Taking Libraries into the Future returns to Conversations with a special mini-series to mark Open Access Week 2024. In the first of five retrospectives, Sarah Thompson recounts the highs and lows of the OA transformation from the perspective of a UK university library.

Our featured journal for Open Access Week 2024, Semiotica has been published by De Gruyter Mouton since 1969. Recently, the journal stepped into a new era of open access with the Subscribe to Open model. In this interview, the editorial team explain how the transition is making research more accessible and bolstering the journal’s global impact.