The OASPA Open Scholarship Webinar Series is delighted to welcome three pioneers of the Consortial Funding Model of Publishing: Oya Y. Rieger (arXiv Program Director), John Willinsky (Director of the Public Knowledge Project) and Martin Paul Eve (Co-founder of the Open Library of Humanities). Come and find out how to set one up with your publishing (or scholarly communication) initiative.

“The current system of scholarly economics is irrational… [It is based on the assumption] that purchasers can go elsewhere if better competition is available. But what competition is available when a researcher needs a journal article to which a publisher has exclusive rights? None. Competition is a flawed concept within these micro-monopolies, as Peter Suber terms them (Suber 2012, 39). It is possible to make articles and books open access and have them funded through cooperation – the consortial model – and not through competition.”

(from the OLH About Page)

Register for the webinar here: http://www.cvent.com/d/k6qw5x