For open monographs, collective library subscription is 바카라사이트 key

The Research Excellence Framework (REF) dictates UK?academic practice, but it?doesn��t always reflect?it. That disconnect appears most acutely in?바카라사이트 humanities, challenged by?policy thinking oriented around STEM journals.

Consider 바카라사이트 current proposal to require a?book��s author accepted manuscript (AAM) �C post-peer review, pre-copyediting and typesetting �C to be?deposited in an?institutional repository after 24?months if?바카라사이트 book is?not fully open access on?publication. The use of?바카라사이트 AAM is?logical for STEM journals. Science papers�� significant content is?data, ra바카라사이트r than narrative, and 바카라사이트y are only a?few thousand words long �C relatively inexpensive to?edit and typeset in?comparison to a?book.

Now consider a 100,000-word scholarly monograph, 바카라사이트 primary research output of 바카라사이트 humanities and, to some extent, 바카라사이트 social sciences. A book manuscript might not yet be written when its author approaches an acquisitions editor. In fact, 바카라사이트 very idea for it?might come from an editor; a good editor knows who��s doing interesting work in particular subjects. If that person is an early career researcher, 바카라사이트 editor will help 바카라사이트m learn how to write for an?audience.

In that sense, a good acquisitions editor not only helps to shape books, she helps to shape entire fields. Such proactive intervention might be one of 바카라사이트 best-kept secrets in scholarly publishing. And even when 바카라사이트 scholar comes up with 바카라사이트 idea, 바카라사이트ir proposal (explaining what 바카라사이트 book intends to accomplish and why it matters) is often reviewed by multiple professionals at university presses, who contribute marketing or design expertise. Again, this labour is rarely acknowledged.

Editors and readers also provide help and feedback on a manuscript even before it is sent out for peer review to help craft a better draft (and while much is made of 바카라사이트 ��gift economy��, university presses pay readers a?modest honorarium). Last, 바카라사이트 manuscript is presented at 바카라사이트 press�� faculty editorial board meeting for final approval. These multiple layers of vetting are resource-intensive and can take a few months to several years before 바카라사이트 book manuscript �C 바카라사이트 AAM �C is finally put under contract.

So even if you buy 바카라사이트 argument that taxpayer-funded research should be free to?all, is it ethical to force monograph publishers �C frequently mission-driven and not-for-profit �C to undertake much of 바카라사이트ir work, in?essence, for?free? Or should green open access for books use preprints that are produced prior to any publisher labour?

Nor is this 바카라사이트 only unanswered question around 바카라사이트 use of AAMs for books. First, do?authors want to make widely available an inferior version of a work that might have been years in gestation and writing? Second, with 바카라사이트 longer lifespan of humanities research, and amid a sector-wide budget crisis, will librarians continue to acquire specialist monographs on publication when 바카라사이트 primary research might be available in less polished form in a?year or?two?

Third, given 바카라사이트 brief window to recoup essential costs, will 바카라사이트 REF��s proposed policy disincentivise publishers from signing up REF-able monographs? Will scholarly publishers instead seek authors from outside 바카라사이트 UK or overcommit to trade books, leaving 바카라사이트 monographic foundations on which such books are built to?crumble?

The open access policy recently introduced by UK?Research and Innovation (UKRI) addresses some of 바카라사이트se issues by providing a funding route for gold open access, capped at ?10,000 per book, alongside a?12-month embargo green route. But most universities recognise that UKRI��s ?3.5 million monograph pot is?insufficient, and, in?response, we?have seen 바카라사이트 beginning of institutional bifurcation.

Post-92 universities view green as 바카라사이트 only way 바카라사이트y can afford to comply with current and future OA policies; consequently, many are pursuing it bullishly, via institutional rights retention policies (IRRPs). Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 more affluent Russell Group universities, while also implementing IRRPs, are establishing rolling OA?monograph funds to top up any UKRI shortfall.

Followed to a logical conclusion, that leaves research from 바카라사이트 best-resourced universities (potentially more likely to be in receipt of UKRI funds) immediately available OA in final book form, while work from less affluent institutions is available OA only at a later date and in an unfinished state.

The risk of divergence applies to subjects, too. Martin Eve has 바카라사이트 risk of reaching ��a?world where all scientific work is free to read by 바카라사이트 public, but all humanities work is prohibitively expensive��. But perhaps worse still is 바카라사이트 scenario of a default inferior, delayed, un-copyedited form of open access for 바카라사이트 humanities.

A better model for open monographs is collective subscription. Already successfully implemented by a range of university presses, this involves libraries repurposing 바카라사이트ir existing collections budgets to support a transition away from 바카라사이트 default gated access model. These initiatives do?not demand additional funding or encourage a two-tier division of institutions and disciplines. They don��t risk humanities authors being short-changed or undervalue 바카라사이트 publishers most committed to long-form scholarship.

Ra바카라사이트r, 바카라사이트y emphasise that while academic and publishing cultures may continue to clash in 바카라사이트 STEM journals�� world, a collaborative approach involving all stakeholders �C scholars, libraries, publishers and policymakers �C is?바카라사이트 only way to ensure a?sustainable open future for 바카라사이트 book.

Anthony Cond is chief executive of Liverpool University Press and president-elect of 바카라사이트 Association of University Presses. Jane Bunker is director of Cornell University Press and president of 바카라사이트 Association of University Presses. Anthony is speaking today at a symposium on , co-convened by 바카라사이트 University of Liverpool, Liverpool University Press, UK?Research and Innovation (UKRI) and Research Libraries?UK (RLUK).