From: Christina Emery <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 15:34:57 +0100

Dear Liblicense subscribers,

Knowledge Unlatched Announces Launch of Round 2 Collection

Following on from its highly successful Pilot concluded last year,
Knowledge Unlatched is delighted to announce the launch of its second
collection.

If at least 300 libraries from around the world pledge their
commitment by 31 January 2016, 78 new Humanities and Social Sciences
books will be made free for anyone in the world to read on an Open
Access basis.

The KU Collection includes 78 new books in five subject areas
(Anthropology, History, Literature, Media & Communications and
Politics) from 26 recognised scholarly publishers:

Amsterdam University Press
Berghahn Books
Bloomsbury Academic
Brandeis University Press
Brill
Cambridge University Press
University Press of Colorado
Dartmouth College Press
De Gruyter
Duke University Press
Edinburgh University Press
Fordham University Press
Leiden University Press
Liverpool University Press
Manchester University Press
University of Michigan Press
Monash University Publishing
Penn State University Press
Pluto Press
Purdue University Press
Routledge
Rutgers University Press
Temple University Press
University of Toronto Press
Ubiquity Press
Yale University Press

The collection is made up of eight packages – providing participating
libraries the choice of supporting all eight or selecting at least six
packages.

Knowledge Unlatched is inviting libraries to pledge a capped maximum
of US$3,891 to ‘unlatch’ the whole collection. This is an average of
just under US$50 for each book. Publishers have agreed to recognise
additional format purchases by participating libraries with a
deduction made on the KU unlatching fee.

The Knowledge Unlatched model is based on libraries from around the
world sharing the payment of a single ‘Title Fee’ to publishers, in
return for books being made available as a fully downloadable PDF via
OAPEN and HathiTrust on a Creative Commons licence upon publication.
Because the Title Fee is a fixed amount, as more libraries
participate, the per-library cost of ‘unlatching’ each title declines.

Libraries can view the collection and pledge their interest at:

http://collections.knowledgeunlatched.org/

Pledging will remain open until 31 January 2016.

For further details contact KU’s Partnership Manager Christina Emery
([log in to unmask]).

Best regards,
Christina

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Christina Emery
Partnership Manager | Knowledge Unlatched
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www.knowledgeunlatched.org

Winner: IFLA/Brill Award for Open Access 2014
Winner: Curtin University Award for Best Innovation in Education 2015