OpenEdition Presentation

Abstract

OpenEdition is a comprehensive digital infrastructure for academic communication in the humanities and social sciences. It brings together four complementary platforms focused respectively on journals (OpenEdition Journals), book series (OpenEdition Books), research blogs (Hypotheses) and academic events (Calenda). With its status as a national research infrastructure, OpenEdition is supported by OpenEdition Center, a CNRS Support and Research Unit (UAR 2504) associated with Aix-Marseille University, the EHESS and Avignon University. Its missions • The development of open access digital publishing • The dissemination of uses and skills related to digital publishing • Research and innovation around the methods of showcasing and searching for information entailed by digital technology • Guaranteeing a high level of reliability and availability across the platforms OpenEdition is part of the French National Plan for Open Science.