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Report from Equity in Open Access workshop 1: the APC debate, reflections and rainbows

March 21, 2023 by Malavika Legge

On March 7th, 2023, 28 stakeholders from a variety of world regions came together for OASPA’s first ‘Equity in OA’ workshop to discuss issues of exclusivity and inequity within open access. The workshop was facilitated by Alicia Wise and Lorraine Estelle of Information Power. We are pleased to share this report carrying a summary of… Read full article >

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: APCs, business models, Diamond OA, equity, Equity OA Workshop, Inclusion, open access

Working to create equity in open access

February 13, 2023 by Malavika Legge

The world of open access (OA) academic publishing is not a fair or inclusive space as recent conversations and older conversations show. OASPA recognises that OA at any cost is not acceptable, and is mindful of inequities introduced by the current (fully-OA and transitioning) publishing landscape; in removing the paywall to read we should not… Read full article >

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: business models, equity, open access

The ‘OA market’ – what is healthy? Part 2

January 31, 2023 by Malavika Legge

Read The ‘OA market’ – what is healthy? Part 1 (January 24, 2023) here The debate begins with the word ‘market’ Talking about open access and a market in the same sentence ignites all kinds of passions and opinions. Of course, a market around OA publishing exists as sized and estimated by Delta Think to… Read full article >

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Community, equitable OA, equity, money, OA market

The ‘OA market’ – what is healthy? Part 1

January 24, 2023 by Malavika Legge

Here we are in a new year, and the start of 2023 seems like the right time for a discussion about health and fitness… of the Open Access (OA) landscape.  Back in 2021, OASPA brought together people from different stakeholder groups across scholarly communications to consider how best to enable a healthy landscape with greater… Read full article >

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Community, equitable OA, equity, OA market, research assesment

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