Managing Open Access publication | Jisc Monitor

"In the current phase of Jisc Monitor (running up until Christmas 2014), we are looking at the financial and cost aspects of Open Access publishing, with a particular focus on APCs. The work is split into two parts: Prototyping a system which can aggregate and report on cost information from across institutions Writing a specification for a system which could help institutions manage aspects of Open Access publishing at a local level This blog post describes the second of these pieces of work. The aim of this work is to write a system specification for an application to support data and workflows related to the costs of OA publishing and/or funder mandates. Such a system would be aimed at supporting individual institutions in their work ..."