Atchison A & Bull J (2015) Will OA get me cited? An analysis of the efficacy of Open Access publishing in Political Science. PS: Political Science & Politics, (forthcoming). Donovan JM, […]

Institutions ‘unbending’ on fee-free demand as talks with Elsevier resume

Scientists created a rod for their backs when they allowed the journals in which their work is published to become…

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Scholarly monographs, long the gold standard for scholars in the humanities and social sciences, have been in a downward spiral for some time.

The liberal arts college environment provides opportunities for campus-wide engagement of open access issues that may differ from those at larger institutions. Because we support fewer campus authors, we are able to provide a high level of service. Librarians’ close connections with faculty and students allow us to move beyond articles and theses and solicit a wide range of scholarly and creative works to share in our repository. In addition, we’ve fostered conversations about open access, open textbooks, altmetrics, and copyright among faculty, staff, and students. This poster will present a snapshot of a variety of outreach and education strategies used at Gettysburg College, a small, private liberal arts institution.

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Cambridge Core - General - Open Access and the Humanities

Scholarly articles, filled with indubitable knowledge and analysis, only exist for the general public behind pricey paywalls. So one lecturer is advocating for them to be free of charge.

France may not have any money left for its universities but it does have money for academic publishers. While university presidents learn that their funding is to be reduced by EUR 400 million, the…

From the U. of California Press: University of California Press is entering into the Open Access space with the launch of two new products: a mega journal focused on three core disciplines (life and biomedical sciences, ecology and environmental science, and social and behavioral sciences) and a mon...

Initial studies into the effect of open access monographs suggest little to no impact on sales, but an increase in discoverability and online usage. But there are still many hurdles to overcome bef…

[Open Access Week in 2014  is October 20-26.] Have you noticed that scholarly books are getting more and more expensive? It’s not just the journals that are exorbitantly priced. Yesterday I didn’t …