<Apologies for cross posting> Hello all,
One of the bigger concerns expressed about the Australian Research Council (ARC) open access policy<http://www.arc.gov.au/applicants/open_access.htm> is that it includes all publication outputs. That means books and book chapters*. So what is happening out in monograph-land? As book sales plummet and traditional academic publishers struggle for survival, some organisations are looking at alternative models. The AOASG has just added a new webpage to the site summarising some of the new initiatives in this space. "Developments in OA monograph publishing" - http://aoasg.org.au/oa-monographs-developments/ Regards Danny * Bear in mind that the ARC policy only applies to research that is funded from the 2013 round and into the future. That research will need to be undertaken and then crafted into book form, so it is unlikely that the issue of making books open access under the policy will not hit reality for many years. Dr Danny Kingsley Executive Officer Australian Open Access Support Group e: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> p: +612 6125 6839 w: wwww.aoasg.org.au t: @openaccess_oz
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