Science and Technology Section joint with the Serials and Other Continuing Resources Section – IFLA WORLD LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CONGRESS

"At the 2018 IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the Science and Technology Section, the Serials and Other Continuing Resources Section are sponsoring a joint session.

This session can include communications on the following issues:

• Impact of OA mandates in various academic environments,
• Monitoring of Open Access
• Experience with business models under transition (APCs, offsetting, per-article author-side payment, membership fees, advertisements, other new models)
• Opportunities and Risks of Gold Open Access
• Opportunities and Risks of Green Open Access
• New Technologies and tools supporting OA publishing & the transition
• Exchange with and positions of academics
• Other disrupting ideas to archive an Open Access publishing system"