Penn State University Libraries to Host TOME Author Discussions during Open Access Week
Penn State University Libraries is holding two virtual panel discussions on October 20-21 with Penn State authors who have published open access monographs through TOME. Seven authors will discuss their research and the impact of having their work made openly available.
Learn More60 Open-Access University-Press Monographs Published through TOME Initiative
Sixty scholarly books in the humanities and social sciences have been made freely available to researchers, students, and the general public under the TOME initiative. The Association of American Universities, Association of Research Libraries, and Association of University Presses launched TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem) in 2018 as a five-year pilot project to change […]
LEARN MOREToward an Open Monograph Ecosystem (TOME) 2020 Meeting
The 2020 TOME Stakeholders Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 22, 10:00 am–3:00 pm. It will be held virtually, via Zoom, and is open to the public.
LEARN MOREOpenMonographs.org Launches to Flip Funding Model for University Publishing
TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem) creates website to build a community of scholars, publishers, librarians, university administrators that increases access to humanities and social sciences scholarship The Association of American Universities (AAU), Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and Association of University Presses (AUPresses) have launched a new website, OpenMonographs.org, in a bold new effort to […]
LEARN MORETOME Brings Scholars’ Books to Wider Audience
What good is a book if people can’t read it? Calvin L. Warren, assistant professor at Emory University, studies “concerns of black existence, such as justice, anti-black violence, and black suffering.” When Warren talked with people about his work, he found many were interested in reading his book to learn more, but they could not […]
Read the ArticleLibraries supports faculty member’s open-access publication through TOME
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Errol A. Henderson, associate professor of political science, remembers well the weekend trips to the Detroit Public Library that his family took when he was growing up in the Brewster-Douglas Housing Projects on the city’s east side. “My parents and eight older siblings instilled in me the enjoyment and necessity of […]
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