“Scaling Small” and Governing Together: Towards a National Diamond Open Access Consortium in Switzerland | Beiträge zum Schweizer Bibliothekskongress 2025

by Daniela Hahn and Susanne Aerni

CoDOA is a national initiative led by the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries and involving twelve Swiss institutions, aiming to establish a consortial funding model for Diamond Open Access journals. Positioned within the Revised Swiss National Open Access Strategy, CoDOA translates policy objectives into practice by developing a shared governance structure and funding mechanism to advance Diamond Open Access in Switzerland through a co-design approach. Drawing on the concept of “scaling small”, the article examines this approach that seeks to stabilise existing community-led publishing practices through collective investment and institutional care.