[Forwarding from Knowledge Exchange. --Peter Suber.]<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div> </div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span><strong>PRESS
RELEASE</strong></span></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong>Copenhagen, <span>9 November</span> 2009</strong></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial"><strong>Comparison of various studies on Journal Business
models</strong></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Over the past few years many studies have been
published on the costs and economic benefits of journal business models.
Knowledge Exchange has now released a brochure in which the differences in
outcomes from these various studies are explained. This briefing paper also
looks at the outcomes of the broadly cited RIN study and various national
studies performed by John Houghton.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">An important difference between the studies is that
early studies considered only the costs incurred in publishing traditional
journals made available for purchase on a subscription or licensing business
model. As the open access business model became available, some<span> </span>studies also covered the cost of making
research articles available in open access journals. More recent studies have
taken a broader perspective, looking at the position of journal publishers in
the market and their business models in the context of the economic
benefits<span> </span>from research
dissemination.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Dr Wim Liebrand, director of SURF says, “The
present debate on Open Access is centred around optimal access, achieving
maximum impact at an affordable costs. It is very important to be able to have
an objective informed discussion on the real costs and benefits of various
journal business models. This concise brochure contributes to this discussion by
offering an overview of the various studies on journal business
models.”</font></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial" size="2">The brochure is available for download at:</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.knowledge-exchange.info/Admin/Public/DWSDownload.aspx?File=%2fFiles%2fFiler%2fdownloads%2fOpen+Access%2fKE_Briefing_Paper_on_Journal_Business_Models.pdf" target="_blank"><font face="Arial" size="2">http://www.knowledge-exchange.info/Admin/Public/DWSDownload.aspx?File=%2fFiles%2fFiler%2fdownloads%2fOpen+Access%2fKE_Briefing_Paper_on_Journal_Business_Models.pdf</font></a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt"><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Notes for
editors</font></font></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><font size="2"><font face="Arial">About Knowledge
Exchange</font></font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB">Knowledge Exchange
is a co-operative effort that supports the use and development of Information
and Communications Technologies (ICT) infrastructure for higher education and
research. The European partners of Knowledge Exchange, DFG (Germany), JISC (UK),
DEFF (Denmark) and SURFfoundation (The Netherlands), share a common vision based
on their four national strategies. </span>That vision is: To make a layer of
scholarly and scientific content openly available on the Internet. <span lang="EN-GB">In order to realise this goal, the
partners work on supporting existing and new programmes on national and
international levels, co-ordinating efforts on building an integrated repository
infrastructure, exploring new developments in the future of publishing,
facilitating integrated management services within education and research
institutions and supporting libraries in the digital
age.</span></font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><b><span lang="EN-GB">For further information</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">:<span><font color="#0000ff"> <a href="http://www.knowledge-exchange.info" target="_blank">www.knowledge-exchange.info</a></font></span></span></font></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Please contact</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">: <span>Knowledge
Exchange office, +45 3373 3315 or <a href="mailto:office@knowledge-exchange.info" target="_blank">office@knowledge-exchange.info</a>.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt 21pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Symbol"><span><font size="2">·</font><span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></span><b><span lang="EN-GB"><font face="Arial" size="2">DFG - The Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft</font></span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><font face="Arial" size="2"> (German Research
Foundation) is the central, self-governing research funding organisation that
promotes research at universities and other publicly financed research
institutions in Germany. The DFG serves all branches
of science and the humanities by funding research projects and facilitating
cooperation among researchers.<br></font><a href="http://www.dfg.de/" target="_blank"><span><font face="Arial" size="2">www.dfg.de</font></span></a><br><br><b></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 12pt 21pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Symbol"><span><font size="2">·</font><span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></span><b><span lang="EN-GB"><font face="Arial" size="2">JISC</font></span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><font face="Arial" size="2"> – the Joint Information Systems Committee – is a joint committee of
the UK further and higher education
funding bodies and is responsible for supporting the innovative use of
information and communication technology (ICT) to support learning, teaching,
and research. It is best known for providing the JANET network, a range of
support, content and advisory services, and a portfolio of high-quality
resources.<br></font><a><font face="Arial" size="2">www.jisc.ac.uk</font></a><b></b></span></p>
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</span></span></span><b><span lang="EN-GB"><font face="Arial" size="2">DEFF - Denmark's Electronic Research Library</font></span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><font face="Arial" size="2"> is an organisational and technological partnership between
research libraries co-financed by the Ministry of Science, Technology and
Innovation, the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Education. DEFF's
purpose is to advance the development of a network of electronic research
libraries that make available their electronic and other information resources
to the patrons in a coherent and simple way. This is obtained partly through
government funding and partly by joint purchase of licenses. The Danish Agency
for Libraries and Media runs the secretariat of the partnership.<br></font><a href="http://www.deff.dk/" target="_blank"><font face="Arial" size="2">www.deff.dk</font></a><font size="2"><font face="Arial"> </font></font></span></p>
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</span></span></span><b><span lang="EN-GB"><font face="Arial" size="2">SURF</font></span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><font face="Arial" size="2"> is the collaborative organisation for higher education institutions and
research institutes aimed at breakthrough innovations in ICT. SURF provides the
foundation for the excellence of higher education and research in the Netherlands. SURF comprises three
partners: SURFfoundation, SURFnet and SURFdiensten (SURFservices).<br></font><a href="http://www.surf.nl/" target="_blank"><font face="Arial" size="2">www.surf.nl</font></a><font size="2"><font face="Arial"> </font></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><span lang="EN-GB"><span><font face="Arial" size="2">On behalf of the Knowledge Exchange partners,</font></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><span lang="EN-GB"><span><font face="Arial"><font size="2">Anne Maja Wad<span><font color="#000000">,
Secretary </font></span></font></font></span></span></p></div></font><span lang="EN-GB">_____________________________________________________________<br></span><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial">Anne <span><span>Maja</span></span>
Wad</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial">,
Secretary<br>Knowledge Exchange<br><em><span style="font-family:Arial">Danish Agency for Libraries and
Media,</span></em></span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial"> <em><span style="font-family:Arial">H.C.</span></em><em><span style="font-style:normal;font-family:Arial">
</span></em><span><span><i>Andersens</i></span></span><em><span style="font-style:normal;font-family:Arial">
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2,</span></em> <em><span style="font-family:Arial">DK-1553
Copenhagen V,</span></em> <em><span style="font-family:Arial">Denmark</span></em><i><br><em><span style="font-family:Arial">Direct telephone: (+45) 33 73 33 15</span></em><span><br><em><span style="font-family:Arial">Email:</span></em></span></i><em><span style="font-style:normal;font-family:Arial">
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