#JSTOR Access in #Prison passes million-user threshold
https://about.jstor.org/news/jstor-access-in-prison-passes-million-user-threshold/
Current Trends in #OpenScience :Will Open Science change the world? /
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Thomas, W. J., Kaefring, A. & Hoover, J. K., (2025) “Motivations and barriers to publishing #OpenAccess #book chapters and #monographs: An institutional perspective”, Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication 12(2). doi: https://doi.org/10.31274/jlsc.18280
Introduction: Recent years have seen an increase in publishers exploring open access for monographs and book chapters. Programs like the Direct to Open from MIT Press and JSTOR’s Path to Open have provided avenues for libraries and authors to support open access monographs generally, but not campus authors specifically. On our campus, we have seen an increase in requests for and questions about publishing monographs and book chapters open access. Description of Program: We offer several options for support for open access article publishing, including transformational agreements, institutional memberships, and an open access fund, but have limited resources and strategies for supporting book and chapter authors to make their publications open access. To gauge our authors’ awareness and interest, we surveyed faculty who recently published a book or chapter about their publishing experiences with a focus on open access publishing. In addition to our survey, we conducted interviews with faculty to gain a better understanding of open access publishing from their perspective as recent authors. Next Steps: In response to this research, the library has explored new methods of supporting open monograph publishing and plans to develop open education resources and webinars about the open monograph publishing process.
Grady, T., Sykes, E., & Eve, M. P. (2025). How can we achieve sustainable funding for #OpenAccess #books? Insights, 38(1). https://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.673
Insights: the UKSG journal (2048-7754) aims to support UKSG's mission to connect the information community and encourage the exchange of ideas on scholarly communication, specifically to:Provide a forum for the communication and exchange of ideas between the many stakeholders in the global knowledge community.Disseminate news, information and publications, and raise awareness of services that support the scholarly information sector.From 1988 to 2011, Insights was published as Serials: The Journal for the Serials Community. Serials has been fully digitised and is openly accessible at serials.uksg.org.
Thema and world needs: exploring bibliodiversity through open access book subjects | Insights
I just published this article, exploring #bibliodiversity by analysing #OpenAccess #books usage across different regions and examines the subjects using the Thema classification. Through social network analysis the relation between countries and book classifications is examined, identifying clusters of shared interests.
Insights: the UKSG journal (2048-7754) aims to support UKSG's mission to connect the information community and encourage the exchange of ideas on scholarly communication, specifically to:Provide a forum for the communication and exchange of ideas between the many stakeholders in the global knowledge community.Disseminate news, information and publications, and raise awareness of services that support the scholarly information sector.From 1988 to 2011, Insights was published as Serials: The Journal for the Serials Community. Serials has been fully digitised and is openly accessible at serials.uksg.org.
Kemp, Jennifer, Charles Watkinson, and Christina Drummond. 2024. ‘Exploring National Infrastructures to Support Impact Analyses of Publicly Accessible Research: A Need for Trust, Transparency and Collaboration at Scale’. doi: 10.7302/22166.
https://dx.doi.org/10.7302/22166
Zhang, Mei, and Kristin Eschenfelder. 2023. ‘The Relationship between University Presses, e-Book Vendors, and Academic Libraries: A Platform Theory Analysis’. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science 09610006231185883. doi: 10.1177/09610006231185883.
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