Open Infrastructure and the Threat of “Vanishing” Journals: Leveraging Open Knowledge Commons, Open Source Software, and DIY Solutions to Preserve Humanities and Social Sciences Research

Name: Open Infrastructure and the Threat of “Vanishing” Journals: Leveraging Open Knowledge Commons, Open Source Software, and DIY Solutions to Preserve Humanities and Social Sciences Research
Published: 2026-04-23
License: Creative Commons BY-NC 4.0

Graham Jensen; Sajib Ghosh; Archie To; Ray Siemens

doi:10.3998/jep.7860

Open Infrastructure and the Threat of “Vanishing” Journals: Leveraging Open Knowledge Commons, Open Source Software, and DIY Solutions to Preserve Humanities and Social Sciences Research

By Graham Jensen¹, Sajib Ghosh¹, Archie To¹, Ray Siemens¹

University of Victoria

Academic journals, institutional repositories, and emerging digital technologies have played a crucial role in providing access to scholarship. However, free and unfettered access to research is not a given—nor are the digital infrastructures…

Listed in Article | publication by group Electronic Textual Cultures Lab (ETCL)

Preview publication

Download Bundle (2 MB)

Version 1.0 - published on 23 Apr 2026 doi: 10.3998/jep.7860 - cite this

Licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC 4.0

Forked from: Open Infrastructure and the Threat of “Vanishing” Journals: Leveraging Open Knowledge Commons, Open Source Software, and DIY Solutions to Preserve Humanities and Social Sciences Research v 1.0

0 questions (Ask a question)

0 review(s) (Review this)

294 total view(s), 79 download(s)