Paying for publication: issues and challenges for research support services

dc.contributor.authorKingsley, Danny
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-30T23:32:52Z
dc.date.available2014-07-30T23:32:52Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractPayment for publication is an increasingly prevalent component of the scholarly publishing landscape, and librarians have a professional requirement to be aware of the current situation. This paper explores this phenomenon, including an analysis of what is being charged for publication. Comparisons between the different types of open access publishing, in fully open access and in hybrid journals, show the considerably higher costs of hybrid open access. Despite this discrepancy there remain issues with the discoverability of some hybrid open access articles. Payment for publication is changing the funding base for scholarly publication therefore broadening the administrative areas responsible for management of the system. New relationships between players across the sector need to be developed and fostered. To participate in this changing landscape librarians need a knowledge of the source of institutional and government funds for article processing charges and these funding bodies' approaches to funding hybrid. New offerings from publishers, such as membership schemes and mega journals further complicate the situation, not helped by challenges in obtaining data about what is being spent in this area. This increasingly complex situation potentially expands the role of libraries within institutions into the future, which is preferable to becoming irrelevant.en_AU
dc.format38 pagesen_AU
dc.identifier.issn1839-471X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/11924
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_AU
dc.rightshttp://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/1839-471X/author can archive pre-print (ie pre-refereeing); author can archive post-print (ie final draft post-refereeing); on author's personal website, institutional repository or subject-based repository. Sherpa/Romeo as at 31/7/14.en_AU
dc.sourceAustralian Academic & Research Libraries 45.4 (2014): 262-281
dc.subjectopen accessen_AU
dc.subjecthybrid journalsen_AU
dc.subjectarticle processing chargesen_AU
dc.subjectscholarly publishingen_AU
dc.subjectlibrariesen_AU
dc.titlePaying for publication: issues and challenges for research support servicesen_AU
dc.typeJournal articleen_AU
dcterms.dateAccepted2014
local.contributor.affiliationThe Australian National Universityen_AU
local.contributor.authoremaildanny.kingsley@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidu4091854en_AU
local.description.notesThis is an authors original manuscript of an article submitted to the AARL to be published in December 2014.
local.identifier.doi10.1080/00048623.2014.945135
local.identifier.essn0004-8623en_AU
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu4091854en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttp://www.routledge.com/en_AU
local.type.statusAccepted Versionen_AU

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