Knowledge Unlatched

Mirela Roncevic has been appointed as the Head of Content at Knowledge Unlatched (KU), effective immediately https://ow.ly/VZQ650UCqLA

Final week to pledge for KU’s #OpenAccess initiatives! Many thanks to all the #libraries and institutions around the world who have pledged for one or more of KU’s collections and partner offerings this year. The 2024 pledging round will end this Friday, December 13th. To add your library’s support, please visit the KU website. https://ow.ly/JsaA50Unwze

A big thank you to our KU Selection Committee 2024! We’d like to express our gratitude to the 200+ #librarians around the world who once again gave their time and shared their expertise to curate our flagship collection, KU Select Books. For a second year, the content of the collection was aligned with seven of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): No Poverty (SDG 1), Good Health and Well-being (SDG 3), Gender Equality (SDG 5), Decent Work and Economic Growth (SDG 8), Reduced Inequalities (SDG 10), Climate Action (SDG 13), and Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions (SDG 16), and as customary, the committee voted for the titles that they considered most relevant to be included. This year the Committee also selected the titles for our four new KU Focus Collections: Global Warming and Responses, Economics: Sustainability and Circularity; Public Opinion and Elections; and Regional Studies: Conflict, War and Peace. To learn more about these collections and pledge to support their #OpenAccess publication, please visit KU’s website at: https://ow.ly/lKmG50UmfxQ.

Great news, #libraries, if you haven't already done so, there’s still time to pledge your support for #OpenAccess this year! @KUnlatched has extended its pledging deadline to Friday, December 13, 2024. Every pledge, no matter the size, is valuable and contributes to the broader goal of making scholarly content freely accessible for everyone. #Librarians, visit the KU website to check out the wide range of Open Access initiatives available to support, that includes scholarly books, videos, encyclopedia entries and journals. Contact your local KU representative to place your pledge today. https://ow.ly/X0KU50UkVjT

#OpenAccess represents an important sector of scholarly publishing not only because of the continued growth in scientific output, but also since it removes paywall barriers to academic content https://ow.ly/JJr250UcN8f

Many thanks to all the libraries that have already pledged this year to help make KU Select SDG Books, KU Focus Collections and our partner initiatives available #OpenAccess. Librarians, if you haven’t done so yet, there’s still time to add your support, the deadline is December 6, 2024. Please visit https://lnkd.in/dhQ643d for more information. #OABooks #OpenAccess

Long-term, collaborative, sustainable support for digital #OpenAccess infrastructures represents an important aspect of Open Science https://ow.ly/cX3750Uae1W

The author-facing fees that researchers face when publishing in #OpenAccess journals continue to be a significant barrier toward the removal of paywall barriers to scholarly output for both scientific communities and professional stakeholders worldwide https://ow.ly/1Ogq50U9enS

We are thrilled to have been at the Charleston Conference this year! We enjoyed the opportunity to attend thought-provoking sessions and discussions about AI, collaboration, and scholarly communications. It was a great week, meeting with so many librarians and colleagues and having meaningful conversations about Open Access. See you next year, Charleston! #OpenAccess #chsconf24

Whereas preprints represent a significant aspect of #OpenAccess publishing, especially for scholarly articles, these cannot necessarily supplant published versions, due to peer review procedures the latter entail https://ow.ly/F8q050U77I0