From: Richard Poynder <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2015 19:03:52 +0000

As the open access train rolls towards the future more and more
traditional scholarly publishers are jumping on board. The University
of California Press made its move in January, launching two new open
access programmes—Collabra and Luminos.

Collabra is a mega journal that will initially focus on three broad
disciplinary areas (life and biomedical sciences, ecology and
environmental science, and social and behavioural sciences), and then
expand into other disciplines at a later date. Collabra is expected to
publish its first articles in the next month or so.

Luminos is an open access monograph publisher that will publish its
first book this autumn.

What is the context in which UC Press’ move needs to be seen, and what
does UC  Press bring to the party?

A Q&A with Alison Mudditt, Director, University of California Press,
can be read here:

http://poynder.blogspot.no/2015/03/the-oa-interviews-alison-mudditt.html