The Ohio State University Libraries promotes innovative research and creative expression and curates and preserves information essential for scholarship and learning. Making the research and scholarship of Ohio State’s faculty, staff and students openly available allows us to live our land grant mission – sharing knowledge and culture with the people of Ohio, the nation and the world.
The current scholarly publishing model creates barriers for researchers and has become unsustainable. In alignment with the university’s promise of operational excellence and resource stewardship, we are exploring partnerships to transform that model while also ensuring researchers have access to the tools crucial for their work.
Contact Us: TransformPublishing@osu.edu
Open Access Publishing Agreements
University Libraries has agreements with publishers (including consortial agreements through OhioLINK and the Big Ten Academic Alliance) that cover Open Access fees (APCs) at no cost to Ohio State corresponding authors for eligible articles and journals. More information about each current Open Access publishing agreement is available via a FAQ page:
Upcoming Information Sessions (All Events)
Publishing Grants for Open Access Monographs (Virtual Information Session)
September 21, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm. Online via Zoom. Register for September 21st session.
Join us to learn more about our new Ohio State Open Access Monograph Initiative. The Ohio State University Libraries is funding Open Access scholarly monographs authored by Ohio State faculty and published by university presses. To learn more about this initiative and how to submit an expression of interest, please attend this information session.
Open Access Article Publishing With No Cost to Ohio State Corresponding Authors (Virtual Information Session)
October 18, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm. Online via Zoom. Register for October 18th session.
Join us to learn more about our Open Access publishing agreements with Cambridge University Press, The Company of Biologists, De Gruyter, Institute of Physics (IOP), Microbiology Society, PLOS, Royal Society, Taylor & Francis, and Wiley Hybrid and what they mean for you and your scholarship. We will provide an overview of each publisher agreement, the benefits of each for you as an author, and answer questions you may have about Open Access publishing.
Featured Announcements (All News)
University Libraries Announces Support for Lyrasis Open Access Community Investment Program (OACIP)
The Ohio State University Libraries has made a five-year investment with the Lyrasis Open Access Community Investment Program (OACIP) to support the funding of six Diamond Open Access journals for five years: American Indian Culture and Research Journal, Cultural Anthropology, Engaging Science, Technology, and Society, International Journal of Strength and Conditioning, Language, Literature, and Interdisciplinary Studies, and liquid blackness: journal of aesthetics and black studies.
University Libraries Launches a New Ohio State Open Access Monograph Initiative
Following a successful five-year TOME pilot, The Ohio State University Libraries has launched a new three-year initiative to provide Open Access funding for Ohio State faculty-authored scholarly monographs published with university presses. Expressions of Interest are now accepted.
Two new PLOS journals added to the PLOS agreement: PLOS Mental Health and PLOS Complex Systems
Two new PLOS journals, PLOS Mental Health and PLOS Complex Systems, have been added to The Ohio State University Libraries PLOS publishing agreement. Ohio State corresponding authors will be able to publish their work in the new journals at no cost them during our agreement period.
The Big Ten Academic Alliance and University Press Partners Announce the Big Ten Open Books First Collection
In partnership with six member university presses, the University Librarians of the Big Ten Academic Alliance announce the launch of the Big Ten Open Books project, a collaboration between the university presses and libraries of the Big Ten Academic Alliance, including The Ohio State University Libraries. The first 100-title collection centered on Gender and Sexuality studies is now published.
University Libraries Support for Ohio State Faculty-Authored Open Access Monographs
Ohio State Open Access Monograph Initiative
Following a successful TOME five-year pilot, The Ohio State University Libraries has launched a new three-year initiative to provide Open Access funding for Ohio State faculty-authored scholarly monographs published with university presses.
We are accepting Expressions of Interest for the new Open Access Monograph Initiative.
University Libraries Collective Action Investments in Open Access Monographs
In addition to supporting Ohio State faculty authors through our Open Access Monograph Initiative fund, University Libraries also collectively invests in community-supported Open Access monograph initiatives and programs that can benefit Ohio State authors publishing monographs with a growing number of publishers. The initiatives and funding models University Libraries currently supports include:
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Big Ten Open Books (current participating university presses)
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Opening the Future (includes CEU Press and Liverpool University Press)
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Path to Open (current participating university presses)
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University of Michigan Press Fund to Mission Open Access Monograph Model
University Libraries Services in Support of Scholarly Publishing
University Libraries Investments in Open Access and Scholarly Publishing Infrastructure
Questions? Please contact us by email at TransformPublishing@osu.edu with any questions or comments.