Open Access

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Notes

1 The relationship of open access to edited collections, monographs, and practice-as-research raises a number of questions that are yet to be clarified and, in some cases, properly engaged with. I have restricted my piece to issues concerning publication in journals because this form has been subject to more debate, and hence a sense of what open access means for articles is slowly beginning to emerge.

2 See, for example, Lee C. van Orsdel and Katherine Born, ‘Serial Wars’, Library Journal, 132.7 (2007), 43–48.

3 See Janet Finch and others, ‘Accessibility, Sustainability, Excellence: How to Expand Access to Research Publications’, June 2012 <http://www.researchinfonet.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Finch-Group-report-FINAL-VERSION.pdf> [accessed 14 February 2014], pp. 7–12. The government’s acceptance of the Finch report effectively endorsed the aspiration to make as many publicly funded British outputs open access in the medium term. The European Union, itself a major funder of academic research, also supports this ambition, both at European and member state levels. See European Commission, ‘Open Access’ <http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/index.cfm?fuseaction=public.topic&id=1294&lang=1> [accessed 24 March 2014]. The USA expanded the scope of its own open access policy from the biomedical to all other disciplines where research is publicly funded in February 2013. See John P. Holdren, ‘Memorandum […]’, 22 February 2013 <http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/ostp_public_access_memo_2013.pdf> [accessed 24 March 2014], p. 6.

4 At the time of writing (February 2014), Taylor & Francis, the publisher of CTR, is charging £1,788 for its ‘Open Select’ programme.

5 At the time of writing, the most expensive titles, PLoS Medicine and PLoS Biology, charge authors US$2,900; the cheapest title, PLoS ONE, charges the not insubstantial fee of US$1,350.

6 ‘PLoS ONE Publication Criteria’, PLoS ONE <http://www.plosone.org/static/publication> [accessed 14 February 2014].

7 Humanities Directory, ‘Guidelines for Authors’ <http://www.humanitiesdirectory.com/index.php/humanitiesdirectory/pages/view/authors_guidelines_authors> [accessed 14 February 2014].

8 Open Library of Humanities, ‘The OLH Model’ <https://www.openlibhums.org/about/the-olh-model/> [accessed 14 February 2014].

9 Creative Commons, ‘About the Licenses’ <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/> [accessed 14 February 2014].

10 See Will Frass, Jo Cross, and Victoria Gardner, ‘Open Access Survey: Exploring the Views of Taylor & Francis and Routledge Authors’, March 2013 <http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/explore/Open-Access-Survey-March2013.pdf> [accessed 14 February 2014], pp. 9–10.