In 2020 and 2021 four university presses launched models designed to openly publish new frontlist monographs: Central European University Press and Liverpool University Press have been using Opening the Future (OtF) to use revenue from backlist subscriptions to cross-subsidize opening their new scholarly titles; the University of Michigan Press is employing Fund to Mission (FtM) to open at least 75% of their monographs by the end of 2023 through library support, funder contributions, and an increased subsidy from its host institution; and the MIT Press implemented Direct to Open (D2O) to open its full list of scholarly titles upon publication from 2022 via collective support from libraries.
One to two years on, these presses and their partners at libraries and consortia have learned a lot about building support for open access (OA) models that do not use Book Processing Charges (BPC) to sustain scholarly book publishing. Join us for this session not only to hear what these presses and their partners have learned, but also for a discussion of how mission-driven publishers, libraries, and consortia can work together to create more OA-positive structures and communities. Some of the topics of conversation will include: navigating systems designed for paywalled market transactions with non-market OA offers, the challenges of working with equitable models in a still inequitable world, emerging initiatives to support community- and university-based open access publishing, and the wider context of changes in knowledge creation and dissemination internationally in which open books are becoming increasingly important.
In 2020 and 2021 four university presses launched models designed to openly publish new frontlist monographs: Central European University Press and Liverpool University Press have been using Opening the Future (OtF) to use revenue from backlist subscriptions to cross-subsidize opening their new scholarly titles; the University of Michigan Press is employing Fund to Mission (FtM) to open at least 75% of their monographs by the end of 2023 through library support, funder contributions, and an increased subsidy from its host institution; and the MIT Press implemented Direct to Open (D2O) to open its full list of scholarly titles upon publication from 2022 via collective support from libraries.
One to two years on, these presses and their partners at libraries and consortia have learned a lot about building support for open access (OA) models that do not use Book Processing Charges (BPC) to sustain scholarly book publishing. Join us for this session not only to hear what these presses and their partners have learned, but also for a discussion of how mission-driven publishers, libraries, and consortia can work together to create more OA-positive structures and communities. Some of the topics of conversation will include: navigating systems designed for paywalled market transactions with non-market OA offers, the challenges of working with equitable models in a still inequitable world, emerging initiatives to support community- and university-based open access publishing, and the wider context of changes in knowledge creation and dissemination internationally in which open books are becoming increasingly important.
Amy Harris has held various positions at the University Press of Florida, the University Press of Kentucky, and The MIT Press. Her seventeen-year career in scholarly publishing has had a particular focus on expanding access to knowledge and library-press partnerships.
Emily is Director of Central European University Press (CEU Press), having previously worked as Director of Strategy at De Gruyter. Prior to that, she managed a team of editors, building up a multi-disciplinary OA book and journal program at the Polish digital start-up Versita.
Sharla Lair serves as a Senior Strategist of Open Access and Scholarly Communication Initiatives at LYRASIS. Since 2015, Sharla’s role at LYRASIS has been to negotiate the best pricing and licensing terms for the products and services available to LYRASIS members as well as seek out innovative programs that demonstrate transformative influence in the scholarly communication landscape. She is interested in developing new strategies for sustainable scholarly publishing by way of building new open access revenue models, connecting multiple stakeholders, revealing common goals, and facilitating collaboration. Sharla serves on several working groups and committees. You can learn more about her activities at https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4847-0469.
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