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Open Access for Monographs is Here. But Are we Ready for It?

By John Sherer | May 8, 2023

By John Sherer, Spangler Family Director of the University of North Carolina Press. He is the chair of the Association of University Presses Open Access…

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Making OA Monographs More Discoverable, Usable, and Sustainable

By John Sherer | August 12, 2020

We are entering the third and final year of the Sustainable History Monograph Pilot (SHMP). SHMP is an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation–funded initiative to publish…

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Here Come the OA History Monographs

By John Sherer | October 15, 2019

As we enter the second year of our three-year pilot, the pace is quickening.  The Sustainable History Monograph Pilot (SHMP) is a Mellon-funded initiative to…

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The Sustainable History Monograph Pilot

By John Sherer | April 12, 2019

The Sustainable History Monograph Pilot (SHMP) is a Mellon-funded initiative to publish open digital editions of high-quality books from university presses in the field of…

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Open Access History Monograph Initiative

By John Sherer | June 13, 2018

See Sustainable History Monograph Pilot to return to the pilot’s main page and for current information regarding the initiative’s progress and call for projects. In…

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