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

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8th May 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 Committee and is the Primary Investigator in the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation funded Sustainable History Monograph Pilot. This post originally appeared on The Scholarly Kitchen. At the University…

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Making OA Monographs More Discoverable, Usable, and Sustainable

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12th August 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 open digital editions of high-quality books from university presses in the field of history. Unlike other Open Access (OA) pilots, SHMP transforms the publishing process…

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Here Come the OA History Monographs

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15th October 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 publish open digital editions of high-quality books from university presses in the field of history. Unlike other Open Access (OA) pilots, SHMP transforms the publishing…

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The Sustainable History Monograph Pilot

12th April 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 history. Unlike many other Open Access (OA) pilots, SHMP transforms the publishing process and outputs, while focusing on a single academic discipline. Working collaboratively with…

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Open Access History Monograph Initiative

13th June 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 December 2014, the University of North Carolina Press received a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to create a suite of scaled publishing services…

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