Open Access Network Charleston Conference 2015

Open Access Network Charleston Conference 2015

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  MakingKnowledgePublic The Open AccessNetwork is a non-profit organization leading a collective, inclusive, and global effort to develop a scalable and sustainable solution to scholarly communication in the humanities and social sciences.
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  http://knconsultants.org/toward-a-sustainable-approach-to-open-access-publishing-and-archiving/
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  Our Assumptions • Researchersand scholars prefer to publish in venues most relevant to them and their peers, often those associated with scholarly societies. • Sharing and preserving the products of research and scholarship is the responsibility of every academic and research institution and library • Current models of OA publishing based on cost-per-unit approaches are not easily adapted to new forms of scholarly communication, thus not scalable or sustainable.
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  Phased Approach Launch phasedemonstrate broad support for collective approach through membership program and test assumptions Phase 1 demonstrate proof of concept by converting some humanities and social science (HSS) publications to OA and by providing sustainable funding to some born-digital projects Phase 2 expand practical implementation of our model to demonstrate it can operate at scale Phase 3 (full implementation phase) expand funding and broaden application and review process for proposals to include all comers, from any discipline and from any publisher
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  Our Proposal We askfor an annual institutional/ library payment. We encourage partnerships between libraries, scholarly societies, university presses, and others. These mission-driven alliances develop infrastructure and best practices needed to support an open and dynamic scholarly information ecosystem.
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  Annual Payment Formula $0.50/student/yearsof study to highest degree awarded AA = $1 | BA/BS = $2 | MA/MFA/MS = $3 | PhD/MD/JD = $5 + $5/full-time faculty (administration, staff, and adjuncts exempt) Support for institutional OA initiatives
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  Distribution - Think:United Way Annual payment goes toward institutional priorities: • Geographic/regional • Subject discipline • Language (French, Spanish, Chinese, Slavic) • Format type (OERs, journals, monographs, platforms) $ 1,500,000 Thank you!
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  Additional Funding Streams •Open Access Network -Organizational and individual donations -Foundation and corporate partners and sponsors • Societies and Publishers -Innovative research services -Print on demand
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  Value Proposition • Institutions,libraries, consortia: • Advance research and scholarship • Lower the cost of education • Support lifelong learning • Scholarly societies, university presses: •Stable revenue source • Maintain quality • Support innovation • Individuals, foundations, corporations: • Access research and scholarship • Fuel economy • Support education
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  Managing the Collective
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  Addressing Free Riders •Tying institution and/or library rankings to measurable support (e.g., funding) for open access incentivizes institutions/libraries to contribute • Governmental grant-funding agencies and foundation policies provide carrots and sticks • Institutional support demonstrates mission alignment • Opportunity for anyone to give enables psychology of “doing good”
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  Key Points • Ourplan is incremental, employing traditional roles in evolving ways — we are not profit-driven so we can take the long view. • Our aim is to fund the entire scholarly communications infrastructure — from creation to preservation — including all of the elements that make up the scholarly record. • The Open Access Network is complementary, not competitive with other OA models.
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  Knowledge Made Public Thankyou. @OA_Network Lisa Norberg, Principal K|N Consultants New York, NY