OBP has participated in the data-gathering exercise that is currently being carried out by Fullstopp Gmbh [http://fullstopp.com/] on behalf of the Universities UK Open Access Monographs working group. [https://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/policy-and-analysis/research-policy/open-science/Pages/open-access-monographs.aspx] The questionnaire, which is available online [https://www.universitiesuk.
We have recently contributed to two other blogs to talk about ScholarLed, the new OA consortium we have joined; and about the importance of Open Access publishing and what it can offer to authors. Catch up with those posts here! * University of Kent, Office for Scholarly Communication “Innovation in Scholarly
* An excellent Open Access quiz that covers many of the key issues https://www.lepublikateur.de/2018/08/27/open-access-quiz/ * A recently-released film about Open Access in academia, ‘Paywall: The Business of Scholarship’ https://paywallthemovie.com/ * An introduction to Open Access by Peter Suber [https://cyber.harvard.edu/~psuber/wiki/
In the past, Open Access publishing has been accused of being akin to vanity publishing or self-publishing, while the term ‘predatory publishing’ describes a phenomenon in which a publisher charges expensive fees for guaranteed publication while failing to provide peer review or even basic editing.[1] Reputable Open Access publishers
When you create original work, you possess the copyright.[1] When you wish to publish that work, some publishers might ask you to sign the copyright over to them as a condition of publication, so that they can disseminate the work exclusively and therefore maximise its profitability. However, you do