Cathrine Harboe-Ree, Transforming scholarly communication: a Monash University perspective, Monash University, March 4, 2005. Excerpt: 'This paper takes the position that, ultimately, open access publishing is a desirable goal from the point of view of encouraging and supporting research, but particularly from the point of view of maximising research opportunities for those nations, organisations and individuals that cannot afford access to high-quality information. The approach being taken by Monash University is one of philosophical support for open access publishing within a framework of attempting to find sustainable publishing models (there being quite a gap between Monash University ePress’s partial cost-recovery model, for example, and the recent annual billion dollar profit achieved by a major commercial publisher)....[T]he Monash University ePress will be launched in March 2005 with three electronic journals and a monograph, with other publications in production. The business model for the ePress is based on partial cost recovery, derived in the main from subscription and pay per view charging. The intellectual property contracts will protect the rights of the authors and allow them to make reasonable use of their material. After a period of time, Monash material published by the ePress will be made available on an open access basis....The approach being adopted at Monash University is based on a belief that institutional repositories will only be sustainable if they add value in a systemic way. To this end, the ARROW repository will be an integral part of the annual process of gathering and reporting on research output. The landscape will change dramatically if and when government or other incentives for depositing research output into institutional repositories are brought into play. This could occur, for example, through mandating that publications arising from Commonwealth Government grants be deposited, or by increasing points allocated to publications if they have been deposited.'
(PS: Also see Harboe-Ree's February discussion paper, Managing Australian Research Output For Increased Return On Investment: The Role Of Open Access Institutional Repositories, attached as an appendix to the document above, and also available separately.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 3/15/2005 08:55:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
