'Researchers: stop signing away your copyright' | Research Information

peter.suber's bookmarks 2019-03-20

Summary:

"The fundamental problem is we’re in this period of transition from the print to the digital, and also between closed and open access. Those two axes of change are causing a huge amount of pain and uncertainty for everybody in the system, for the library community, for publishers, and for researchers and funders.  For the library community there’s increased demands on funding, and the transition to open access is taking a long time. While the UK has been pushing ahead with moving towards open access both in green through the REF policy and through gold, we’re still paying the same very large amounts in subscriptions for big deals. Then there are issues around ensuring compliance of funder mandates, and there’s a lot of effort going into monitoring compliance. While we’re still in this mixed model you’re still having to do all the old stuff you did 10 years ago, but you also have this additional burden. There are also problems with the ebook models, there’s a bit of a wild west out there of different business models. Letting a thousand flowers bloom is all very lovely and encourages innovation, but there comes a point where it causes a huge amount of confusion and angst. Then there’s still the whole discussion about the appetite and practicalities of open access for academic monographs – how we make that transition, who funds it...."

Link:

https://www.researchinformation.info/analysis-opinion/researchers-stop-signing-away-your-copyright

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[IOI] Open Infrastructure Tracking Project » Items tagged with oa.rluk in Open Access Tracking Project (OATP)
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Date tagged:

03/20/2019, 15:10

Date published:

03/20/2019, 11:12