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Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 19:48:24 -0400

Knowledge Unlatched titles reach over 1 million downloads in 2018

More than 250% increase in use compared to 2017

Berlin, 28.08.2018. Knowledge Unlatched (KU) announces a new record
for usage of its Open Access (OA) books. Over 950 titles from the
Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) have been accessed more than 1
million times by users worldwide in the past 8 months of this year
alone. The increase in usage compared to 2017 is significant: On
aggregate, KU content has seen 570,000 full-text downloads on the
OAPEN platform and a further 490,000 chapter downloads on the JSTOR
platform.

"We are pleased that scientists around the world are using the content
of our approximately 100 publishing partners to such an extent." says
Tom Mosterd, Discovery & Account Manager at KU. "It is exciting to see
that libraries are committed to ensuring that OA books are made
accessible to a global audience, thereby playing a crucial role in
reaching this key milestone.’’

Financed by libraries worldwide, nearly 1,000 titles have already been
made available through Knowledge Unlatched, and several hundred titles
are added every year.

About Knowledge Unlatched: Knowledge Unlatched (KU) offers every
reader worldwide free access to scientific content. The online
platform provides libraries worldwide with a central point of contact
to support Open Access models of leading publishers and new Open
Access initiatives.

Contact:

Philipp Hess, Publicity & Communications, Knowledge Unlatched

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