From: Pablo Markin <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 14:56:25 +0000
Hi Jim,
Please receive the following response on behalf of Sven Fund.
Thanks for your interest in a full list of KU titles.
Next to OAPEN, all titles are listed in the Open Research Community:
https://openresearch.community/posts/ku-titles-on-the-open-research-library?room_id=general-ku-pledging-information
.
Or directly on the Open Research Library, with direct access to the content
of course:
Open Research Library - Knowledge Unlatched
<https://openresearchlibrary.org/module/knowledgeunlatched>.
KBART files are certainly available as well:
https://knowledgeunlatched.org/ku-kbart-files/.
Please note that all individual title metadata have a "Knowledge Unlatched"
tag - as does the copyright page of the books funded by libraries through
KU.
And whenever you (or anybody else on the list) has a specific question like
this - here is my email address: [log in to unmask] I think you
had that already though.
Hope all is well, all best
Sven
Best regards,
Pablo
Dr. Pablo B. Markin
Adjunct Instructor
University of the People | General Education Department
Email: [log in to unmask]
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From: "Jim O'Donnell" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 22:27:03 -0700
I may be missing something, or else this is instructive. I've followed
Knowledge Unlatched for a decade, always interested, but never quite
persuaded. (Full disclosure: my institution does not subscribe.) I
realize on reading this and following the links that I have two questions
about discovery.
First, is there in any convenient place a conspectus of KU books,
conveniently arranged for browsing by subject areas, that could entice me
to look into books I've not heard of or not gotten around to admiring up
close? I can't find that on the KU website. If we think of KU as a kind
of redistributive publisher, I'd like to be able to browse *their* catalog.
Second, what is the underlying strategy of discovery? The access to MARC
records on the website suggests that readers are *expected* to encounter
these items in library online catalogs where institutions have taken the
time and trouble to import MARC records -- and then they will be found only
by those using classic discovery tools with a particular personal focus.
For example, if there is the definitive work on the lesser works of Fulke
Greville in the series, I will find it if I am pursuing Greville but not
otherwise.
I say again, I may be missing something, even something obvious, and I
apologize for that if that's the case, and would appreciate being set
right. But I have a growing concern about how users discover new
scholarship in the real world. How do these very good books get found?
Jim O'Donnell
ASU
On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 10:09 PM LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 09:48:38 -0400
*Berlin, April 10th, 2024: *Knowledge Unlatched
<https://www.knowledgeunlatched.org/> (KU), a Wiley brand, is pleased to
share the results of its 2023 pledging round, which ended in December 2023
and saw hundreds of institutions worldwide pledge support for Open Access
(OA) book and journal collections offered by KU and its publishing partners.
Overall, about 269 books will be made available OA in 2024. These include
71 frontlist books from the KU Select 2024 SDG Books Collection and 198
books from KU’s various HSS and STEM partner collections. In addition, KU
will support the publication of 700 peer-reviewed blog posts, about 9 new
scholarly videos focused on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and
about 9 new peer-reviewed encyclopedia entries. KU’s 2023 library
crowdfunding efforts also contributed to the sustainability of about 52
journals thanks to the successful continuation of 4 Subscribe-to-Open (S2O)
partnerships.
More here:
https://knowledgeunlatched.org/2024/04/knowledge-unlatched-announces-results-of-2023-pledging/
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