Rebels with a Cause? Supporting Library and Academic-led Open Access Publishing
The authors, who all have experience with academic publishing, outline the landscape of new university and academic-led open access publishing, before discussing four interrelated sets of challenges which are often referred when questioning the viability of such publishing ventures. They are: (1) p...
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The authors, who all have experience with academic publishing, outline the landscape of new university and academic-led open access publishing, before discussing four interrelated sets of challenges which are often referred when questioning the viability of such publishing ventures. They are: (1) professionalism, (2) scale, (3) quality, and (4) discoverability & dissemination. The authors provide examples of how, albeit differing in size, form and ambition, these new presses are not just adhering to conventional publishing norms but often innovating in order to surpass them.
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| spelling | doaj.art-d327f90999854ca08ea1af77cf27d8212024-01-11T16:04:42Zengopenjournals.nlLiber Quarterly: The Journal of European Research Libraries2213-056X2019-09-0129110.18352/lq.10277Rebels with a Cause? Supporting Library and Academic-led Open Access PublishingJoe Deville0Jeroen Sondervan1Graham Stone2Sofie Wennström3Lancaster UniversityUtrecht University LibraryJiscStockholm University The authors, who all have experience with academic publishing, outline the landscape of new university and academic-led open access publishing, before discussing four interrelated sets of challenges which are often referred when questioning the viability of such publishing ventures. They are: (1) professionalism, (2) scale, (3) quality, and (4) discoverability & dissemination. The authors provide examples of how, albeit differing in size, form and ambition, these new presses are not just adhering to conventional publishing norms but often innovating in order to surpass them. https://liberquarterly.eu/article/view/10733Open Access publishingLibrary publishingAcademic-led publishing |
| spellingShingle | Joe Deville Jeroen Sondervan Graham Stone Sofie Wennström Rebels with a Cause? Supporting Library and Academic-led Open Access Publishing Liber Quarterly: The Journal of European Research Libraries Open Access publishing Library publishing Academic-led publishing |
| title | Rebels with a Cause? Supporting Library and Academic-led Open Access Publishing |
| title_full | Rebels with a Cause? Supporting Library and Academic-led Open Access Publishing |
| title_fullStr | Rebels with a Cause? Supporting Library and Academic-led Open Access Publishing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rebels with a Cause? Supporting Library and Academic-led Open Access Publishing |
| title_short | Rebels with a Cause? Supporting Library and Academic-led Open Access Publishing |
| title_sort | rebels with a cause supporting library and academic led open access publishing |
| topic | Open Access publishing Library publishing Academic-led publishing |
| url | https://liberquarterly.eu/article/view/10733 |
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