ScholarLed - Open Access Presses

"ScholarLed is a consortium of six academic-led, not-for-profit, open access book publishers that was formed earlier this year. Individually we comprise Mattering Press, MayFly Books, meson press, Open Book Publishers, Open Humanities Press, and punctum books, and collectively we are seeking to develop powerful, practical ways for small-scale, academic-led Open Access presses to grow and flourish in a publishing landscape that is changing rapidly. We want to make sure that change is for the better.

To achieve this, we are sourcing funding to resolve some of the most pressing barriers preventing small publishers from interfacing with large-scale organisations and processes. We have developed a detailed set of interlinking projects to create open infrastructure that will enable: (a) discovery, (b) mutually supportive partnerships, (c) integration into university library, repository and digital learning environments, (d) cost reductions in title management and production achieved by economies of scale, (f) integrated capacity building amongst scholar-led presses, (e) access to and development of funding channels for open access content, (f) the selling of print and digital editions alongside open access editions, (g) the re-use of open access content, and (h) the proper archiving of open access content.

We invite you to join us. Read the full proposal and let us know if you want to be involved in any or all of the projects...."