Library funding for open access at KU Leuven
Authors : Demmy Verbeke, Laura Mesotten As main buyers of scholarly literature, research libraries have always provided essential economic support for sustainin...
Étiquette : open access funds
Estimated effects of implementing an open access policy for grantees at a private foundation
Authors : Carly Strasser, Eesha Khare Background The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (GBMF) was interested in understanding the potential effects of requiring...
Measuring Cost per Use of Library-Funded Open Access Article Processing Charges: Examination and Implications of One Method
Authors : Crystal Hampson, Elizabeth Stregger INTRODUCTION Libraries frequently support their open access (OA) fund using money from their collections budget. I...
Managing an Open Access Fund: Tips from the Trenches and Questions for the Future
Authors : Heidi Zuniga, Lilian Hoffecker The authors describe the process and results of an ongoing Open Access Fund program at the Health Sciences Library of t...
Open Access Publishing in Higher Education: Charting the Challenging Course to Academic and Financial Sustainability
The benefits, pitfalls, and sustainability of open access publishing are hotly debated. Commercial publishers dominate the marketplace and oppose alternative pu...
Evaluating an Open Access Publishing Fund at a Comprehensive University
Introduction As the open access movement has fostered a shift from subscriber-funded journals to author-pays models, scholars seek funding for the dissemination...
The Adoption of Open Access Funds Among Canadian Academic Research Libraries, 2008-2012
“As a result of changes in scholarly communication created by the open access movement, some academic libraries established open access (OA) publishing fu...