Open Access, Open Educational Resources, Open Everything!
Data for this chart can be downloaded here: OASPA Members CC-BY Growth_Data to 2017_CC0
A total of 1,128,721 articles were published with the CC BY license in open access-only (fully-OA) journals by members of OASPA during the period 2000-2017, with 219,627 of those being published in 2017 alone.
This article appeared originally on the Times Higher Education blog, May 16, 2018.
Linking impact factor to ‘open access’ charges creates more inequality in academic publishing
By Bianca Kramer and Jeroen Bosman
The prospectus SpringerNature released on April 25 in preparation of its intended stock market listing provides a unique view into what the publisher thinks are the strengths of its business model and where it sees opportunities to exploit them, including its strategy on open access publishing. Whether the ultimate withdrawal of the IPO reflected investors’ doubt about the presented business strategies, or whether SpringerNature’s existing debts were deemed to be too great a risk, the prospectus has nonetheless given the scholarly community an insight into the publisher’s motivations in supporting and facilitating open access.
This article, OER in Context, by Elvis Bakaitis, was originally posted on The Graduate Center (CUNY) Library News and Events:
– May 25, 2018
“The recent movement towards Open Educational Resources (OER) is an undeniable force within higher education. For two consecutive years, both CUNY and SUNY have each received 4 million dollars towards the implementation of OER across their campuses. Let’s take a closer look at why interest in OER is being generated, and its potential impact within CUNY and beyond.”
