Impact of Social Sciences – Introducing the Free Journal Network – community-controlled open access publishing

lkfitz's bookmarks 2018-06-21

Summary:

"Discontent with the scholarly publishing industry continues to grow, as the prevailing subscription model appears increasingly unsustainable and open access big deals, one mooted alternative, unlikely to lead to optimal outcomes either. The Free Journal Network was established earlier this year in order to nurture and promote journals that are free to both authors and readers, and run according to the Fair Open Access Principles. Mark C. Wilson describes the progress the network has made so far, why community ownership is a crucial and underappreciated issue, and what research libraries can do to help."

Link:

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2018/06/20/introducing-the-free-journal-network-community-controlled-open-access-publishing/

From feeds:

Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » lkfitz's bookmarks

Tags:

oa.new oa.gold oa.publishing oa.business_models oa.libraries oa.fair oa.negotiations oa.publishers oa.costs oa.sustainability oa.journals oa.no-fee oa.economics_of

Date tagged:

06/21/2018, 14:04

Date published:

06/21/2018, 10:04