scholarly journals Summary and thoughts from a conference – attending the 7th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Jörgen Eriksson ◽  
Helena Stjernberg ◽  
Aina Svensson
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Scholarly Publishing ◽  
University Administrators ◽  
Professional Publishing ◽  
University Presses ◽  
Independent Publishers

The Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing, COASP, is held annually with the aim of reaching professional publishing organizations, independent publishers and university presses, as well as librarians, university administrators and other stakeholders. Here, we outline some themes and highlights from this year’s conference.

scholarly journals Moving towards open science? Conference report: the 9th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing, Lisbon, September 20–21, 2017

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jörgen Eriksson ◽  
Christer Lagvik ◽  
Emma Nolin
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Conference Report ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Scholarly Publishing ◽  
University Administrators ◽  
Professional Publishing ◽  
University Presses ◽  
Science Conference ◽  
Independent Publishers

The Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing, COASP, is held annually with the aim of reaching professional publishing organizations, independent publishers and university presses, as well as librarians, university administrators and other stakeholders. Here, we outline some themes and highlights from this year’s conference. 

scholarly journals Future Challenges and Opportunities in Academic Publishing

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyle Siler
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Scholarly Publishing ◽  
Open Access Publishing ◽  
Academic Publishing ◽  
University Administrators ◽  
Access Problem ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Academic Communication ◽  
Intellectual Movements

Digitization and the rise of Open Access publishing is an important recent development in academic communication. The current publishing system exhibits challenges with cost, where many universities are forced to cancel journal subscriptions for economic reasons, as well as access, as scholars and the public alike often lack access to research published in paywalled subscription journals. Open Access publishing solves the access problem, but not necessarily cost problems. Universities and researchers are currently in a challenging, interstitial stage of scholarly publishing. Subscription journals still dominate scholarly communication, yet a growing imperative to fund and support Open Access alternatives also exists. Stakeholders, including faculty, university administrators, publishers, scientific funding institutions and librarians and governments alike currently strategize and fight for their professional and economic interests in the broader publishing system. Four main trends are suggested that will characterize the future of scholarly publishing: 1) antagonism with scholarly associations; 2) changes and innovations to peer review; 3) Scientific/Intellectual Movements around Open Access 4) publishing and new professional niches in the publishing landscape. This article suggests potential trajectories and outcomes for these various conflicts over the costs and benefits of academic publishing.

Scholarly Publishing and Open Access

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Matteo Migheli ◽  
Giovanni B. Ramello
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Scholarly Publishing

scholarly journals Come Together Right Now: An Introduction to the Open Access Network

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Kennison
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Access Network ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
Full Life Cycle ◽  
University Presses ◽  
Full Life ◽  
The Creation

Officially launched just over a year ago, the Open Access Network (OAN)offers a transformative, sustainable, and scalable model of open access(OA) publishing and preservation that encourages partnerships amongscholarly societies, research libraries, and other partners (e.g., academicpublishers, university presses, collaborative e-archives) who share acommon mission to support the creation and distribution of open researchand scholarship and to encourage more affordable education, which can be adirect outcome of OA publishing. Our ultimate goal is to develop acollective funding approach that is fair and open and that fully sustainsthe infrastructure needed to support the full life-cycle for communicationof the scholarly record, including new and evolving forms of researchoutput. Simply put, we intend to *Make Knowledge Public*.

scholarly journals The academic, economic and societal impacts of Open Access: an evidence-based review

F1000Research ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 632 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan P. Tennant ◽  
François Waldner ◽  
Damien C. Jacques ◽  
Paola Masuzzo ◽  
Lauren B. Collister ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Scholarly Publishing ◽  
Scholarly Literature ◽  
Playing Field ◽  
Academic Communities ◽  
Global Issue ◽  
Multiple Challenges

Ongoing debates surrounding Open Access to the scholarly literature are multifaceted and complicated by disparate and often polarised viewpoints from engaged stakeholders. At the current stage, Open Access has become such a global issue that it is critical for all involved in scholarly publishing, including policymakers, publishers, research funders, governments, learned societies, librarians, and academic communities, to be well-informed on the history, benefits, and pitfalls of Open Access. In spite of this, there is a general lack of consensus regarding the potential pros and cons of Open Access at multiple levels. This review aims to be a resource for current knowledge on the impacts of Open Access by synthesizing important research in three major areas: academic, economic and societal. While there is clearly much scope for additional research, several key trends are identified, including a broad citation advantage for researchers who publish openly, as well as additional benefits to the non-academic dissemination of their work. The economic impact of Open Access is less well-understood, although it is clear that access to the research literature is key for innovative enterprises, and a range of governmental and non-governmental services. Furthermore, Open Access has the potential to save both publishers and research funders considerable amounts of financial resources, and can provide some economic benefits to traditionally subscription-based journals. The societal impact of Open Access is strong, in particular for advancing citizen science initiatives, and leveling the playing field for researchers in developing countries. Open Access supersedes all potential alternative modes of access to the scholarly literature through enabling unrestricted re-use, and long-term stability independent of financial constraints of traditional publishers that impede knowledge sharing. However, Open Access has the potential to become unsustainable for research communities if high-cost options are allowed to continue to prevail in a widely unregulated scholarly publishing market. Open Access remains only one of the multiple challenges that the scholarly publishing system is currently facing. Yet, it provides one foundation for increasing engagement with researchers regarding ethical standards of publishing and the broader implications of 'Open Research'.

scholarly journals Advancing scholarly publishing through open access biomedical repositories: A knowledge management perspective

IFLA Journal ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Kruesi ◽  
Kerry Tanner ◽  
Frada Burstein
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Scholarly Publishing ◽  
Pubmed Central ◽  
The Past ◽  
Management Perspective ◽  
The Us

Scholarly publishing has undergone major changes over the past 50 years. Funder mandates and organisational reporting obligations have heralded the creation of open access repositories, such as institutional and subject repositories. This research draws upon the US PubMed Central (PMC) and Europe PMC, also known as PMC International, as a role model to inform the concept and opportunity for an Australasia open access biomedical repository. PMC International is a leader in making citations and research output, which link to research data, Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR). As repositories approach two decades of development, this paper reports on the potential for an Australasia open access biomedical repository through a knowledge management lens and explores the opportunities for future open access biomedical repositories.

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