Open access monographs

["Brunner, Marta" <martab AT library.ucla.edu>]

Title: Academic Newswire

Apologies for duplication, but here is another open access monographic publishing effort in the social sciences and humanities.  As you can see from the descripton, they have libraries partnering in the effort.

 

Marta

 

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Marta L. Brunner, Ph.D.
Librarian for U.S./U.K. Literature and Comparative Literature,

   U.S./U.K. History and the History of Science

11360D Charles E. Young Research Library
UCLA - Box 951575
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Tel: 310-825-1249
Fax: 310-825-3777
martab AT library.ucla.edu
http://courseweb.lis.uiuc.edu/~m.brunner/portfolio.html
http://blogs.library.ucla.edu/literature/

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Free Books: Bloomsbury Publishing Launches “Radical” New Academic Imprint

Andrew Albanese -- Library Journal, 9/23/2008 2:14:00 PM

Bloomsbury Publishing this week announced that is launching an academic imprint with a radical new open access model: all titles will be made available free of charge online, “with free downloads, for non-commercial purposes immediately upon publication, using Creative Commons licenses.” The works will also be sold as books, using an array of short-run print-on-demand (POD) services. Bloomsbury Academic will initially publish in the humanities and social sciences, releasing approximately 50 new titles by the end of 2009.

While open access scholarly journals have surged in popularity—rather uneasily for many traditional publishers, who question the sustainability of open access journals—open access academic books have lagged significantly behind. Bloomsbury’s venture is a groundbreaking, bar-raising, initiative. It is the first commercial book imprint to base its entire publish operation on an open access model.

The imprint will be led by Frances Pinter, most recently publishing director at the Soros Foundation, who will serve as Bloomsbury Academic’s publisher, and Managing Director Jonathan Glasspool. The imprint has also assembled an advisory board, which includes Lynne Brindley, CEO of the British Library, and Winston Tabb, dean of University Libraries at Johns Hopkins University.

“We’re leaping ahead by using the latest solutions in digital publishing and open access,” Pinter said in a statement. The imprint will provide editorial selection, peer-review, copy-editing, and formatting, along with marketing and distribution worldwide. For academic authors, for whom recognition is more the currency than royalties, the benefits are many: “their works can come faster to publication, because we are not hidebound by long production and promotion cycles,” Pinter said, and titles “can be searched more easily, and need never go out of print.” Of course, the big question is whether open access books will be self-sustaining. Look for more on the Bloomsbury Academic launch in upcoming issues of LJAN.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 3:29 PM
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Subject: Michigan bullish on print; Bloomsbury launches open access book imprint

 

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September 23, 2008

In this Issue
·         Print Rules: U. of Michigan Library Installs Espresso Book Machine; Bullish on the Future of the Book ·         Sivacracy, a Blog Popular with Librarians, Ceases ·         Free Books: Bloomsbury Publishing Launches “Radical” New Academic Imprint ·         University of South Carolina Names New Library for Senator Fritz Hollings  ·         People News

·         Print Rules: U. of Michigan Library Installs Espresso Book Machine; Bullish on the Future of the Book
The University of Michigan (UM) Library this week became the first academic library to install an Espresso Book Machine (EBM), from On Demand Books, a machine that can produce a quality paperback book on demand, in about five minutes, for roughly $10 per book. more » » » 

·         Sivacracy, a Blog Popular with Librarians, Ceases
Siva, say it ain’t so! more » » » 

·         Free Books: Bloomsbury Publishing Launches “Radical” New Academic Imprint
Bloomsbury Publishing this week announced that is launching an academic imprint with a radical new open access model: all titles will be made available free of charge online, “with free downloads, for non-commercial purposes immediately upon publication. more » » » 

·         University of South Carolina Names New Library for Senator Fritz Hollings 
The Hollings Library addition will house USC’s growing Rare Books and Special Collections and provide a permanent home for the university’s S.C. Political Collections, which document the careers and contributions of many of the state’s political leaders. more » » » 

 

 

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