The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has released a new guide and supporting web resource exploring campus-based open access (OA) publishing funds. Authored by SPARC consultant Greg Tananbaum, the new resources survey the current North American landscape of OA funds and explore key emerging questions on how such funds are considered and developed on college and university campuses.
OA funds are resources created to address article-processing fees (APCs) that may be associated with publishing in an OA journal. These fees are a source of revenue for many OA publishers (including the Public Library of Science, Hindawi, and the Optical Society of America). Subscription-based publishers experimenting with ‘open choice’ or ‘hybrid’ options can also utilise these fees.
The new guide, ‘Open-access publishing funds: A practical guide to design and implementation,’ and web resource offer background information to inform libraries, authors, administrators and others on the practical considerations surrounding OA funds. The site features updated information on active OA funds; FAQ for authors, administrators, and publishers; considerations in evaluating the launch of a fund; key policy decisions; implementation tools; resource allocation; and fund promotion and reporting.
Readers are invited to contribute their experiences through the online commenting and discussion features that are available.
‘Open-access publishing funds: A practical guide to design and implementation’ and the SPARC open-access funds interactive Web resource are online at http://www.arl.org/sparc/openaccess/funds.
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