The starting pistol has been fired – now is the time to heed the drive towards open access books

Eve, Martin (2017) The starting pistol has been fired – now is the time to heed the drive towards open access books. Impact of Social Sciences Blog (07 Mar 2017). Website.

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The Consultation on the Second Research Excellence Framework (REF) revealed funding bodies’ intention to extend open access policy to also include monographs by the time of the third REF in the mid-2020s. Despite this being some time away, Martin Eve argues that preparations must begin now. The economic challenges of publishing open access monographs are clear, so time should be used to experiment with new business models, a wider range of funding routes and also to correct unhelpful misconceptions about the rigour of open access books and the implications for print.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences
Additional Information:	© 2017 The Author(s) CC BY 3.0
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Date Deposited:	22 Mar 2017 12:21
Last Modified:	14 Sep 2024 01:12
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/69954

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