Innovating Scholarly Communication: TU Delft’s new fund for open publishing - TU Delft Library collections

At TU Delft Library, we’re taking bold steps to address the evolving landscape of scholarly communication. We are committed to advancing open access that not only shared knowledge, but is financially sustainable and supports innovation in scientific publishing.

This is why we are excited to introduce the Scholarly Communications Fund.

As we have written elsewhere, the current publishing environment is ripe for transformation. Many researchers and institutions, including UNESCO, the European Union, and the League of European Research Universities, are advocating for more equitable and open research dissemination. In alignment with these global movements, we aim to champion alternatives that offer greater autonomy and fairness in sharing research outputs.

A significant part of our strategy is the protection and promotion of small, non-commercial publishers, who play a crucial role in maintaining diversity and inclusivity in scientific communication. Equally important are the members of a bubbling ecosystem of new ideas for publishing – whether that be for testing the Publish, Review, Curate business model; exploring new forms of aggregation, or systems that help recognise new forms of intellectual input to research output. (For a non-comprehensive list of such infrastructures, see the list below)

Our Scholarly Communication Fund is designed to support both these immediate and long-term innovations in publishing. By investing in Diamond OA platforms and open infrastructures, we aim to provide more inclusive and sustainable publication options for our authors.

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