University Press of Florida (UPF) participates in Path to Open, a collaborative Books at JSTOR initiative designed to expand equitable access, broaden bibliodiversity, and bring high-quality scholarship to readers worldwide. We are pleased to announce that our first three titles in the program have now flipped to open access. These works are freely available on our website, on JSTOR, and wherever digital books are sold.
The Rise of Central American Film in the Twenty-First Century
Edited by Mauricio Espinoza and Jared List
Read an interview with the editors on JSTOR Daily
Lacandón Maya in the Twenty-First Century: Indigenous Knowledge and Conservation in Mexico’s Tropical Rainforest
James D. Nations
Living Ceramics, Storied Ground: A History of African American Archaeology
Charles E. Orser Jr.
These three titles are among 100 titles from the 2023 Path to Open cohort that have now flipped to open access. Download the 2023 title list to explore all open access titles now available through the program.
Path to Open is an initiative launched by JSTOR in 2023 that supports the transition of high-quality scholarly monographs to open access three years after publication. Through a cost-sharing model supported by libraries, publishers receive guaranteed funding from JSTOR for peer-reviewed academic books, libraries gain early access to frontlist scholarship, and titles ultimately become free to read for anyone, anywhere, increasing the impact of authors’ scholarship. Path to Open seeks to increase access to books in the arts, social sciences, and humanities, with the goal to reach 1000+ titles by 2026.
UPF is proud that three of our books are among the first 100 in the program. In 2027, seven of our titles will be made open access, and in 2028, fifteen of our titles will be made open access. In the future, we are looking forward to participating with additional titles as the program transitions from a pilot to a sustainable, ongoing program.