As well as this recording, please find panelists slides – Lucy Barnes, Francois van Schalkwyk, Beth Bouloukos and Vincent W. J. van Gerven Oei You can find the collection of case studies detailing the business models of a range of open access (OA) academic book presses at Business Models for Open Access Books. Resources… Read full article >
Growth of OASPA members book output: We see different patterns between books and journals
Each year, OASPA surveys its members about their publication output – both books and journals. We are delighted to once again have worked with Delta Think who have helped us by taking on the analysis, structuring and presentation of the data we collected, and in this guest blog post they highlight our books findings. This… Read full article >
Report published: OPERAS-P and OASPA workshop on innovative business models for OA books
Together with OPERAS, OASPA is hosting a series of three workshops on business models for open access books targeted specifically at small and medium-sized academic book publishers. These workshops are part of the OPERAS-P project work package 6 (Innovation), looking into innovative, non-bpc, business models to create a sustainable infrastructure for open access book publishing… Read full article >
OASPA Webinar: Gaining Insights into Global OA eBook Usage – Questions answered
Following on from the recent webinar entitled Analyzing Open – Gaining Insights into Global OA eBook Usage, we asked our speakers to respond to the unanswered questions posed by attendees via the webinar chat. You can find those questions and answers below. This may be useful for those who missed it or wish to share… Read full article >
Webinar: Analyzing Open – Gaining Insights into Global OA eBook Usage
As well as the recording above, please see this post for speakers’ answers to attendee questions. Presenters’ slides: Cameron Neylon, Ros Pyne, Lara Speicher and Christina Drummond. We are pleased to announce the next OASPA webinar which will explore questions around the effects of open access on books and how OA ebook usage… Read full article >