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<div><Apologies for cross posting></div>
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<div>Hello all,</div>
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<div>The last of the AOASG’s Paying for Publication series has been uploaded today:</div>
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<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">‘What are we spending on OA publication?” - </font><a href="http://aoasg.org.au/what-are-we-spending-on-oa-publication/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">http://aoasg.org.au/what-are-we-spending-on-oa-publication/</a><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"> </font></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: medium;">The page takes the position:</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">"</font><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#444444" face="Open Sans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 24px;">It
is naive to think that we can have an effective strategic conversation about the future of scholarly publishing without understanding what we are spending in the sector.” The page notes that it is extremely difficult to determine expenditure in this area and
lists different attempts to approach the question in the Australian context (with little success).</span></font></span></div>
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<div>This page is timely in light of the revelations of Timothy Gower’s FoI requests about UK university expenditure on subscriptions.</div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 15px;">This page is the last of the Payment for Publication: </span><a href="http://aoasg.org.au/paying-for-publication/" style="color: purple; font-size: 15px;">http://aoasg.org.au/paying-for-publication/</a><span style="font-size: 15px;"> series
which also includes:</span></div>
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'Managing Article Processing Charges' - <a href="http://aoasg.org.au/managing-article-processing-charges/" style="color: purple;">http://aoasg.org.au/managing-article-processing-charges/</a> </p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -18pt;">'Cost of Hybrid' -</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><a href="http://aoasg.org.au/cost-of-hybrid/" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -18pt; color: purple;">http://aoasg.org.au/cost-of-hybrid/</a></p>
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'Addressing the double dipping charge' - <a href="http://aoasg.org.au/addressing-the-double-dipping-charge/" style="color: purple;">http://aoasg.org.au/addressing-the-double-dipping-charge/</a></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -18pt;">'Do OA funds support hybrid?' -</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><a href="http://aoasg.org.au/funding-hybrid/" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -18pt; color: purple;">http://aoasg.org.au/funding-hybrid/</a></p>
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'Not all hybrid is equal' - <a href="http://aoasg.org.au/not-all-hybrid-is-equal/" style="color: purple;">http://aoasg.org.au/not-all-hybrid-is-equal/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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'The membership model' - <a href="http://aoasg.org.au/the-membership-model-2/" style="color: purple;">http://aoasg.org.au/the-membership-model-2/</a></p>
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<div>We hope you have found the series useful and informative.</div>
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<div>Danny</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; ">Dr Danny Kingsley</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; ">Executive Officer</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; ">Australian Open Access Support Group</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; ">e: <a href="mailto:eo@aoasg.org.au">eo@aoasg.org.au</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; ">p: +612 6125 6839</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; ">w: www.aoasg.org.au</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; ">t: @openaccess_oz</p>
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