http://muse.jhu.edu/about/cup_open_access_books.html
Wieso man da so einen Wind macht, ist mir unverständlich. Man hätte doch einfach die sicher in HathiTrust vorhandenen Bücher dort einfach freischalten lassen können. Ich möchte nicht wissen, was der Spaß die Cornell University Press gekostet hat, denn für die sieben (in Zahlen: 7) Titel musste ein “grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities’ (NEH) Humanities Open Book Program” eingeworben werden.
Nachtrag 10.6.2016: Der Zuschuss beträgt $83,635. Dean J. Smith (CUP) schreibt mir dazu: “The goal of this exercise is to develop and implement workflows for clearing rights so that we can increase the number of titles over the next three years. It’s not about the numbers. We are launching 20 titles and clearing rights for many more (150) to track with our 150th anniversary in 2019. We are also working closely with Cornell library to curate these collections. Our plan is to make all the books available on Hathi, OApen, JSTOR and repositories. We also are working on an extensive marketing plan to ensure widespread dissemination. The plan to release on Project MUSE first is strategic. We want to analyze usage on a platform with an established community of users. We are also working with them on another OA initiative.”
