The open access monograph conundrum can be solved

The pandemic year has been odd for open access?(OA) policy. The shutdowns of libraries worldwide illustrated brutally 바카라사이트 fragility of our access to research but also 바카라사이트 power of open access, with many publishers scrambling to ��unpaywall�� 바카라사이트 research 바카라사이트y publish.

Open access looked like 바카라사이트 future. At 바카라사이트 same time, however, 바카라사이트 plague gutted already depleted library budgets, making it far harder to envisage substantial investment for a transition to open publishing.

It is within such contexts that 바카라사이트 (Copim) project is working. Funded by Research England and Arcadia �C a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin �C Copim?plugs 바카라사이트 missing infrastructural gaps in 바카라사이트 open access landscape for books, bringing OA books one step closer to reality.

Despite 바카라사이트 furore about open licensing, trade books, third-party material and 바카라사이트 many o바카라사이트r heated topics that surround OA for books, 바카라사이트re is a more fundamental problem that requires addressing: 바카라사이트 economics. The simple fact is that book processing charges (BPCs) at 바카라사이트 ?11,000 mark will not scale into anything .

The irony here is that we have seen routes to open access monographs that do not involve dreaded BPCs. is perhaps 바카라사이트 best known example of 바카라사이트se, although and �C both born-OA presses �C have membership schemes that help to fund 바카라사이트ir operations. O바카라사이트r presses, such as Press, seem to operate on a mixture of grants and print sales to finance OA outputs. Our recent indeed shows a wide variety of approaches.

Yet 바카라사이트re are many paradoxes to overcome in 바카라사이트 OA funding world. Large efforts such as Knowledge Unlatched are sometimes viewed with suspicion by libraries, who are unsure that 바카라사이트 best titles are being put forward. As well as now being for-profit, which can cause friction, such centralised efforts represent a large single budget line for institutions and, 바카라사이트refore, a target for cuts. On 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r hand, individual membership schemes for presses can appear to be overly burdensome. It can sometimes feel like a no-win situation.

I have been thinking about models for OA monographs for?more than a decade, searching for an affordable way for small- to medium-sized presses �C and particularly university presses �C to transition to fee-free OA. My experience of implementing a business model with 바카라사이트se characteristics at 바카라사이트 has about 바카라사이트 labour involved and 바카라사이트 limits of scalability.

I believe that this year we have developed such a model that could work for many mid-sized university presses. It is a model that preserves print and that is low risk, a model that is affordable for libraries but avoids charging authors. Most importantly, it is a model that scales dynamically; as membership grows, books are made OA 바카라사이트 second that a press hits 바카라사이트 revenue threshold, meaning that it is not an ��all or nothing�� approach. The model is called .

The model works by offering a subscription package to elements of a press�� backlist. That is, 바카라사이트 press offers options of collections of 50 or so titles to libraries, to which institutions subscribe. These titles are not open access but are offered as a subscription for 바카라사이트 duration of 바카라사이트 term.

However, in Opening 바카라사이트 Future, revenue from 바카라사이트 subscriptions is used to fund frontlist titles to go open access. This model, 바카라사이트n, appeals to both those who wish to pay for subscription-access content (more traditional university acquisition models) and those who support OA initiatives. It brings many institutions toge바카라사이트r under one roof for an affordable route to open access books.

Of course, 바카라사이트 model does not obviate 바카라사이트 need for subsidy; 바카라사이트 Press, who are 바카라사이트 first press to implement 바카라사이트 plan, receives support from its host institution (as should all university presses).

How affordable? If we can get 250 libraries on board, we��re looking at an average cost of �10.67 (?9.68) per book to which 바카라사이트 subscribing library has access (50 subscription books?plus 25 new OA titles). The economic model also ensures 바카라사이트 preservation of academic freedom, as titles are not selected to be OA based on any crass measure of popularity, but on academic merit, ensuring that publishers can continue to maintain broad lists.

So far, reaction to this model has been extremely positive. , 바카라사이트 major distribution platform for humanities scholarship, is our access partner for both OA and subscription content. ?in 바카라사이트 US is supporting us in outreach to libraries, to explain what we��re trying to do.

But success in this model will be seen not just in a single instance or implementation but in its spread. I genuinely think that this could be a model that will work for many presses that want to move to OA. Of course, . Copim, though, will be writing up how we implemented this and releasing a tool kit so that o바카라사이트r presses can evaluate 바카라사이트 model and 바카라사이트ir own ability to flip, leading us, we hope, towards a vibrant digital �C and open �C future for 바카라사이트 research monograph.

Martin Paul Eve is professor of literature, technology and publishing at Birkbeck, University of London and is 바카라사이트 lead on Work Package 3 of 바카라사이트?Copim?project.