From: Knowledge Unlatched <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 11:59 AM

Knowledge Unlatched and JSTOR to study usage of Open Access books

Read full press release here:

http://www.knowledgeunlatched.org/2017/02/jstor/

Berlin/New York, 06.02.17. Knowledge Unlatched (KU), the Open Access
initiative supporting monographs in the Humanities and Social
Sciences, and JSTOR, the digital library of academic journals, books,
and primary sources, are partnering to study usage patterns in Open
Access by cross-promoting KU titles. While KU will continue to host
its titles on the OAPEN and HathiTrust platforms, it will expand the
hosting of 30 Open Access titles to JSTOR. This set includes titles in
History, Literature, Political Science, Anthropology, and Media &
Communications—all published by leading scholarly presses and
“unlatched” with the support of libraries around the world.

“The broad use of content is at the core of Open Access, and it is
very important to Knowledge Unlatched,” says Dr. Sven Fund, Managing
Director of KU. “The publishers and libraries working together in our
initiative are constantly looking to ease access and hence broaden
usage to the monographs in the Humanities and Social Sciences.”

“We’re delighted to partner with Knowledge Unlatched to make these
high-quality titles available to researchers,” added Frank Smith,
Director of Books at JSTOR. “We are looking forward to conducting an
in-depth study to gain insights on the usage and impact of Open Access
titles.”

Continued study of usage will be under the auspices of KU Research led
by Associate Professor Lucy Montgomery of Curtin University,
Australia.

The full list of Open Access e-books available through JSTOR is
available here: http://about.jstor.org/open-access

Best regards,

The Knowledge Unlatched Team
www.knowledgeunlatched.org