Founded by lisbet rausing and peter baldwin, arcadia supports charities and scholarly institutions to preserve cultural heritage, protect the environment, and promote open access. Since 2002, we have awarded more than $500 million in grants to projects around the world.
Academic publishers enjoy a 30-40% profit margin from work given to them for free. The documentary Paywall examines the business of scholarship and stresses the need for #openaccess to research. SPECIAL SCREENING with Q&A on 30 Jan @britishlibrary @RL_UK bit.ly/2FzDoTw
Rising sea levels place the #Maldives at the front line of the devastating effects of #climatechange. The Maldives Heritage Survey @UniofOxford is creating a permanent #openaccess record of the islands' cultural heritage. Read more: bit.ly/2RbCiV0 @HeritageMV @EOS_SG
For the first time in +20 years, published works will enter the public domain. The copyright of books, films, music & more from 1923 has now expired, making them free for anyone to use without permission or fee #PublicDomainDay #OpenAccess Read more: bit.ly/2TkxaL0
Papua New Guinea has about 8 million people, but more than 800 languages. bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-… @BBC Through the Endangered Languages Programme @ELARarchive @SOAS, we supported the documentation of 42 of them eldp.net
Delighted to support @WetlandsInt's work to protect migratory waterbirds' habitat in the Yellow Sea area - a critically important part of the East Asian – Australasian Flyway. Read more about our new grant bit.ly/2RUS4ju
Scanning ALL out-of-copyright Swedish newspapers (1645-1906) at the National Library of Sweden @kungbib @NatLibSwe @ra_arkivgatan9. 🇸🇪 Records will be #openaccess here: tidningar.kb.se Read more about the project: bit.ly/2zW4yjQ
MENA heritage is of intentional importance, with millions of documented & undocumented archaeological sites, many at-risk. Happy to participate at #protectingthepast & discuss new approaches to heritage protection in the region @EAMENA123 @Global_Heritage protectingthepast.com/PtP2018/
Our grantee @OA_Button says that if it's not shared, it's not science. But authors are prohibited from posting online the publisher's version of their work. A new tool will help them obtain the Authors Accepted Manuscript needed for legal self-archiving bit.ly/2DPhMBM
London Bridge, Cannon Street, Southwark and Millennium Bridge - first four bridges of the @IlluminatedRiv public art commission will light up in summer 2019!! bit.ly/2Qo36jv
Excited about our new partnership with @britishmuseum. The Endangered Material Knowledge Programme will join our three existing grants programmes - @ELARarchive, @bl_eap and @doc_voices - in documenting endangered culture around the world. twitter.com/EMKP_BM/status…
Amazing offer, for unlimited time only, from our grantee @nypl! #NewYorkers #LoveLibraries #openaccess on.nypl.org/2TPyp5J
Our grantee @impactstory talks about Get The Research - their new project that helps you find, read, and understand scholarly research on any topic #OpenAccess bit.ly/2FyPSfz Get The Research here: gettheresearch.org
