ATG NewsChannel Original: Open Access in 2016: Part 2: Academe Prepares for a Publishing Revolution | Against The Grain

"In the first part of this series we looked at the recent “rebellion” of the editorial board of the journal Lingua to work with a new publisher more inclined to their desire to create a more open version of the Linguistics journal. This isn’t the first or the last such action by academics to take more control over scholarly publishing; however, many see a major change brewing for academic journals. University of North Texas Libraries’ Director for Academic Publishing Transformation Kevin Hawkins is the Immediate Past President of the Library Publishing Coalition (LPC) Board. He understands the profit motives needed in the commercial sector. 'I think the major publishers see OA using article publishing charges (APCs) as an additional source of revenue, not a significant threat. Elsevier already offers hybrid OA with high APCs for Lingua and other journals, but when the editors of Lingua demanded a different model (gold OA for all articles, with low APCs), Elsevier refused, presumably because it would have led to a net loss of revenue' ...