The importance of being open: publishing OA monographs

Conference item : Presentation

Long form research, including monographs, is starting to feature in research funder policy mandates. UK Research and Innovation have recently announced a monographs component to their open access policy, starting from 2024. This developing form of publication has many exciting advantages in making research openly available, but also comes with its own set of challenges.

This session will explore Open Monograph publishing primarily from a researcher’s point of view, and the alternative approaches and new models that are being developed. Chaired by Professor Chris Wickham, you will hear from a range of speakers who have published OA monographs or are involved in supporting the transition to them. This session will:
– Give an overview of the current situation with OA for long form research.
– Explore challenging areas within Open Monograph publication, especially the aspects of reputation and prestige, copyright, and the wide variety of publishing models.
– Hear from traditional publishers and an independent Open Access publisher on how they view the challenges and opportunities of Open Monograph publication.
– Discuss with Oxford Academics their experiences and the opportunities and challenges they faced with OA book publishing.

Authors: Watson, D; Boehmer, E; Leach, EE; Morrison, C; Barnes, L

• Publisher: Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
• Place of publication: Oxford
• Publication date: 2023-03-13
• Event title: Oxford Forum of Open Scholarship 2023
• Event location: Online - Virtual conference
• Event website: https://openaccess.ox.ac.uk/oxfos
• Event start date: 2023-03-06
• Event end date: 2023-03-15
• DOI: 10.5287/ora-zb155v46n
• Language: English
• Keywords: OxFOS; open monograph publishing
• Subjects: Research
• Subtype: Presentation