Jisc is a partner in the new Open Book Futures (OBF) project that launches in May
The OBF, which works to increase access to valuable research, has announced it will receive more than £5.8 million in funding.
Led by Lancaster University and funded by the charitable foundation Arcadia and the Research England Development (RED) Fund, it will develop and support organisations, tools and practices that enable both academics and the wider public to make more and better use of books published on an open access basis.
The OBF launches on 1 May 2023 and builds on the Community-Led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs (COPIM) project, which was also jointly funded by Arcadia and the RED Fund. It will significantly increase and improve the quantity, discoverability, preservation and accessibility of academic content.
