Sarah McKee, ACLS Project Manager for Amplifying Humanistic Scholarship, published a new article titled “Engaging Monograph Authors in the Open Access Movement” in Katina. The article focuses on the first competition of the ACLS Open Access Book Prize and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Award. Katina is a digital publication that addresses the value of librarians to society and elevates their role as trusted stewards of knowledge.
The ACLS Open Access Book Prizes seek to reward exceptional scholarship that has been published openly in truly accessible ways, both for authors and for the audiences they hope to reach. In the end, alongside its essential role in credentialing scholars, humanistic research must also connect with wider audiences to demonstrate its relevance around the world and beyond academia—to funders, policy makers, taxpayers, and students.
Sarah McKee
ACLS Project Manager for Amplifying Humanistic Scholarship
Photo: Winners of the ACLS Open Access Book Prize at the 2024 ACLS Annual Meeting in Baltimore, MD.
The ACLS Open Access Book Prize and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Award reward exceptional humanistic scholarship that has been published openly, demonstrating its relevance within and beyond academia. Supported by a generous three-year grant from Arcadia, the winning titles receive dual awards. Authors receive the $20,000 ACLS Open Access Book Prize. Publishers receive the Arcadia Open Access Publishing Award in the amount of $30,000 to support forthcoming open access books.
