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