[GOAL] FW: [SCHOLCOMM] Message from Emerald for Librarians

[Richard Poynder]

Forwarding from the Scholcomm mailing list.

 

 

*Apologies for cross-posting*

 

The staff and directors at Emerald have naturally been concerned about the
feedback to the launch of its Gold Open Access model and the approach to
self-archived content that is subject to a mandate. Emerald has demonstrated
a long-term commitment to the LIS community and we recognize that our policy
has marked an important part of this relationship.

 

Emerald has had a Green Open Access policy for over a decade. We support
authors who personally wish to self-archive the pre- or post-print version
of their article on their own website or in a repository; authors can do
this immediately upon official publication of their paper. This principle
continues to underpin our Green OA policy and remains unchanged. Our
understanding is that a large proportion of our authors who wish to make
their post-prints open access are currently accommodated through this
approach. 

 

In more recent times the need to provide a Gold route for all authors has
emerged in some countries, and we have responded to this with the
introduction of a Gold OA model in April 2013. This has provided an
alternative route to OA for researchers who are mandated to make their
papers Open Access immediately, or after a specified period. We also set the
Article Processing Charge (APC) at a relatively low level to assist authors.
We do recognize this is an evolving landscape with policies and advice
changing rapidly around the world, and as such we wish to work with our
communities to develop models that are in the best interests of both our
authors and the titles. 

 

Due to the recognized half-life of social science research, Emerald has
followed guidance in reviewing its approach, and has requested that authors
wait 24 months before depositing their post-prints if a mandate is in place.
Where a mandate exists for deposit immediately on publication or with a
shorter mandate but no APC fund is provided, we invite all authors to
contact us. There has not been an author or repository manager request to
place a post-print in a repository that we have not agreed to, but we now
need to monitor and fully assess the long-term impacts upon the titles.

 

In the second half of 2013 we are putting together an advisory group of
editors and authors from across the disciplines in which we publish to help
shape our approach in this dynamic environment in the future. We are also
continuing to support our communities through innovative solutions such as
the agreement with IFLA whereby papers that have their origins in an IFLA
conference or project have the opportunity to be published in one of
Emerald's LIS journals and become freely accessible nine months after
publication, as well as a number of other collaborations currently in the
pipeline.

 

We are committed to finding solutions that are both beneficial for our
authors and ensure the sustainability of research communication in the
subject disciplines we serve. Therefore, we will regularly review our global
approach going forwards, in consultation with this advisory group of editors
and authors.

 

The full policy can be found at:
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/openaccess.htm.

 

On behalf of 

 

Rebecca Marsh

Director of External Relations and Services | Emerald Group Publishing
Limited 

 

& 

 

Tony Roche

Publishing Director | Emerald Group Publishing Limited 

 

Howard House | Wagon Lane 

Bingley, BD16 1WA | UK

Tel: +44 (0) 1274 777700 | Fax: +44 (0)1274 785200
apelle at emeraldinsight.com <mailto:apelle at emeraldinsight.com>  |
www.emeraldinsight.com <http://www.emeraldinsight.com/>  

 

 


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