OA Monograph Myth Busting One: Compliance vs. Culture, November 02, 2022 @ 3pm (GMT) | Jisc

In August 2021, UKRI launched a new open access policy, which for the first time includes a provision for long form scholarly works including monographs, book chapters and edited collections published from 1 January 2024. In preparation for policy implementation, a collaboration of UK university presses, supported by Jisc, have come together to hold a series of online events about the myths around open access for books, as well as to address legitimate concerns and suggest ways to remove barriers to open access publishing.   This online event is the first of three sessions. Session one will look at the wider benefits of open access for books in order to engage hearts and minds. Policy and compliance will be described as a means to achieve the wider goal of effective and barrierless scholarly communications through open access. To this end, open access is not the goal for its own sake, rather, it is the means by which a scholarly communications culture where the value of every piece of research is maximised in terms of how it can be accessed by everyone and also how it can be used and reused to further the conversation in new ways. Detailed Programme online