[Eril-l] Florida Virtual Campus Joins Path to Open

[Electronic Resources in Libraries discussion list]

Dear colleagues,

Florida Virtual Campus (FLVC), a centralized service supporting the shared needs of Florida's 40 public colleges and universities, has joined Path to Open, a pilot program to support the open access publication of new groundbreaking scholarly books that will bring diverse perspectives and research to millions of people.

Path to Open launched in 2023 as a collaboration among JSTOR, a nonprofit service of ITHAKA, The University of Michigan Press, the University of North Carolina Press, and the American Council of Learned Societies. The program now has the support of nearly 150 libraries around the world, and 42 presses. FLVC marks Path to Open's largest library consortia commitment to date with funding for the full 2024-2026 pilot period. This agreement gives all 2 and 4-year public colleges and universities in Florida access to Path to Open books as they are published and helps to ensure that more than 1,000 new books from university presses and their authors will be published through this new sustainable open access model.

Read the full press release<https://about.jstor.org/news/florida-virtual-campus-joins-path-to-open/>.

ER&L conference attendees:
Join us to learn more about Path to Open today, March 4 at Growing the impact of digital resources through collaborative, sustainable innovation, 4:30-5:15 pm in Room 103 (M1).

Heidi

Heidi McGregor
VP, Communications
ITHAKA | www.ithaka.org<http://www.ithaka.org/>

ITHAKA's mission is to improve access to knowledge and education for people around the world. We believe education is key to the well-being of individuals and society. Through our work, we make higher education and access to knowledge more affordable, improve outcomes for students and researchers, and preserve knowledge for future generations. Our services include: Constellate, Ithaka S+R, JSTOR/Artstor, and Portico. Learn more at www.ithaka.org.


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