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OACIP: Open Access Community Investment Program

The Lyrasis Open Access Community Investment Program (OACIP) provides a community-driven framework that enables multiple stakeholders — including academic and public libraries, academic departments, institutions, research centers, museums, and funding agencies — to evaluate and collectively fund Diamond Open Access (OA) journals.

 

The program is designed to be:

  • Sustainable - Investments in OACIP support costs of labor, infrastructure, contingency, and innovation of each journal.
  • Principle-aligned - The OACIP Criteria Form enables investors to make principled spending decisions and strategically fund programs that align with their missions.
  • Inclusive - OACIP provides a hub for Diamond OA content published by nonprofit, academic-led publishers to sustain bibliodiversity, equity, and inclusion of scholarship.
  • Collaborative - OACIP enables an array of communities to share the costs of funding scholarship 
  • Efficient - OACIP centralizes the administration and funding of individual journals or across the entire OACIP portfolio.

OACIP Advisory Board

The OACIP Advisory Board offers strategic guidance and expertise to help shape the program’s long‑term direction. Its members ensure that the initiative remains responsive to the needs of the communities it serves.

  • Jason Colman, Michigan Publishing Services
  • Jessica Dallaire-Clark, Érudit
  • Jocelyn Dawson, University of Pennsylvania Press
  • Ashley Farley, Gates Foundation
  • Laura Hanscom, MIT Libraries
  • Malavika Legge, Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA)
  • Kate McCready, Big Ten Academic Alliance - Center for Library Programs
  • Catherine Mitchell, California Digital Library
  • Jeff Pooley, University of Pennsylvania and mediastudies.press
  • Judy Ruttenberg, Association of Research Libraries

OACIP Journals Seeking Funding

How to Participate
in OACIP

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Step 1:
Evaluate the OACIP Journals

Visit the OACIP Journals' webpages or review the 2025-2026 Lyrasis OACIP Catalog to learn more about the journals and read their responses to the OACIP Criteria Form.

Step 2:
Consider Your Organization's Capacity for Support

There are several ways you can support OACIP:

  • Support Specific OACIP Journals
  • Contribute to the OACIP General Fund
    • Contributions to the OACIP General Fund are not dedicated to any one journal. Instead, these contributions are distributed at the end of the campaign to fill any funding gaps.

Step 3:
Complete the OACIP Supporter Information Form

Once you are ready to commit support, complete the 2025-2026 OACIP Supporter Information Form and an OACIP Administrator will be in touch to confirm and finalize your order.

The investment window is open now through July 31, 2026.

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