Society Publishing at a Crossroads: Rethinking Value in Academic Publishing - UKSG

"As UK and European academic libraries face critical decisions about their subscription portfolios in 2025, this webinar explores new approaches to evaluating and supporting society publishers. Drawing on recent research into the changing landscape of UK learned society publishing, published in UKSG Insights, we’ll examine how the transition to open access is affecting society publishers and explore emerging frameworks for assessing the broader value publishers of all kinds bring to the scholarly ecosystem. While the session will focus primarily on journal publishing, we’ll also touch on the role of open access book agreements within the debate over value in academic publishing...."