Three ambitious initiatives to deliver free online access to scholarly monographs were featured at the next installment of the SPARC-ACRL forum, “The ebook transition: Collaborations and innovations behind open-access monographs.” The market-based business model for scholarly monographs, long under pressure due to decreased library purchasing, must now accommodate a transition to ebooks. Many non-profit publishers, including university presses, are actively exploring new publishing models to support scholarly monographs, including open-access distribution and collaborative initiatives with university libraries.
These presentations to place at the SPARC -ACRL Forum, (Boston, January 16th, 2010) will likely be of interest to many of you. The entire program runs 90 minutes. The event took place during the ALA 2010 Conference in Boston this news releaseincludes very brief bio (a sentence or two) about each speaker.
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