[BOAI] Re: JISC and Wellcome Trust: Request for Proposals

[allenk]

Distinguished Scholars:

 

This is part of what I inquired about!!

 

For those Open Access devotees, let's have some substantive answers --
please.

 

 

allen Kleiman

 

 

 

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Subject: [BOAI] JISC and Wellcome Trust: Request for Proposals

 

[Forwarding from JISC.  --Peter Suber.]


JISC and Wellcome Trust: Request for Proposals for a study into how best
universities can be supported in dealing with new open access demands

The Finch report has stated that universities will have to be increasingly
efficient in the way they pay for open access publishing in the form of
article processing charges (APCs).


Responding to the recommendation, JISC and the Wellcome Trust, on behalf of
the UK Open Access Implementation Group (OAIG) are commissioning work to
investigate how we can help universities, publishers and funders manage the
charges efficiently and also what role an intermediary might play in making
the process work smoothly.


The new study will build on the OAIG's earlier findings:

* Firstly, research by JISC Collections on behalf of the OAIG has shown that
many hybrid journal publishers, research institutions and funders have not
yet developed efficient back office systems to manage open access payments.
This can sometimes lead to lengthy delays and other administrative problems.

 

* Secondly, OAIG members and publishers have together highlighted the
potential role for suitable intermediaries in providing support and
services.  These intermediaries could help avoid 'doubling up' of
back-office systems and make it easier to reconcile data for both publishers
and funders.

The Request for Proposals can be accessed from the JISC website at: 

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2012/07/goldoa.aspx

Please contact David Carr at the Wellcome Trust
(d.carr at wellcome.ac.uk<mailto:d.carr at wellcome.ac.uk>) for a copy of the full
project specification and for further information.  The deadline for
proposals is 5pm on 31 July 2012.

 

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