CEU Press Librarians' Newsletter, vol. 1 2023 | |
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Welcome to the first issue of our quarterly Librarians' Newsletter. We have lots of news to share, so this first edition is a bumper pack. Please feel free to share and forward.
What’s included: Our plans for Opening the Future, new publications, our new podcast, conference recap, the SUPRR initiative and more!
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Opening the Future and why you should join | | |
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Central European University Press’ innovative open access library membership programme Opening the Future (OtF) makes OA publishing more equitable, diverse and sustainable. The model focuses on books, not profit. The more libraries join, the more OA books we can publish. In 2022 we published 10 new open access books. | |
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In a nutshell:
- Your library subscribes to one or more CEU Press backlist ebook packages hosted on Project Muse to enrich your collections.
- Your subscription fee finances frontlist open access publications.
- Researchers and students benefit globally from free access to new publications.
- HSS authors without funding to publish OA monographs get support via this collective funding model.
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Our plans for Opening the Future
We are planning to publish 20 open access books in 2023, about 50% of our frontlist output. Opening the Future subscription fees pay for the publication costs in open access, but we also still accept traditional BPCs where available. Some titles may not be suitable for open access publishing and continue to be made available on traditional ebook platforms and as hardcovers in print.
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We’d like to welcome our newest members: University of Washington (US), Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen (IWM in Austria), Cardiff University (UK), University of Tennessee, Knoxville (US), and University of Iowa (US). | |
New publications from CEU Press
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The Transformation of the Countryside in Communist Albania
Author: Artan R. Hoxha
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The Diaspora of Hungarian Scientists from John von Neumann to Katalin Karikó
Authors: Istvan Hargittai, Balazs Hargittai
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A Portrait of Aleš Hrdlička
Author: Mark A. Brandon
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Holy Kings, Princes, Bishops, and Abbots from Central Europe (11th–13th Centuries)
Editors: Gábor Klaniczay,
Ildikó Csepregi
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The Contemporary Relevance of a Contested Idea
Editors: Christof Royer,
Liviu Matei
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A Visual Chronicle of the Milošević Era
Author: Mileta Prodanović
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Buy them via your usual library supplier in print, or preferred ebook platform. Our ebook partners are CEPIEC, De Gruyter, EBSCO, Gardners, JSTOR, Perlego, Project Muse, ProQuest. Our print distribution is handled by IPS (UK) and HFS (US).
OA titles can also be found via Project MUSE, DOAB, Open Research Library, JSTOR, and OAPEN.
Find our new catalogue here.
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Subscribe to our podcast! | |
We are on our 5th podcast episode! Covering a range of topics from Opening the Future to how to get published, to insights into our forthcoming and long-standing series, episode two is of special relevance to librarians and in episode three, our commissioning editor gives budding authors advice on preparing a cracking book proposal. | |
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In April, we presented at UKSG conference and met our partners and suppliers at London Book Fair. Always great to see people again in the flesh!
In May, Emily Poznanski presented on “What drives entrepreneurship in academic publishing?” at the Fiesole Retreat in Basel.
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Connect with CEU Press at conferences
Catch us at one of these forthcoming events:
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Supporting Ukrainian Publishing Resilience and Recovery | | |
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Support the SUPRR initiative now!
Instigated by Central European University Press’ Executive Chair Frances Pinter, SUPRR (Supporting Ukrainian Publishing Resilience and Recovery) is a new initiative to rally international assistance for Ukrainian publishing now and after the war. SUPRR’s first inspirational report covers book publishing as well as scientific and scholarly journals in Ukraine, and is designed to galvanise international collaboration. Taking action now, we can build a strong transnational community of publishers working together to match needs with resources. Find out how your library can get involved by contacting Frances Pinter directly: PinterF@press.ceu.edu.
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Beyond the BPC: Making Open Access Book Publishing Fair, Sustainable and Equitable
“In order to make OA fair, the link between publication and author payment needs to be broken — that way, publishing can be truly free and accessible to everyone, no matter their affiliation. “
Read CEU Press Director Emily Poznanski’s take on open access book publishing in an Against the Grain special report.
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