[GOAL] Conversation with two religious studies scholars on committee at Open Library of Humanities

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Conversation with two religious studies scholars on committee at Open Library of Humanities
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The other day I checked-in on developments over at Open Library of Humanities<https://www.openlibhums.org/>. As I reported earlier here and here, the idea for this very interesting project sprang from a number of often asked questions: Why hasn't anyone created an analog to the Public Library of Science (PLOS)<http://www.plos.org/>--meaning, a broad-based, not-for-profit organization dedicated to publishing open access research--for the Humanities? What would it take--meaning, at least, editorial and technical infrastructure, sustainable funding, and broad-based scholarly support--to create such a PLOS analog for the Humanities? Given our deep and long-standing scholarly communication traditions, would such an approach--meaning, in particular, developing a multi-disciplinary "mega-journal" like PLOS ONE<http://www.plosone.org/>--even work in the Humanities?

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Gary F. Daught
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Advocate for open access academic publishing in religion and theology
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