Open access and 'the long argument' | I & M / I & D 2.0

[From Google's English] "When it comes to open access, often the emphasis in the debate is the publication of articles in scientific journals. This is today in the Netherlands the day obviously influenced by the ongoing negotiations around the 'big deals' with the big publishing houses. [1] But what actually open access to academic book? Two weeks ago it was announced that the tender for the second pilot Knowledge Unlatched was successfully completed. [2] This effectively means that in the course of 2016, 78 books in open access will appear in the online library  OAPEN . Take a step back. As mentioned above, the open access field dominated by the magazines. In recent years, there are many new forms appeared on the market for example PlosOne . These online platforms with large collections of items from different disciplines. Although the often used term mega journals a bit discredited for such platforms it runs frequently all about volume in these initiatives. In addition to these publishing platforms like PlosOne or set up by traditional publishers (like recently by California University Press launched Collabra , the four 'platform' magazines at Brill, the ' Open' journals at de Gruyter or the recently established Heliyon Elsevier) are many startups. This " new kids on the block 'do not have to carry the ballast of old and costly organizational and publishing traditions. It is experimenting with publishing formats, new forms of peer review, if there are interesting combinations made ​​with (open) research data. Examples of such platforms are Peerj , Frontiers , the recently launched Open Library of Humanities and already longer existing  F1000research . [3] It is clear that developed one after another online experiment at the magazines ..."