From fee-free open access to read & publish agreements and community-supported models, it's clear that there's no single route to an open access future. A myriad of approaches have been explored to broaden access to research outputs, preserve author choice, provide value for institutions, and ensure the long-term sustainability of open access research.
In this session, representatives from publishers, library consortia, and research funders will discuss how approaches to open access, and workflows to support authors identify funding opportunities, have developed and are creating an environment for open access which is equitable and offers real long-term stability for researchers, institutions, funders, and publishers alike.
From fee-free open access to read & publish agreements and community-supported models, it's clear that there's no single route to an open access future. A myriad of approaches have been explored to broaden access to research outputs, preserve author choice, provide value for institutions, and ensure the long-term sustainability of open access research.
In this session, representatives from publishers, library consortia, and research funders will discuss how approaches to open access, and workflows to support authors identify funding opportunities, have developed and are creating an environment for open access which is equitable and offers real long-term stability for researchers, institutions, funders, and publishers alike.
A keen advocate for Open Science with over 20 years experience in commercial and editorial roles across numerous non-profit and for-profit research publishers.
Jason S. Price is Research & Scholarly Communication Director at the SCELC Library Consortium. He earned a doctorate in plant evolutionary ecology from Indiana University Bloomington where he gained in depth experience as a graduate student researcher and teacher and capped it off with a Masters in Library Science. He thoroughly enjoys applying data analysis skills he developed during graduate school to current library challenges. During his 10 years as a librarian at The Claremont Colleges, he worked as Science & Electronic Resources Librarian, Interim Director of Information Technology, Collections and Acquisitions Manager, Assistant Director for Collection Services and finally Interim Director of the Library. His role at SCELC provides opportunities to work with libraries, content and software providers, and other consortia to improve products and expand resource access. He has been publishing and speaking on electronic resource usage, discovery and access since 2005.
I've worked in research and higher education policy, and for a period of time led national and international programmes of investment to develop digital infrastructure for research and learning. For well over 20 years I have worked on digital scholarship and open science, on policy for the UK and internationally and overseeing investments to innovate and develop digital research infrastructure for research access and re-use. Most recently I led the development of the new UKRI Open Access policy, which introduced immediate open access for articles that result from UKRI funding.
