The OA Switchboard Initiative

peter.suber's bookmarks 2021-04-01

Summary:

"Last week members of the OA Switchboard Books Working Group got together for the third time since its inception last year, to continue dialogues on how OA Switchboard can deliver on its ambition and commitment to support all types of scholarly output. Next to standing members from various stakeholder groups (Brill, Cambridge University Press, De Gruyter, Now Publishers, OAPEN, Open Book Publishers), this meeting welcomed special guests from founding partners UKRI and Wellcome Trust to pay special attention to the point of view of research funders....

Our meeting participants shared a wealth of experiences and examples, so far mostly about covering the publication cost of individual OA Books. For instance, how some authors feel strongly that they want to be involved in finding and deciding on financial resources to cover the publication charges, and how some are adamant to publish OA, but have no idea where to find the funds. Both publishers and funders recognise an administrative and tax challenge in having a third party cover charges on an individual book...."

Link:

https://www.oaswitchboard.org/blog30march2021

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Tags:

oa.oa._switchboard oa.new oa.books oa.economics_of oa.fees oa.business_models

Date tagged:

04/01/2021, 15:09

Date published:

04/01/2021, 11:09