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‘Gold’ open access online publisher Humanities Directory has completed the composition of its Editorial Board, with a strong academic team comprising  
•	Professor Tim Mathews, University College London
•	Professor Scott Walker, Kingston University
•	Dr D’Maris Coffman, Newnham College, University of Cambridge
•	Dr Karla Huebner, Wright State University
•	Dr Mushegh Asatryan, Institute of Ismaili Studies
•	Dr Tanya Serisier, NYU Sydney
•	Dr Robert Gillett, Queen Mary, University of London

Humanities Directory is the sister website to Social Sciences Directory and was set up with the same aims - bringing together both scholarly peer-reviewed research and additional value-added content (such as case studies, presentations, reports and conference proceedings), on a platform that is easily navigable and responsive to changing user behaviour. A central concept is that most research is now carried out online using keyword searches, and Humanities Directory simplifies the process by: removing individual journal titles in favour of a large repository; and by making the resulting content freely available. Humanities Directory will be funded by offering low-cost institutional memberships of GBP2,000/USD3,000 and article processing charges of GBP100/USD150 to cover editorial and production management costs, and the content will then be made freely available to view. 

Dr Alison Bancroft, editor-in-chief commented:
“The aspirations and vision of Humanities Directory are close to my own ideals on open access content.  With this Board, we have recruited some big-hitters from prestigious universities, who will give us considerable scope to become a major publisher within the fields of arts & humanities. Our greatest need now is to build awareness and support, to start receiving papers for submission and work towards our aim of launching the first Issue in November or December 2012.”  

Dan Scott, founder and director of parent company Social Sciences Directory Limited, commented: 
“Global research and higher education continues to be in difficult economic circumstances, with budget cuts and austerity measures biting. We are offering an alternative model of publishing that is a much better solution for researchers, students, librarians and taxpayers alike. Our policy has been entirely borne out by the UK mandate for ‘gold’ open access and we hope that it provides an example for adoption in other countries. I would like to welcome the Editorial Board and look forward to our future success.”

ENDS
17.10.12

NOTE TO EDITORS:
Social Sciences Directory Limited was founded in 2012 by Dan Scott, as a ‘gold’ open access publisher. It was set up in reaction to many well-known issues in scholarly publishing such as IP, the quantity of wasted material, outdated methodologies and unsustainable costs at a time of widespread budget austerity. 
‘Gold’ open access publishing is the commonly used term for scholarly journals that are made accessible without a subscription charge.
Social Sciences Directory Limited is an affiliate member of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA).
Dan Scott will be a speaker at the Munin open access conference at the University of Tromsø, Norway (21-23 November 2012).
For further information, please contact Daniel Scott, Director, Social Sciences Directory Limited on +44 (0)1423 326 257 or +44 (0)770 381 2042.
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URL www.socialsciencesdirectory.com; www.humanitiesdirectory.com

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