KU Select: HSS Books 2022
Making Open Access Work in Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS)
We, at Knowledge Unlatched, are happy that you are looking into submitting titles for the new KU Select HSS Books collection of 2022. As the 8th round of KU Select begins, we hope to create a collection that is relevant for libraries, scientific institutions, and, most of all, their patrons. We look forward to receiving your quality frontlist and backlist titles that you would like to publish Open Access. Only together we can create a sustainable future for Open Access publishing in HSS. Read more about the specifics of this collection and submit your titles below.
You can submit your title suggestions at app.knowledgeunlatched.org
Which HSS Titles Can You Submit?
Title suggestions must have undergone peer review.
Titles must fit a listed subject and should be relevant to an international cohort of libraries.
Monographs and Edited Collections are eligible.
All online formats (ePub, PDF, and mobi) are made available under CC License types, and types are determined by publishers.
Titles are in English language and preferably published in print as hardback.
Maximum 50 submissions per publisher.
We aim to unlatch 140 titles in KU Select 2024, 20 titles per subject.
For this year we would like to ask publishers to submit titles in the following subjects. This enables us to create a relevant and coherent collection.
No Poverty, SDG 1
Good Health and Well-being, SDG 3
Gender Equality, SDG 5
Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDG 8
Reduced Inequalities, SDG 10
Climate Action, SDG 13
Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, SDG 16
Titles must have estimated publication Oct 2023 – Dec 2024.
Titles are ineligible if they were published before or are estimated to be published after.
Publishers receive Net Title Fees of EUR 8,250 / USD 8,884 / GBP 7,297 per unlatched title (excl. VAT).
KU Focus Collection 2022: Climate Change
A topical focus on the issue of climate change (HSS)
We, at Knowledge Unlatched, are happy are happy to introduce a new format of collection set-up in this years pledging round. The KU Focus Collection of 2022. Given the different needs of researchers, we have decided to let the library community decide on the most relevant topics to be made freely available to everyone. We hope to create a collection that is relevant for libraries, scientific institutions, and, most of all, their patrons. We look forward to receiving your quality frontlist titles that you would like to publish Open Access. Only together we can create a sustainable future for Open Access publishing. Read more about the specifics of this collection and submit your titles below.
You can submit your title suggestions at app.knowledgeunlatched.org
Please find the requirements for the submitted content below:
The Timeline
Publishers hand in their title submissions to app.knowledgeunlatched.org following the outlined requirements in the Publisher Information Brochure
2. Reviewing Titles: 15.03. – 09.04. 2021
The KU Selection Committee reviews the submissions, and the collection is formed.
3. Packaging Titles & Contract Finalization: 12.04. – 30.04. 2021
The collections are created, and publishers will be informed which titles have been accepted. The contracts will be sent and signed prior to the start of the pledging.
4. Library Pledging: 03.05. – 17.12. 2021
Libraries are invited to pledge their support for the collections.
5. Final List of Titles: 20.12.2021 – 07.01.2022
After the pledging is closed, the allocated funding will be distributed to the publishers according to the voting of the KU Selection Committee.
6. Title Unlatching: 10.01. – 31.10. 2022
After all titles are cleared and accepted, they can be submitted for unlatching. Please note that all backlist titles can be unlatched right away and will have to be unlatched by May 2022 at the latest.
