Calibrating the parameters: changing hearts and minds about open access monographs

The advent of open access (OA) publishing presents welcome new opportunities for reducing the barriers of cost and time to the dissemination of research work in UK universities. However, it does present some challenges to the traditional model of monograph publication in the humanities and social sc...

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Main Author: Professor Michael C R Davies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2014-04-01
Series:Insights: The UKSG Journal
Online Access:http://insights.uksg.org/articles/97
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description The advent of open access (OA) publishing presents welcome new opportunities for reducing the barriers of cost and time to the dissemination of research work in UK universities. However, it does present some challenges to the traditional model of monograph publication in the humanities and social sciences. In common with many other academic institutions, the University of Sussex is developing policies that will permit it to embrace OA publication. This paper describes how, in doing this, Sussex is addressing the challenges associated with OA to ensure that the careers of doctoral students, academics and researchers are not affected adversely by the change in the publishing landscape for monographs both in the UK and internationally.
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spelling doaj.art-4714c66556604e84b79d11e66731740c2022-12-21T19:10:34ZengUbiquity PressInsights: The UKSG Journal2048-77542014-04-01274610.1629/2048-7754.14193Calibrating the parameters: changing hearts and minds about open access monographsProfessor Michael C R DaviesThe advent of open access (OA) publishing presents welcome new opportunities for reducing the barriers of cost and time to the dissemination of research work in UK universities. However, it does present some challenges to the traditional model of monograph publication in the humanities and social sciences. In common with many other academic institutions, the University of Sussex is developing policies that will permit it to embrace OA publication. This paper describes how, in doing this, Sussex is addressing the challenges associated with OA to ensure that the careers of doctoral students, academics and researchers are not affected adversely by the change in the publishing landscape for monographs both in the UK and internationally.http://insights.uksg.org/articles/97
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