<p class="MsoNormal">Webster describes three distinct differences between the
humanities and the sciences that could explain why the former seems "left
behind": <br>
<br>
1) HUM research has less of a need for speed<br>
2) The monograph, rather than journal articles, is central to HUM scholarship<br>
3) Only a small portion of HUM research is directly funded by grants. <br>
<br>
The conclusion: a discrepancy persists between the demands of HUM scholarship
and the promise of open access. Two solutions to this conundrum exist: either
the arts and humanities adjust to open access, or vice versa. Both solutions
are considered in this debate, yet I think the latter option is often
prematurely dismissed as unrealistic. This post serves to inform about an existing
and functional model that takes the needs of HUM scholarship as a starting point
and effectively meets those needs within existing institutions – and without
demanding fees from authors.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Over recent years, <a href="http://www.aup.nl/do.php?a=show_visitor_home&m=28&l=2">Amsterdam University Press</a> has published
around <b style>400 monographs fully and freely accessible
</b>through various repositories, including <a href="http://www.oapen.org/home">OAPEN</a>.
Through a combination of print sales and institutional subsidies on one hand
and a non-profit status on the other, authors personally contributing in the
author fee is exception rather than rule. <br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Balancing sales and subsidy income to accomplish open access
book publishing in a sustainable fashion is no easy task – especially with
monograph sales in continuous free-fall. In fact: if institutional subsidies do
not pick up, this model might lose viability. Therefore, two matters are
essential for the future of this business model for HUM publishing: firstly,
that grand institutional commitments to open access (such as the Horizon 2020 or
the UK announcement) include monographs in their mandate. Secondly, the
thousands of independent research-funding institutions involved in HUM
scholarship should recognize their role in the transition to a sustainable open
access publishing apparatus, and meet (reasonable) publication costs. <span style> </span><span style> </span></p>
<br>If these demands are met, the gold route effectively becomes platinum from the author's perspective, without compromising on quality as often happens with green models. <br><br>Kind regards,<br><br>Gert van Vugt<br>
Intern at Amsterdam University Press<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 3:35 PM, Leslie Carr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lac@ecs.soton.ac.uk" target="_blank">lac@ecs.soton.ac.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Is platinum effectively the same as green?<br>
<br>
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On 26 Jul 2012, at 14:12, "Beall, Jeffrey" <<a href="mailto:Jeffrey.Beall@ucdenver.edu">Jeffrey.Beall@ucdenver.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> I make the distinction between gold open-access and platinum open-access.<br>
><br>
> Author fees + free to reader = gold open access<br>
> No author fees + free to reader = platinum open access<br>
><br>
> This discussion, I think, demonstrates that this distinction is significant and worthy of a separate appellation.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Jeffrey Beall, Metadata Librarian / Associate Professor<br>
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> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: <a href="mailto:goal-bounces@eprints.org">goal-bounces@eprints.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:goal-bounces@eprints.org">goal-bounces@eprints.org</a>] On Behalf Of Reckling, Falk, Dr.<br>
> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 4:53 AM<br>
> To: Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci)<br>
> Subject: [GOAL] Re: Hat Tip: Let's not leave Humanities behind in the dash for open access<br>
><br>
><br>
> I think there is still a misunderstanding with Gold OA. Running a OA journal does not necesserily mean to charges article fees!<br>
><br>
> Take Economics as an example: meanwhile there are some good OA journals, most of them are new but with very prominent advisory boards (which is a good predictor of being successful in the long run)<br>
><br>
> a) E-conomics (institutional funding):<br>
> <a href="http://www.economics-ejournal.org/" target="_blank">http://www.economics-ejournal.org/</a><br>
><br>
> b) Theoretical Economics (society based funding): <a href="http://econtheory.org/" target="_blank">http://econtheory.org/</a><br>
><br>
> c) 5x IZA journals published with SpringerOpen (institutional funding):<br>
> <a href="http://journals.iza.org/" target="_blank">http://journals.iza.org/</a><br>
><br>
> d) Journal of Economic Perspective (a former subscription journal but now society based funding):<br>
> <a href="http://www.aeaweb.org/jep/index.php" target="_blank">http://www.aeaweb.org/jep/index.php</a><br>
><br>
> All of them are without APCs, and that model also works in many other fields.<br>
><br>
> What is needed is a very good editorial board and a basic funding by an institution/society, or by a consortium of institutions or by a charity or ...<br>
><br>
> Or why not considering a megajournal in the Humanities and apply a clever business model as PEERJ tries it right now in the Life Science?: <a href="http://peerj.com/" target="_blank">http://peerj.com/</a><br>
><br>
> In the end, it is up to the community to develop models which fit their needs ...<br>
><br>
> Best Falk<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Am 26.07.2012 um 12:09 schrieb "<a href="mailto:l.hurtado@ed.ac.uk">l.hurtado@ed.ac.uk</a>" <<a href="mailto:l.hurtado@ed.ac.uk">l.hurtado@ed.ac.uk</a>>:<br>
><br>
>> The question isn't whether they're free or not, but whether they play<br>
>> major roles as venues and outlets for important Humanities<br>
>> scholarship. And also it's still the case that traditional print<br>
>> journals involve long print cues and delays in publication. And also<br>
>> it's the case that university libraries paying ridiculous subscription<br>
>> charges for journals in the Sciences have less funding for monographs<br>
>> (still the gold standard in Humanities), and even put pressure on<br>
>> Humanities to cut their journals.<br>
>> Finally, there is the concern that the current move to "gold OA" with<br>
>> pages charges, etc., will adversely affect Humanities scholars.<br>
>> So, please, no snap and simple replies. Let's engage the problems.<br>
>> Larry Hurtado<br>
>><br>
>> Quoting Jan Szczepanski <<a href="mailto:jan.szczepanski63@gmail.com">jan.szczepanski63@gmail.com</a>> on Wed, 25 Jul<br>
>> 2012 22:53:06 +0200:<br>
>><br>
>>> Is more than sixteen thousand free e-journals in the humanities and<br>
>>> social sciences of any importance in this discussion?<br>
>>><br>
>>> <a href="http://www.scribd.com/Jan%20Szczepanski" target="_blank">http://www.scribd.com/Jan%20Szczepanski</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> Jan<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> 2012/7/25 <<a href="mailto:l.hurtado@ed.ac.uk">l.hurtado@ed.ac.uk</a>>:<br>
>>>> Webster concisely articulates the concerns that I briefly mooted a<br>
>>>> few days ago.<br>
>>>> Larry Hurtado<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Quoting Omega Alpha Open Access <<a href="mailto:oa.openaccess@gmail.com">oa.openaccess@gmail.com</a>> on Wed, 25<br>
>>>> Jul 2012 11:03:30 -0400:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>>> Hat Tip: Let's not leave Humanities behind in the dash for open<br>
>>>>> access <a href="http://wp.me/p20y83-no" target="_blank">http://wp.me/p20y83-no</a><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Nice article this morning by Peter Webster on the Research<br>
>>>>> Fortnight website entitled "Humanities left behind in the dash for<br>
>>>>> open access."<br>
>>>>> <<a href="http://www.researchresearch.com/index.php?option=com_news&template" target="_blank">http://www.researchresearch.com/index.php?option=com_news&template</a><br>
>>>>> =rr_2col&view=article&articleId=1214091> Check it out.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Webster observes that much of the current conversation around the<br>
>>>>> growth of open access focuses on the sciences and use of an<br>
>>>>> "author-pays" business model. He feels inadequate attention in the<br>
>>>>> conversation has been given to the unique needs of humanities<br>
>>>>> scholarship, and why it may be harder for humanist scholars to<br>
>>>>> embrace open access based on the "author-pays" model.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> "There is no Public Library of History to match the phenomenally<br>
>>>>> successful Public Library of Science."<br>
>>>>> .<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Your comments are welcome.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Gary F. Daught<br>
>>>>> Omega Alpha | Open Access<br>
>>>>> Advocate for open access academic publishing in religion and<br>
>>>>> theology <a href="http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com" target="_blank">http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com</a> oa.openaccess @<br>
>>>>> <a href="http://gmail.com" target="_blank">gmail.com</a> | @OAopenaccess<br>
>>>>><br>
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>>>> Honorary Professorial Fellow New College (School of Divinity)<br>
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