OpenMonographs.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 […]
Read the ArticleTOME Open Monograph Initiative Reports Progress, Identifies Next Steps
The Association of American Universities (AAU), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and the Association of University Presses (AUPresses) jointly hosted a meeting on July 22, 2019, in Washington, DC, of the TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem) community. TOME is a five-year pilot initiative of the three associations that supports the digital publication of peer-reviewed scholarly […]
LEARN MORESupporting Open Access Publishing at The Ohio State University
Artists in post-dictatorship Chile took to the urban streets in the early 1990s, creating expansive murals and graffiti meant to be seen by as wide-reaching an audience as possible. Today, Guisela Latorre’s book about that street art is finding a wide-reaching audience, too, thanks to an “open access” version of her book funded by a University […]
Read the ArticleCornell Joins TOME Open Monograph Initiative as 15th University Member
The following is a statement from the Association of American Universities, the Association of Research Libraries, and the Association of University Presses welcoming Cornell University to the Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem (TOME) initiative, which includes more than 60 university presses and 15 university members. The Association of American Universities (AAU), the Association of Research […]
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