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Anopen-access monograph(open-access bookorOA book) is ascholarly publicationusually made openly available online with anopen license.[1][2]These books are freely accessible to the public, typically via the internet. They are part of theopen access movement.[3]

Concept

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Open accessis when academic research is made freely availableonlinefor anyone to read and re-use.[4]As withopen access journals,there are differentbusiness modelsfor funding open-access books, includingpublication charges,institutional support,library publishing,and consortium models.[5]Some publishers, likeOECD Publishing,uses afreemiummodel where theebookversion is made available for free, but readers have the option to purchase a print copy. Sales of the print version subsidise the cost of producing the book.[5]There is some evidence that making electronic editions of books open access can increase sales of the print edition.[6]

History

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While open access tojournal articleshas become very common, with 50% of articles published in 2011 available as open access,[7]open access to books has not yet seen as much uptake at this time.[8]However, some dedicated open-access book publishers, such asOpen Book Publishers,Punctum Books,and others who publish both books and journals likeOpen Humanities Press,[9]have been launched.

Gradually, academic publishers and university presses have also adopted an open-access monograph approach, offering this publishing option alongside journal articles. Major publishers of open-access books include, for example, Taylor & Francis,[10]MDPI,[11]and MIT Press.[12]TheOAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks)online libraryand publication platform provides access to thousands ofpeer-reviewedacademic books, mainly in the humanities and social sciences. TheOAPEN Foundation[13]also provides a directory of open access works via Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB).[14]

A report released in 2015 by the UK's main funding body for research, theHigher Education Funding Council for England,states the importance of open access monographs:[15]"Monographs are a vitally important and distinctive vehicle for research communication, and must be sustained in any moves to open access."[16]A 2019 survey has shown that a majority of authors agree that all future scholarly books should be made available via open access.[17]A 2023 study found that, out of 396,995 open access books analyzed, only 19% were archived, raising concerns about the longevity and accessibility of many OA books distributed online.[18]

See also

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References

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  1. ^OAPEN (14 December 2021)."The difference between open access and non-open access books".OAPEN Open Access Books Toolkit.Retrieved2 February2022.
  2. ^"Springer open access books | Springer — International Publisher".springer.Retrieved2023-12-05.
  3. ^Suber, Peter (2012-07-20)."1. What Is Open Access?".Open Access.doi:10.7551/mitpress/9286.001.0001.ISBN9780262301732.
  4. ^"Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities".Max Planck Open Access.Retrieved4 June2014.
  5. ^abFerwerda, Eelco (2014)."Open access monograph business models".Insights.27:35–38.doi:10.1629/2048-7754.46.ISSN2048-7754.
  6. ^Suber, Peter (2012).Open access.MIT Press. p. 107.ISBN9780262517638.Retrieved4 June2014.
  7. ^Archambault, Eric; Amyot, Didier; Deschamps, Philippe; Nicol, Aurore; Rebout, Lise; Roberge, Guillaume (August 2013)."Proportion of Open Access Peer-Reviewed Papers at the European and World Levels—2004-2011"(PDF).Retrieved4 June2014.
  8. ^Collins, Ellen; Milloy, Caren (2012)."A snapshot of attitudes towards open access monograph publishing in the humanities and social sciences – part of the OAPEN-UK project".Insights.25(2): 192–197.doi:10.1629/2048-7754.25.2.192.
  9. ^Bonn, Maria."Free exchange of ideas Experimenting with the open access monograph".College & Research Libraries News.Retrieved10 June2014.
  10. ^"Routledge & CRC Press Open Access Books - Taylor & Francis OA Books".routledge.Retrieved2023-12-07.
  11. ^"MDPI Books | Publisher of Open Access Books & Book Series".mdpi.Retrieved2023-12-05.
  12. ^"Open Access Books".MIT Press.Retrieved2023-12-07.
  13. ^"Organisation".OAPEN.Retrieved3 October2020.
  14. ^"Directory of Open Access Books".doabooks.org.Retrieved2023-12-07.
  15. ^"Monographs and open access: A report to HEFCE"(PDF).August 2013. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 8 July 2015.Retrieved21 August2015.
  16. ^"Monographs and open access".August 2013. Archived fromthe originalon 8 July 2015.Retrieved21 August2015.
  17. ^Pyne, Ros; Emery, Christina; Lucraft, Mithu; Pinck, Anna (2019-06-01)."THE FUTURE OF OPEN ACCESS BOOKS: FINDINGS FROM A GLOBAL SURVEY OF ACADEMIC BOOK AUTHORS".Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, Etc.
  18. ^Laakso, Mikael (2023-01-01)."Open access books through open data sources: assessing prevalence, providers, and preservation".Journal of Documentation.79(7): 157–177.doi:10.1108/JD-02-2023-0016.ISSN0022-0418.S2CID259300771.

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