Open access publishing and the power of the collective - Research

"The Open Access Community Framework (OACF) was launched as a pilot scheme in 2022 to connect not-for-profit open access (OA) publishers, operating under the diamond model (OA publishing with no subscription or author facing fees), with the higher education (HE) sector.

Phase 2 took place in 2023 and focused on monographs and books to align with the strategic objectives of sector libraries, the new UKRI open access policy for long-form, and to support bibliodiversity in the OA marketplace...."