Open Access: SPARC and ACRL release materials on the progress of open access journal
SPARC and ACRL release materials on the progress of open access journal publishing
From the announcement:
SPARC (The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), have released interviews and analysis exploring in depth the views of three major open access publishers on the challenges of sustainability. The materials were produced in conjunction with the 15th SPARC-ACRL Forum on Emerging Issues in Scholarly Communication, which took place on June 23, 2007.
The new materials offer a deeper level of insight into the three publishers business models and include:
* Interviews (in podcast and written formats) with each executive exploring each organization¹s approach in detail.
* A matrix comparison of the publishers¹ views on 11 aspects of maintaining their operations, including: the financial viability of the
company; the basis for charging publication fees; new and traditional impact factors; and the role of institutional memberships in the business model.
These tools for campus outreach were produced for SPARC and ACRL by Alma Swan of Key Perspectives Ltd. and may be downloaded through http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/ala07.
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