Q: What stage do you think Open Access has reached today? A: I’m so glad that it’s no longer “why” for Open Access, but “how”. A large cross-section of the publishing industry had to keep on making the case for OA and the process seemed endless. Now we can direct our energies exclusively towards buildingContinueContinue reading “Opening up about Open Access: interview with Brigitte Shull”
Category Archives: Open Access
Advocates for Open Access!
The vital partnership between publishers and libraries in an open access landscape: new initiatives, new business models and a glimpse into the future 28 September 2023, 15.00-16.30 CET(2pm-3.30pm BST) Webinar hosted by Gold Leaf, sponsored by De Gruyter After the success of the first two De Gruyter 2023 quarterly webinars, we are proud to announceContinueContinue reading “Advocates for Open Access!”
Free the Books! The Path towards Open Access Monographs
30th March 2023, 2.30pm-4.15pm BST (15.30-17.15 CET) Webinar hosted by Gold Leaf, sponsored by De Gruyter We would like to invite our readers to the new 2023 webinar series “Challenging the Status Quo: Taking Libraries into the Future”, run by Gold Leaf and sponsored by De Gruyter. This webinar explores the knotty world of OpenContinueContinue reading “Free the Books! The Path towards Open Access Monographs”
The German new university press: small and perfectly formed or an enterprise in transition?
Gold Leaf have published a new report on German University Presses, which can be downloaded below or through the DOI 10.5281/zenodo.5584519 Innovations in publishing technology and staunch commitment to Open Access have combined to produce a proliferation of “new” university presses in recent years. Often run by the university’s library by seconding a tiny groupContinueContinue reading “The German new university press: small and perfectly formed or an enterprise in transition?”
Enable! – A new platform for Open Access Books in the Humanities and Social Sciences
The German “Projekt DEAL” initiative has gained worldwide attention; for several years, the “Alliance of German Science Organizations”, which effectively represents all universities and research institutions in Germany, has been negotiating ground-breaking Open Access agreements with large journals publishers, most notably Wiley and Springer Nature. These deals apply mainly to large quantities of journals; institutions have beenContinueContinue reading “Enable! – A new platform for Open Access Books in the Humanities and Social Sciences”
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