OASPA’s forthcoming recommendations to increase equity in open access: the story of how we got here, and why - OASPA

"OASPA has developed a draft of recommended practices to help publishing organisations increase equity in open access. These recommendations are currently undergoing extensive, multi-step, internal and external review. This post tells the story of how we got to this point, and why. Following review and revisions, we will be sharing our proposed recommendations for wider community feedback, so think of this post as the groundwork and foundation for developing these recommended practices.

Read on for:

• The backstory
• What do we mean by equity in OA? (And why do we care?)
• OA for all
• Key context around OASPA’s recommendations
• Next steps..."