All That Glisters: Investigating Collective Funding Mechanisms for Gold Open Access in Humanities Disciplines
BACKGROUND This article sets out the economic problems faced by the humanities disciplines in the transition to gold open access and outlines the bases for investigations of collective funding models. Beginning with a series of four problems, it then details the key players in this field and their v...
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Iowa State University Digital Press
2014-08-01
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| description | BACKGROUND This article sets out the economic problems faced by the humanities disciplines in the transition to gold open access and outlines the bases for investigations of collective funding models. Beginning with a series of four problems, it then details the key players in this field and their various approaches to collective “procurement” mechanisms. DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT The Open Library of Humanities seeks to instigate a collective funding model for an open access megajournal and multijournal system that should enable for a phased transition to a gold open access model that does not require author-facing article processing charges. Libraries who participate then have a governance stake in the platform. NEXT STEPS The project is currently working towards sustainability and launch. Authors’ pledged papers are being called in and libraries are signing up to the model. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0487de56386f49639dfd974455f7578d2024-04-04T17:31:36ZengIowa State University Digital PressJournal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication2162-33092014-08-012310.7710/2162-3309.1131All That Glisters: Investigating Collective Funding Mechanisms for Gold Open Access in Humanities DisciplinesMartin Paul Eve0School of Media, Humanities and Technology University of Lincoln Brayford Pool, Lincoln, LN6 7TSBACKGROUND This article sets out the economic problems faced by the humanities disciplines in the transition to gold open access and outlines the bases for investigations of collective funding models. Beginning with a series of four problems, it then details the key players in this field and their various approaches to collective “procurement” mechanisms. DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT The Open Library of Humanities seeks to instigate a collective funding model for an open access megajournal and multijournal system that should enable for a phased transition to a gold open access model that does not require author-facing article processing charges. Libraries who participate then have a governance stake in the platform. NEXT STEPS The project is currently working towards sustainability and launch. Authors’ pledged papers are being called in and libraries are signing up to the model.https://www.iastatedigitalpress.com/jlsc/article/id/12717/ |
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| title | All That Glisters: Investigating Collective Funding Mechanisms for Gold Open Access in Humanities Disciplines |
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| title_short | All That Glisters: Investigating Collective Funding Mechanisms for Gold Open Access in Humanities Disciplines |
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