download figures for ku round 2 titles that have been unlatched so far. Knowledge unlatched announces the results of the 2019 pledging round, plans to make 410 books and journals open access in the. The first comprehensive study to examine the construction of white racial identity in the west, making the white mans west shows how these two visions of the west shaped the history of the region and influenced a variety of contemporary social issues in the west today. The restful api interface of the knowledge unlatched system. User statistics for books unlatched by knowledge unlatched in the pilot and round 2 have been published in the fall of 2016 by ku. Published on february 15, 2016 february 15, 2016 by admin. In its first two collections the pilot and round 2, knowledge unlatched piloted a collective procurement approach to open access. The knowledge unlatched round 2 pledging period is being extended by one month and will now end on 28 february 2016. The knowledge unlatched model depends on many libraries from around the world sharing the payment of a single title fee to a publisher, in return for a book being made available on a creative commons licence via oapen and hathitrust as a fully downloadable pdf. It offers a crowdfunding model to support a variety of open access book and journal content packages as well as financial funding of partnerships history.
Open access initiatives support yale university library. Our vision is a sustainable market where scholarly content is freely accessible to every reader around the world. Knowledge unlatched is the 2014 winner of the iflabrill open access award. Knowledge unlatched renews two successful open access.
New set of books in media and communication studies unlatched. Knowledge unlatched is a notforprofit community interest company that. Round 2 pledging period extended knowledge unlatched. He became famous for his dispatches from the crimean war, 185456, forthe times and he seemed to appreciate that he was blazing a trail for a new breed of journalist, calling himself the miserable parent of a luckless tribe. A by ku proposed committee of librarians decides about the selection of titles, prepackages a collection and offers.
And with pinters formidable reputation as a publisher, ku quickly acquired mindshare and influence, and went on to play an important role in the thinking about the scope and opportunities for oa monographs, as well as in policy development both in the uk and globally. Associate professor lucy montgomery, curtin university and deputy director of knowledge unlatched. Knowledge unlatched is a notforprofit community interest company that brings libraries together to pool funds to publish openaccess books. Language science press and knowledge unlatched announce the second financing round for open access books in linguistics.
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