From the OTH Archives: Back in 2017, OTH interviewed Rand Dotson from the LSU Press about the press's work in relation to debates around remembering the civil war, confederate iconography, and more. These issues have not been put to bed three years later and seemed timely with the US election creeping toward us. This interview has been edited with a new introduction.

Welcome to the newest OTH addition, the OTH Arts Corner! We want to spotlight the art projects intersecting with your work in the humanities, libraries, or scholarly publishing. Let us know if you, a colleague, or a student has an art project or initiative that can be highlighted here!

Watch the creative way Duke University Libraries is communicating to faculty and students about their "Library Takeout" program.

Music and animation by: MicrOpaqu3.

The Central European University Press (CEUP) announces that it is transitioning to an open access (OA) monograph programme through its new library subscription membership initiative, Opening the Future. The Press will provide access to portions of their highly-regarded backlist and use the revenue from members’ subscriptions to allow the frontlist to be OA from the date of publication. The Press is working with the Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs (COPIM) project.

A new initiative, the Center for the Preservation of Civil Rights Sites, has been announced by the Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania, to be headed up by Faculty Director Randall Mason, a professor in the graduate program in Historic Preservation. The new

“CPCRS is committed to advancing the understanding and sustainable conservation of heritage places commemorating the African-American struggle, before and after the passage of the 14th Amendment’ and it will partner with “preservationists, stewardship organizations, advocates, scholars and other supporters of civil rights heritage."