Peter Suber - Google+ - Consider the risks of non-OA journals.  Donald Force and…

"Donald Force and Elizabeth Shaffer just published a report on whether records information management (RIM) professionals in North America should launch a peer-reviewed journal and, if so, whether the journal should be OA.  http://www.armaedfoundation.org/pdfs/PeerReviewedJournal2013.pdf The report looks carefully at many relevant issues, including the results of a survey of RIM professionals. Deliberations of this kind often focus with fear on the supposed unsustainability of OA journals. But this one takes a notably different turn. Here's an excerpt from the conclusion: 'The contemporary journal publishing landscape is currently undergoing reflection and change in the face of evolving technologies and the ever-increasing call for open access to information and publicly funded research. Any new journal entering the current landscape would need to consider the sustainability of a non-open access model.'"