Path to Open is a community-supported model to publish scholarly ebooks in the humanities and social sciences sustainably and equitably.
As part of nonprofit ITHAKA, JSTOR shares a mission with libraries and presses to bring about equitable access and impact for the entire scholarly community. This is why we are collaborating with university presses on Path to Open, a new, multi-year pilot program designed to increase access to diverse ideas and research. It offers sustainable open access solutions, supports the nonprofit university press community, and invests in authors and their scholarship, increasing the impact of their work.
- What is the maximum number of university presses JSTOR is looking to secure to participate in the Path to Open pilot?
- What are the minimum and maximum number of titles a university press can contribute to the pilot each year?
- Are there requirements to the publication/copyright year date that can be published in this program?
- When will a title published in Path to Open be made available as an open access title to the public?
- When can a university press expect to get paid for titles that are published in the Path to Open program?
- Do I need to pay my authors royalties using my Path to Open payment?
- How are published titles made available to libraries under the Path to Open model?
- When should a university press register titles for inclusion in the program? Will there be a deadline?
- What is the workflow for submitting titles for inclusion to Path to Open?
- Are there best practices that can be shared for the ISBN registration of these titles?
- Are there best practices that can be shared for the Creative Commons license for these titles?
- Is there a way to send books in Path to Open directly to JSTOR outside of my normal file distribution workflow?
- Are there special requirements or acknowledgements needed for the copyright page of the books? Do I need a Creative Commons license or blurb that acknowledges Path to Open?
- When should I deliver my titles to JSTOR?
- Do I need to tell my metadata distributor (such as BiblioVault or Coresource/Ingram) to do something special?
- Can I publish my ebooks through existing library sales channels for ebooks? If not, what are the limitations and why?
- I’ve accidentally sent out the ebook version of my Path to Open title to a library aggregator, what should I do?
- Will there always be a set price of $5,000 per title published in the Path to Open program?
- Will JSTOR still support publishing open access ebooks on the platform that are immediately made open access?
- Will there always be a set price of $5,000 per title published in the Path to Open program?
- I’ve accidentally sent out the ebook version of my Path to Open title to a library aggregator, what should I do?
- Can I publish my ebooks through existing library sales channels for ebooks? If not, what are the limitations and why?
- Do I need to tell my metadata distributor (such as BiblioVault or Coresource/Ingram) to do something special?
- When should I deliver my titles to JSTOR?
- Are there special requirements or acknowledgements needed for the copyright page of the books? Do I need a Creative Commons license or blurb that acknowledges Path to Open?
- Is there a way to send books in Path to Open directly to JSTOR outside of my normal file distribution workflow?
- Are there best practices that can be shared for the Creative Commons license for these titles?
- What is the workflow for submitting titles for inclusion to Path to Open?
- When should a university press register titles for inclusion in the program? Will there be a deadline?
- How are published titles made available to libraries under the Path to Open model?
- Do I need to pay my authors royalties using my Path to Open payment?
Disclaimer. This document was last updated January 2025.
- When can a university press expect to get paid for titles that are published in the Path to Open program?
- When will a title published in Path to Open be made available as an open access title to the public?
- Are there requirements to the publication/copyright year date that can be published in this program?
- What are the minimum and maximum number of titles a university press can contribute to the pilot each year?