From: Joseph Esposito <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2017 22:31:44 -0500

Not "locked behind paywalls"; "made possible by paywalls."

Joe Esposito


On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 9:53 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: "Jean-Claude Guédon" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 11:54:41 -0500
>
> I have always loved the irony of a work devoted to open access, be it a
> special issue of a journal, or an anthology, that is locked behind pay
> walls.
>
> This must be the consequence of a subtle attempt to remind us of the costs
> and problems associated with pay walls.
>
> Jean-Claude Guédon
>
> Le vendredi 17 novembre 2017 à 00:31 -0500, LIBLICENSE a écrit :
>
> From: UTP Journals <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 12:15 PM
>
> *now available online*
>
>
>
> *Journal of Scholarly Publishing*
>
> *Vol. 49, No. 1, October 2017*
>
> *JSP Online: http://bit.ly/jsp491 <http://bit.ly/jsp491>*
>
> *Special Issue on Open Access*
>
> Marguerite Avery <http://www.utpjournals.press/author/Avery%2C+Marguerite>
> , Alex Holzman <http://www.utpjournals.press/author/Holzman%2C+Alex>, Robert
> Brown <http://www.utpjournals.press/author/Brown%2C+Robert>
>
> The co-editors of the *Journal of Scholarly Publishing* introduce the
> second special issue of their tenure. This issue on open access publishing
> was undertaken with the assistance of guest co-editor Marguerite Avery.
> http://bit.ly/jsp491a
>
>
>
> *Traditional versus Open Access Scholarly Journal Publishing: An Economic
> Perspective*
>
> Julia Frankland <http://www.utpjournals.press/author/Frankland%2C+Julia>, Margaret
> A. Ray <http://www.utpjournals.press/author/Ray%2C+Margaret+A>
>
> The debate surrounding open access journal publishing is part of a broader
> debate related to the electronic dissemination of information. Compared to
> print journals, electronic journals have lower publishing costs and allow
> for expanded access to scholarly research. However, open access publishing
> introduces an added cost of evaluating an ever-increasing number of
> published sources and the potential for misinformation. This paper analyses
> the traditional and open access scholarly publishing models from an
> economic perspective. Analysing the alternative market structures of these
> models can help to identify strategies to maximize net benefits in the
> scholarly publishing market. http://bit.ly/jsp491b
>
>
>
>
>
> *Open Publication, Digital Abundance, and Scarce Labour*
>
> Martin Paul Eve
>
> This article examines the challenges of labour provision in the
> open-access online scholarly publishing environment. While the
> technological underpinnings of open access imply an abundance, it is also
> the case that the labour that remains necessary in publishing processes is
> based on a set of economics that are scarce: the availability of human
> time, effort, and expertise. I here argue, with a demonstration of some of
> the labours of XML typesetting, that we are unlikely to realize the
> transformations of an abundant proliferation of scholarship without a
> substantial change and redistribution of labour functions to authors, which
> is unlikely to be socially accepted. The resultant outputs from this
> process would also, I argue, be less likely to be machine readable and
> semantically rich, thereby conflicting with other imagined digital
> possibilities. http://bit.ly/jsp491c
>
>
>
>
>
> *Opening the Monograph: Lessons from Luminos*
>
> Alison Mudditt
>
>
>
> In response to increasing challenges to both the financial model and the
> distribution model for traditional monographs, the University of California
> Press developed and launched a new open access monograph program, Luminos,
> in 2015. Now that Luminos is halfway through its second year, this article
> reviews the program's progress in addressing its three core goals:
> developing a more sustainable financial model, improving access and impact,
> and providing a digital space with multimedia capabilities for monographs.
> http://bit.ly/jsp491d
>
>
>
>
>
> *The Open Textbook Toolkit: Seeding Successful Partnerships for
> Collaboration between Academic Libraries and University Presses*
>
> Mira Waller <http://www.utpjournals.press/author/Waller%2C+Mira>, William
> M. Cross <http://www.utpjournals.press/author/Cross%2C+William+M>, Lillian
> Rigling <http://www.utpjournals.press/author/Rigling%2C+Lillian>
>
> Libraries and university presses coexist in a complex and increasingly
> consolidated scholarly communication ecosystem. Each brings different
> strengths, values, and viewpoints that can inform and enrich a joint
> project. In this paper we discuss potential barriers to and benefits of
> collaboration between academic libraries and university presses and
> introduce a case study of such a collaboration: the Open Textbook Toolkit.
> This project, funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library
> Services, is currently investigating the components needed to support
> faculty in one discipline, psychology, who are considering adopting open
> educational resources. By leveraging both library and press expertise, the
> Toolkit represents one model for fruitful collaboration.
> http://bit.ly/jsp491e
>
>
>
>
>
> *Evaluating and Promoting Open Data Practices in Open Access Journals*
>
> Eleni Castro <http://www.utpjournals.press/author/Castro%2C+Eleni>, Mercè
> Crosas <http://www.utpjournals.press/author/Crosas%2C+Merc%C3%A8>, Alex
> Garnett <http://www.utpjournals.press/author/Garnett%2C+Alex>, Kasey
> Sheridan <http://www.utpjournals.press/author/Sheridan%2C+Kasey>, Micah
> Altman <http://www.utpjournals.press/author/Altman%2C+Micah>
>
> The last decade has seen a dramatic increase in attention from the
> scholarly communications and research community to open access (OA) and
> open data practices. These are potentially related because journal
> publication policies and practices both signal disciplinary norms and
> provide direct incentives for data sharing and citation. However, there is
> little research evaluating the data policies of OA journals. In this study
> we analyse the state of data policies for OA journals by employing random
> sampling of the Directory of Open Access Journals and Open Journal Systems
> journal directories and applying a coding framework that integrates both
> previous studies and emerging taxonomies of data sharing and citation. This
> study, for the first time, reveals both the low prevalence of data-sharing
> policies and practices in OA journals, which differs from the previous
> studies of commercial journals in specific disciplines.
>
> http://bit.ly/jsp491f
>
>
>
>
>
> *Gold Open Access Publishing in Mega-Journals: Developing Countries Pay
> the Price of Western Premium Academic Output*
>
> Jacintha Ellers <http://www.utpjournals.press/author/Ellers%2C+Jacintha>, Thomas
> W. Crowther <http://www.utpjournals.press/author/Crowther%2C+Thomas+W>, Jeffrey
> A. Harvey <http://www.utpjournals.press/author/Harvey%2C+Jeffrey+A>
>
> Open access publishing (OAP) makes research output freely available, and
> several national governments have now made OAP mandatory for all publicly
> funded research. Gold OAP is a common form of OAP where the author pays an
> article processing charge (APC) to make the article freely available to
> readers. However, gold OAP is a cause for concern because it drives a
> redistribution of valuable research money to support open access papers in
> ‘mega-journals’ with more permissive acceptance criteria. We present a
> data-driven evaluation of the financial ramifications of gold OAP and
> provide evidence that gold OAP in mega-journals is biased toward Western
> industrialized countries. From 2011 to 2015, the period of our data
> collection, countries with developing economies had a disproportionately
> greater share of articles published in the lower-tier mega-journals and
> thus paid article APCs that cross-subsidize publications in the top-tier
> journals of the same publisher. Conversely, scientists from Western
> developed countries had a disproportionately greater share of articles
> published in those same top-tier journals. The global inequity of the
> cross-subsidizing APC model was demonstrated across five different
> mega-journals, showing that the issue is a common problem. We need to
> develop stringent and fair criteria that address the global financial
> implications of OAP, as publication fees should reflect the real cost of
> publishing and be transparent for authors. http://bit.ly/jsp491g
>
>
>
>
>
> *Adoption of Open Access Publishing by Academic Researchers in Kenya*
>
> Wanyenda Chilimo <http://www.utpjournals.press/author/Chilimo%2C+Wanyenda>
> , Aggrey Adem <http://www.utpjournals.press/author/Adem%2C+Aggrey>, Ajwang'
> Nicholas Walter Otieno
> <http://www.utpjournals.press/author/Otieno%2C+Ajwang%27+Nicholas+Walter>
> , Mary Maina <http://www.utpjournals.press/author/Maina%2C+Mary>
>
>
>
> This study investigates Kenyan scholars' adoption of open access (OA). The
> authors used a questionnaire to collect data from academic researchers at
> selected Kenyan public universities. The findings of this study indicate
> that while Kenyan researchers have embraced the concept of OA, challenges
> such as a lack of mechanisms to guide academic researchers on where to
> publish, a dearth of funding mechanisms to cover article processing
> charges, and a lack of accreditation mechanisms for regional and national
> journals are exposing Kenyan academic researchers to unscrupulous journal
> publishers and predatory publishing outlets. OA advocates in Kenyan
> universities need to devise innovative ways of raising awareness about OA,
> and these universities should provide the environment, infrastructure, and
> capacity building needed to support OA. http://bit.ly/jsp491h
>
>
>
>
>
> *Assessing the Openness of Anthropology Journals*
>
> Melody Dale <http://www.utpjournals.press/author/Dale%2C+Melody>, Nickoal
> Eichmann-Kalwara
> <http://www.utpjournals.press/author/Eichmann-Kalwara%2C+Nickoal>, Sheeji
> Kathuria <http://www.utpjournals.press/author/Kathuria%2C+Sheeji>, Mary
> Ann Jones <http://www.utpjournals.press/author/Jones%2C+Mary+Ann>
>
> This study analyses the extent of gold open access (OA) publishing options
> in 377 anthropology journals by applying a six-level coding scheme
> (0=non-transparent publishing, 5=fully OA, i.e., free to read and publish
> without embargo). This analysis is meant to simplify the process of
> identifying OA journal publishing options in the discipline of
> anthropology, in addition to sharing findings on some of the prominent
> issues in OA publishing as they relate to anthropology journals, including
> non-transparency among publishers and the prevalence and price of article
> processing charges (APCs). We conclude that publishers should be more
> transparent about their OA publishing options and policies by providing
> conspicuous and straightforward information to potential authors. Further,
> we find that in the anthropology scholarly communication ecosystem, APCs
> for hybrid journals are more expensive than those for fully gold OA
> journals, thus contradicting the assumption that gold OA is more costly to
> researchers.  *http://bit.ly/jsp491i* <http://bit.ly/jsp491i>
>
>
>
>
>
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> Borel <http://www.utpjournals.press/author/>
>
> http://bit.ly/jsp491j
>
>
>
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