Open Impacts Workgroup Report

Authors

  • John Dove Library and Publishing Consultant
  • Jason Hoyt CEO, PeerJ
  • Rebecca Kennison Publishing Consultant, KN Consultants
  • Natalia Manola Director, OpenAIRE
  • Trevor Owens Senior Program Officer, Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
  • Leslie Reynolds Senior Associate Dean of Libraries, University of Colorado, and SLA Chair, Academic Division, Special Libraries Association

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13021/G8488N

Abstract

How fast is open access growing? Is this fast enough? Why or why not? What are the impacts of currently evolving open systems? For instance, are overall costs being reduced for scholarly libraries? Is global access to scholarly information increasing? What about in the Global South? What is the impact in this region of increasing adoption of the author-pays system?

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Published

2016-04-19

Issue

2016

Section

Reports