Facilitating Student-led Diamond Open Access Publishing in the Library

Abstract

Edinburgh Diamond is a book and journal hosting service, based in the University of Edinburgh’s library. A free service for our staff and students, Edinburgh Diamond seeks to embolden and support those who wish to be involved with diamond open access publishing. Almost half of the journals we host are student-led publications. This article demonstrates why student-led open access publishing is important for student engagement, experiential learning, and academic literacy, and how the library helps facilitate that.