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<p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: bold; ">PRESS RELEASE<br>
</span></b><b><font size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: bold; ">16 September 2011</span></font></b><b><font size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: bold; "><u></u><u></u></span></font></b></font></p>
<h1><b><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif" size="2"><span lang="EN-US">Choosing
the best Open Access business model</span></font></b></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">A briefing paper from Knowledge Exchange offers
insight into various open access business models, from institutional to subject
repositories, from open access journals to research data and monographs. This
overview shows that there is a considerable variety in business models within a
common framework of public funding. Open access through institutional
repositories requires funding from particular institutions to set up and
maintain a repository, while subject repositories often require contributions
from a number of institutions or funding agencies to maintain a subject
repository hosted at one institution. Open access through publication in open
access journals generally requires a mix of funding sources to meet the cost of
publishing. Public or charitable research funding bodies may contribute part of
the cost of publishing in an open access journal but institutions also meet
part of the cost, particularly when the author does not have a research grant
from a research funding body. <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">To some extent the benefits follow the funding,
institutions and their staff members being the primary beneficiaries from
institutional repositories, while national research funding agencies may be the
primary beneficiaries from the publication in open access of the research they
fund. However, in addition all open access business models also allow benefits
to flow to communities which have not been part of the funding infrastructure.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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The overview including the weaknesses and strengths of each business model can
be found in the briefing paper ‘Open Access Business Models for research
funders and universities’ that was commissioned by Knowledge Exchange and
was written by Fred Friend.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">You will find the full press release and notes for
editors attached.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">The briefing paper is available for download at: <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">On behalf of Knowledge Exchange partners,<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Anne Maja Wad<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">KE Secretary</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; "><i><font color="black"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-style: italic; "><br>
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Maja Wad</span></font></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; ">Knowledge
Exchange Secretary | <a href="http://www.knowledge-exchange.info/" title="blocked::http://www.knowledge-exchange.info/" target="_blank"><span title="blocked::http://www.knowledge-exchange.info/">www.knowledge-exchange.info</span></a>
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