Landscape Study on Open Access and Monographs Policies, Funding and Publishing in Eight European Countries

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1 ! Landscape Study on Open Access and Monographs Policies, Funding and Publishing in Eight European Countries By Eelco Ferwerda, Frances Pinter, Niels Stern!!!!! Presented by Dr Frances Pinter Founder, Knowledge Unlatched & Knowledge Unlatched Research

2 Supported by Knowledge Exchange (KE) Austrian Science Fund (FWF) Current Research Information System in Norway (CRIStin) Couperin

3 Eight Countries Austria Denmark Finland France Germany Netherlands Norway United Kingdom exchange.info/event/open- access- monographs

4 Why Monographs?

5 Books are Different Books play a unique role in knowledge creation and scholarly communications Books are not just long articles Different function Different Business Model Additional formats for sale

6 Importance of the Book The writing of the long-form publication (the monograph) is the research process. Professor Geoffrey Crossick, Monographs and Open Access Report to HECFE The Monograph is Big Data

7 BPC vs APC

8 What s a BPC? Covers partial or full publishing costs Covers partial income substitution? Other formats (e.g. print) contribute to full cost recovery Too little experience yet of whether print will contribute enough to cover all costs

9 Key Conclusion The prospects look good for most European long-form scholarship to be published as OA despite some speed bumps on the road

10 Key Finding There is, on the whole, sufficient funding and the question is of rerouting much of existing funds to pay for the publishing of monographs more efficiently

11 However Eight Countries similar in many ways HOWEVER huge differences in size, book markets, OA policies, funding streams and publishers approaches to OA

12 Therefore No single source of funding is likely to cover all monographs The future will be a mix and match approach, and no single model will cover all monographs

13 Types of Book Publishers Traditional University Presses Traditional Commercial Presses New University Presses (often library based) Academic Led Presses

14 Publishing Challenges Adapting old systems to new demands Developing new systems Creating and delivering new services Maintaining sustainability

15 Our Typology: Follow the Money

16 Model One BPC paid for by research funder Author s institutional department or library manages payment Price is generally set by the publisher

17 Model Two BPC paid for by author s institution Administration of the funds by the library or one or more departments

18 Model Three Membership funding E.g. Lever Press s platinum OA model. 40 US liberal arts colleges paying a membership fee to cover all publishing costs

19 Model Four Mixed model funding BPCs assembled from multiple sources. E.g.Language Science Press - specialist research institutions, libraries and individuals (administered by Knowledge Unlatched)

20 Model Five Embedded institutional support In-kind contribution of resources and staff, allowing for lower BPCs Tampere University Press, many German University Presses, Leiden and Stockholm UPs

21 Model Six Full Institutional funding Pure OA publishing acts as a cost centre Revenues from print sales revert to the university Some German University presses and many French University presses

22 Getting from Here to OA Some university presses are already a cost centre and not expected to recover costs This makes it easier to build OA transitioning into the mission without adding to costs There can be cost savings with OA

23 Getting from Here to OA Publishers in many continental countries continue to rely on print subsidies and/or buy backs from public and private funds these could easily be rechanneled to pay for OA publishing

24 Getting from Here to OA Successful pure OA monograph initiatives are demonstrating clear benefits but scalability will require further support OA books contribute to experimentation with different forms of publishing and are drivers of change

25 Getting from Here to OA Leading book publishers now understand and are happy with BPCs OA much appreciated by those authors who understand the benefits. Traditional systems of publishing will co-exist even as more goes OA

26 OA Challenges Pre-Publication Establishing true costs Revisiting costs in detail Knowing when OA is an appropriate option Establishing the right operations Funding

27 OA Challenges Post-Publication Making OA discoverable Distribution and dissemination Marketing and sales Delivering on added value services

28 Policy, Encouragement, Mandating Policies are not the same as mandates Mandates are not always enforced Compliancy issues abound Standards not there yet Supporting infrastructure still incomplete

29 Mix and Match Business models that accommodate OA monographs vary and can be used in conjunction with one another Infrastructure is improving

30 Conclusion We know what to do Let s get on with it! THANK YOU Frances Pinter, Knowledge Unlatched Research