Report on Livestream 2: OA Beyond APCs International Symposium, November 17-18, 2016 | Omega Alpha | Open Access

"If the goal of open access is the removal of barriers so that readers can gain access to all published scholarly communication then this disruptive proposal would seem a reasonable solution. And yet, the planners and participants of the international symposium “Envisioning a World Beyond APCs/BPCs” held on November 17-18, 2016 at the University of Kansas, were not satisfied.

What is the problem with the APC business model for achieving universal open access such that the symposium planners wanted us to envision moving beyond them? If not APCs, what other viable models might be available to us for achieving universal open access? My intent in this follow-up post is not simply to transcribe the livestream (you can view video recordings on the KU MediaHub here and here) but to highlight some of the more compelling insights shared, especially as they bear on scholarly communication in religious studies and theology."