“Free to All”: Library Publishing and the Challenge of Open Access
“There is a significant and important responsibility as libraries move into the role of publishing to retain our heritage of “access for all.” Connecting ...
Étiquette : open access publishing
The Evolution of Publishing Agreements at the University of Michigan Library
“Taking as an example an open-access journal with a single editor, this article discusses the various configurations of rights agreements used by the Univ...
Open Textbooks at Oregon State University: A Case Study of New Opportunities for Academic Libraries and University Presses
“INTRODUCTION. This article describes a joint open textbook publishing initiative begun in 2013 between Oregon State University (OSU) Libraries and Press ...
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...
The ‘total cost of publication’ in a hybrid open-access environment: Institutional approaches to funding journal article-processing charges in combination with subscriptions
“As open-access (OA) publishing funded by article-processing charges (APCs) becomes more widely accepted, academic institutions need to be aware of the ‘t...
Exposing the predators. Methods to stop predatory journals
“The internet is greatly improving the impact of scholarly journals, but also poses new threats to their quality. Publishers have arisen that abuse the Go...
The evolution of open access to research and data in Australian higher education
“Open access (OA) in the Australian tertiary education sector is evolving rapidly and, in this article, we review developments in two related areas: OA to...