From: Eric Hellman <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 12:42 PM

About 15 years ago I posted to LIBLICENSE a fantasy about how a big
library might flip the world to open-access by allocating its
acquisition budget based on measured usage:

http://liblicense.crl.edu/ListArchives/0402/msg00045.html

In December, I participated in a meeting that examined how OA
monograph usage data might be aggregated, which tickled some dormant
brain cells. Since our community has now seriously explored the
benefits and drawbacks of the APC-funded route to open access, I think
the time has come to consider seriously how libraries might link usage
measurements to OA funding. Here's what I wrote over the holiday:

https://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2018/12/towards-impact-based-oa-funding.html

So, is this still a fantasy, or is there demand for a fresh way to fund OA?

Eric Hellman
President, Free Ebook Foundation
Founder, Unglue.it https://unglue.it/
https://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/
twitter: @gluejar