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"Scholars want for their books to be read and to matter; convening this advisory committee is a key step in ensuring that various segments of the scholarly community are working together in conscientious ways to make this happen." Post thisThe Community Advisory Committee, formed with guidance from the Educopia Institute, provides an important forum for dialogue and problem-solving to benefit all participants in the open access book ecosystem. Committee members will advise on priorities and goals for Path to Open, engage with other open access initiatives to encourage shared learning, and foster understanding among scholars and administrators about the value of this model for open access publishing. The committee welcomes input and will facilitate conversations among the wider library, publishing, and scholarly communities in the coming year."Scholarship in the humanities requires enormous investment: from the scholars who spend years exploring questions of culture and meaning, from the institutions of higher education who support them, and from the wider society that subsidizes higher education as a public good," said James Shulman, ACLS Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. "Path to Open helps to repay these investments by widening access to humanistic knowledge. The pilot supports publishers while reaching wide swaths of readers on JSTOR, and soon makes these books free and open to anyone with internet access. Scholars want for their books to be read and to matter; convening this advisory committee is a key step in ensuring that various segments of the scholarly community are working together in conscientious ways to make this happen."The 2024 committee is co-chaired by Sarah McKee, ACLS Project Manager, Amplifying Humanistic Scholarship, and Holly Mercer, Senior Associate Dean and Professor at the University of Tennessee Libraries