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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Main Authors: Joe Deville, Jeroen Sondervan, Graham Stone, Sofie Wennström
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: openjournals.nl 2019-09-01
Series:Liber Quarterly: The Journal of European Research Libraries
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Online Access:https://test.openjournals.nl/liberquarterly/article/view/10733
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spelling doaj-c7dc4920378b48a88ecd45fe73bdb87f2021-09-30T14:11:46Zengopenjournals.nlLiber Quarterly: The Journal of European Research Libraries2213-056X2019-09-01291Rebels 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://test.openjournals.nl/liberquarterly/article/view/10733Open Access publishingLibrary publishingAcademic-led publishing
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author Joe Deville
Jeroen Sondervan
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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
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Jeroen Sondervan
Graham Stone
Sofie Wennström
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title 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_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_sort rebels with a cause? supporting library and academic-led open access publishing
publisher openjournals.nl
series Liber Quarterly: The Journal of European Research Libraries
issn 2213-056X
publishDate 2019-09-01
description 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.
topic Open Access publishing
Library publishing
Academic-led publishing
url https://test.openjournals.nl/liberquarterly/article/view/10733
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