Join us on a sustainable path to Open Access

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.

View the first 100 titles featuring peer-reviewed monographs in disciplines across the humanities and social sciences, with an emphasis on works that bring forward diverse perspectives and ideas.

Starting in the fall of 2023, 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.

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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Participating libraries

There are nearly 30 libraries participating in Path to Open. Of those, the fifteen libraries of the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) include 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, and the University of Chicago.

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