Open Access Books KU Select
Taylor & Francis have collaborated with Knowledge Unlatched to unlock select titles as well as two subject specific collections in Gender Studies and African Studies. The Knowledge Unlatched titles have been made open access through libraries coming together to crowd fund the publication cost. Each monograph has been released as open access making the eBook freely available to readers worldwide.
The result of these universities collaborating with the project collections of key research gaining increasing impact and visibility.
Browse titles by subject area:
Behavioral Sciences & Education
Business & Economics
Computer Science
Engineering & Technology
Environment & Sustainability
KU Focus Collection: Climate Change
Knowledge Unlatched wanted to offer a special collection around a cutting-edge theme and asked our library partners for their opinion as to which topic they would find most relevant to users both at their own institution and worldwide and from therefore they created this focus collection.
Health and Social Care
Humanities
Language, Literature & Communication
Law, Politics & International Relations
Social Sciences
Benefits for Libraries
- Research has found that open access book chapters are downloaded 7 times more than non-open access titles, were cited 50% more and mentioned online 10 times more.
- For libraries, MARC records will be provided for seamless cataloging of titles. In addition, quarterly usage reports will be distributed to demonstrate the impact and uptake of these titles.
- Supporters receive 35% discount on print editions of these titles in recognition of KU participation.
- Guaranteed access: Libraries who pledge their support to a specific collection will be guaranteed free access to the digital version of all the books included in the collection – either to the open access version or the closed digital version should the full funding target not be reached.
Taylor & Francis Partnership with Knowledge Unlatched
- Discover more about the Knowledge Unlatched partnership
- Learn about and browse the Gender Studies and African Studies collections