From: Anita Walz <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 09:48:50 -0500 Dear Alex, Would you kindly confirm if this special issue on "Open Access" will indeed be Open Access? Thank you, Anita Anita R. Walz Open Education, Copyright & Scholarly Communications Librarian Library Liaison to Economics, Mathematics, and Legal Studies [log in to unmask] | Tel: 540-231-2204 | Fax: 540-231-7808 | Newman Library 422 | Twitter: @arwalz Open Educational Resources Guide http://guides.lib.vt.edu/oer Virginia Tech University Libraries (0434) 560 Drillfield Drive Blacksburg, VA 24061 http://www.lib.vt.edu On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 6:06 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > From: Alex Holzman <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 22:35:29 -0500 > > On behalf of my coeditors, we hope those of you with something to say > will consider saying it in this special issue! > > Thanks, > > Alex Holzman > -------------------------- > > Journal of Scholarly Publishing > Special Issue: Open Access > Alex Holzman, co-editor > Robert Brown, co-editor > Marguerite Avery, guest co-editor > > Deadline: March 15, 2017 > > Send all submissions to: [log in to unmask] > > Open access has evolved into a social movement and gained traction in > the scholarly community as an important cause. Yet its impact has so > far been limited due to its fragmented messaging, inconsistent > policies, and sometimes fractious discussions. Although open access > stands to affect scholarly publishing as a whole, its proper > implementation and cost-benefit effect on scholarship remain unsettled > issues. Before we can agree on the viability of open access, we need > more input from all parties with a stake in its outcome. > > For a special issue of the Journal of Scholarly Publishing (volume 48, > number 4, October 2017), the co-editors invite submissions from those > engaged with open access who can shed light on this economic and moral > concept now playing out across the scholarly communication ecosystem. > We welcome submissions from anyone with insight into how open access > publishing works, or could work: that includes publishers, librarians, > scholars, editors, lawyers, technologists, university administrators, > and government employees. > > Suggested submissions include the following: > > • case studies of open access projects, initiatives, and ventures > > • analyses of open access policies and practices across disciplines > and publication types, publishers, and users > > • discussions of the push for open access from public policy > mandates (e.g., NIH, NEH, NSF), private foundations, libraries, and > authors > > • critiques of access to scholarly content and higher education, > e.g., the global geography of unequal access to knowledge > > • considerations of how open access affects methods of assessing > research impact (using traditional metrics and altmetrics) or > evaluating candidates for tenure and promotion > > • legal and historical inquires into intellectual property, > copyright, and the commons as pertaining to open access and Creative > Commons licensing > > • evaluations of the impact of open access options on the > distribution and marketing of books and journals > > • assessments of sustainable business models > > • proposals for changes to the ways scholars, librarians, and > publishers work together, both within and across these professional > categories > > • reviews of books or other publications about open access > > Submissions may be from 1500 to 6000 words, excluding references, > tables, and figures. The co-editors and one outside referee will > review all submissions, and those reviewed will be sent back to the > authors with queries for revision. Publication will be contingent on > authors satisfactorily resolving all queries. Other requirements for > manuscript preparation are available at > http://www.utpjournals.press/journals/jsp/journal/authors. > > The Journal of Scholarly Publishing has been published since 1969 by > the University of Toronto Press. It is indexed by Project MUSE, > Academic Search Complete, and Computers & Applied Sciences Complete.