Discussion of the role of REF in the UK and that the lack of information about what a #OAmandate for #longform would look like in the REF context makes it harder for libraries to prepare - such a mandate needs adequate funding & a strategy that supports #diamondOA not just #BPCs
#RLUK26
Should there be a shift in #fundermandates to better fund #DiamondOA for #longform to avoid all the cash going towards #BPCs ?
Still unclear on how publishers arrive at #BPCs - it is a #charge not a #cost and so rarely transparent #RLUK26
Rosie Higman speaks about LSE's #OAfund and how authors can apply to it - there's broad acknowledgement over the high cost of #BPCs and that #GoldOA for #longform is #inequitable - should HEIs be more transparent about any caps they place on paying for BPCs? #RLUK26
Cannot thank you enough @uoylibrary.bsky.social for supporting us via @openbookcollective.bsky.social. It’s so exciting to see our library supporter numbers grow allowing us to publish even more books w no #BPCs.
eContent Pro International Press is confused.
www.researchinformation.info/news/u-s-book-publisher-...
It says it's “the first U.S.-based book publisher to operate exclusively under a #platinum #OpenAccess publishing model."
But it also says that […]
