ESAC (Efficiency and Standards for Article Charges)

peter.suber's bookmarks 2014-07-13

Summary:

"ABOUT   ... WHAT IS ESAC? ESAC stands for 'Efficiency and Standards for Article Charges'. ESAC is an initiative originated to address the challenges associated with the management of Open Access article charges (alias: APCs, article processing charges, article page charges, article fee etc.); start the discussion on efficient workflows involving all parties such as funders, libraries, authors, standardization initiatives, and publishers; propose good practices and proven workflows ... OBJECTIVES OF ESAC ... To keep transaction costs for Open Access article charges at a minimum level. To support and to contribute to the development of a transparent and efficient APC market ... WHO WE ARE ESAC ... currently consists of an informal core group of people from the following institutions and companies: Dr. Xenia van Edig (Copernicus Publications) Dr. Johannes Fournier (German Research Foundation) Kai Geschuhn (Max Planck Digital Library) Donna Okubo (Public Library of Science, PLoS) Dirk Pieper (Bielefeld University Library) Dr. Caroline Sutton (CoAction Publishing)."

Link:

http://esac-initiative.org/

From feeds:

Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » peter.suber's bookmarks
Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

Tags:

oa.new oa.copernicus oa.dfg oa.max_planck_digital_library oa.plos oa.bielefeld.u coaction_publishing oa.esac oa.gold oa.hybrid oa.fees oa.prices oa.standards oa.best_practices oa.funders oa.publishers oa.libraries oa.universities oa.colleges oa.mandates oa.compliance oa.hei oa.policies oa.journals oa.announcements

Date tagged:

07/13/2014, 07:42

Date published:

07/13/2014, 05:53