Join us on a sustainable path to open access

A new community-supported model for equitable, open access eBooks

We invite you to join Path to Open, a new collaboration between JSTOR, university presses, and libraries that addresses the challenges of funding open access (OA) books.

Participating libraries will acquire unlimited, exclusive access to new, high-quality frontlist Path to Open books every year. Three years after publication, the titles will then be released openly to the world. View current titles and preview what’s coming.

This model provides a pathway for equitable access and impact for the entire scholarly community:

Libraries acquire affordable, high-quality frontlist titles
University presses can publish open access books sustainably
Readers worldwide gain access to valuable content
Authors reach a global audience

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Our founding partners

Participating libraries

Join the fifteen libraries from the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA):

Indiana University
Michigan State University
Northwestern University
Ohio State University
Pennsylvania State University
Purdue University
Rutgers University–New Brunswick
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
University of Iowa
University of Maryland
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
University of Wisconsin–Madison
University of Chicago

And many more…

Bradley University
Bryn Mawr College
Carleton College
Claremont Colleges
College of William & Mary in Virginia
Colorado State University
Dartmouth College
Denison University
Dickinson College
Franklin & Marshall College
George Mason University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Grand Valley State University
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Iowa State University
Kenyon College
Le Moyne College
Lehigh University
Loyola Marymount University
McMaster University
Muhlenberg College
Ohio University
St. Francis University
Saint Mary’s College of California
St. Mary’s University, Canada
Smith College
Southern Methodist University
Syracuse University
Swarthmore College
Texas State University

University College London
University of Arizona
University of Arkansas
University of Exeter
University of Illinois
University of Kansas
University of Kentucky
University of Maine
University of Manchester, UK
University of Maryland – Baltimore County
University of Massachusetts
University of Michigan – Dearborn
University of Michigan – Flint
University of Missouri, St. Louis
University of Notre Dame
University of Nottingham
University of Oklahoma
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
University of Sheffield
University of Southampton
University of St. Thomas
University of the South Pacific, Fiji
University of Virginia
University of Washington
Vassar College
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Western Michigan University
Western Washington University