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Guest Post — A Unified, Common Ground Approach to Open

Global initiatives in open are decentralized and disconnected, lacking researcher input and buy-in. An “opens solutions” approach can both embrace and leverage that diversity, ensuring that it all contributes to the greater whole.

  • By Glenn Hampson, Mel DeSart, Rob Johnson
  • Apr 13, 2021
  • 1 Comment

Six Questions (with Answers!) about UC’s and Elsevier’s New Transformative Deal

Six questions and answers about the new transformative deal between Elsevier and the University of California.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Mar 25, 2021
  • 38 Comments

NFT Technology versus Subscriptions – The Battle for Ownership of Digital Content

NFTs are the next phase in the ongoing tension between forces supporting subscriptions and those supporting ownership of content

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Mar 22, 2021
  • 7 Comments

The Biggest Big Deal 

The newly announced California/Elsevier transformative agreement will test the financial sustainability and the financial desirability of the multi-payer model.

  • By Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe
  • Mar 16, 2021
  • 16 Comments

Guest Post — Building an Easier Path Toward Open Access Book Publishing:  Support for Authors

Christina Emery presents an updated overview of the open access books landscape and examines the challenges of open access book publishing according to feedback from authors and researchers, plus what support is available to them.

  • By Christina Emery
  • Mar 11, 2021
  • 3 Comments

A Framework for the Future of Conferences

The sudden virtualization of conferences sparked a flurry of experimentation. It is now time to build the future of the scholarly meeting.

  • By Roger C. Schonfeld, Laura Brown
  • Mar 1, 2021
  • 6 Comments

Plan S Rights Retention Strategy, Copyright and the Academic Community – Part Two

Robert Harington talks to a range of expert stakeholders with differing views about the Plan S Rights Retention Strategy and Creative Commons Licensing. Part 2. of 2 interview posts.

  • By Robert Harington
  • Feb 19, 2021
  • 10 Comments

Plan S Rights Retention Strategy, Copyright and the Academic Community – Part One

Robert Harington talks to a range of expert stakeholders with differing views about the Plan S Rights Retention Strategy and Creative Commons Licensing. Part 1 of 2 interview posts.

  • By Robert Harington
  • Feb 18, 2021
  • 3 Comments

Guest Post — What Should A Conference Cost?

Mark Carden looks at the many factors that go into organizing a conference and how that leads to the event’s pricing.

  • By Mark Carden
  • Feb 11, 2021
  • 3 Comments

Wiley Acquires Hindawi: An Interview with Judy Verses and Liz Ferguson

Last week Wiley acquired Hindawi for $298M or a multiple of 7.45 based on 2020 Hindawi revenue. Hear why and what comes next from Wiley’s EVP of Research, Judy Verses, and VP of Open Research, Liz Ferguson.

  • By Ann Michael
  • Jan 11, 2021
  • 1 Comment

Don’t Bust Silos When a Little Remodeling Will Do

Financial uncertainty of 2021 may inspire organizations to do some silo busting. Angela Cochran explores opportunities to meet those goals while leaving silos intact.

  • By Angela Cochran
  • Jan 7, 2021
  • 7 Comments

Can Publishers Maintain Control of the Scholarly Record?

The journal brand has proven to be the great intangible asset of the scholarly publisher. Can publishers extend the reach and value of journal brands by supporting research materials beyond the version of record?

  • By Danielle Cooper, Oya Y. Rieger, Roger C. Schonfeld
  • Jan 6, 2021
  • 7 Comments

Transformative Agreements, Funders and the Publishing Ecosystem: a Lack of Focus on Equity

Robert Harington argues that funders, be they national, or private, should consider directly funding their field through funding societies and institutions, with a focus on equitable distribution of funds across scholarly communities.

  • By Robert Harington
  • Dec 16, 2020
  • 2 Comments

Guest Post — Subscribe to Open: The Why, The How and The What Now?!

The International Water Association is going to flip its entire journal portfolio to open access via a Subscriber to Open model. Here’s how they plan to make it a success.

  • By Sara Bosshart, Rod Cookson, Philipp Hess
  • Dec 8, 2020
  • 18 Comments

A World Elsewhere: PLOS’s Community Action Publishing Model

Can community-action publishing prove to be a viable alternative to market-based publishing?

  • By Joseph Esposito, Michael Clarke
  • Nov 23, 2020
  • 23 Comments
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