Monitoring and shaping the transition to open access | Jisc

"To mark Open Access Week last month, The Guardian newspaper asked a number of academics and publishers what they thought was the biggest challenge facing open access (OA). It received quite a range of answers ... So we weren’t surprised when an institution represented at our latest Jisc Monitor workshop said it hoped to see development of a full article processing charges (APCs) management system; one that was capable of managing all aspects of the OA publishing process efficiently, cost-effectively and in a way that both ensures compliance with funder policies and facilitates discovery and sharing of research outputs ... Jisc Monitor is a 12-month project exploring whether a user-centred, shared national service could potentially help institutions to manage their OA activity effectively. It complements UK projects such as Open Mirror, and others by HEFCE and the research councils, attempting to scope and understand the issues around OA reporting and work up some practical solutions ... We are also working with OA initiatives in other countries, including Shared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE) in the US. Closer to home is Open Access Policy Alignment Strategies for European Union Research (PASTEUR4OA), which aims to advance progress on OA understanding and awareness, establish a coordinated network of expert organisations across Europe, and stimulate OA policy developments at a national level that are aligned to both European Commission (EC) policies and Horizon 2020 ..."