Northwestern University Press Receives $73,000 Grant : Northwestern University News

"Northwestern University Press received a three-year, $73,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to digitize important but out-of-print titles. The grant also will help underscore the importance of open access research studies in the humanities, giving a new generation of readers unprecedented access to this work.  The grant is one of the first of the new Humanities Open Book program, jointly sponsored by Mellon and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Northwestern University Press will use the funding to create free e-book versions of 64 outstanding humanities titles in African studies, literary criticism, and philosophy.  The Humanities Open Book program provides Northwestern University Press a unique opportunity for collaboration with the University Libraries, as the e-books will be available on the Libraries’ repository platform and can be purchased through the usual digital and print channels ..."