Documents

Guide to Open Access Publishing and Scholarly Societies

This guide has a limited scope. It is meant to help scholarly societies - and small publishers - assess the options available to them for the future of their journal publishing programmes. Though the option of keeping the status quo of subscription-based journals is discussed, the focus is on conversion of existing journals to open access, either in one go, or via an intermediate managed transition phase.

Institutional Repository System Feature & Functionality Table

A companion table to A Guide to Institutional Repository Software v 3.0

A Guide to Institutional Repository Software

Universities and research centers throughout the world are actively planning the implementation of institutional repositories. Such planning entails policy, legal, educational, cultural, and technical components, most of which are interrelated and each of which must be satisfactorily addressed for the repository to succeed. The Open Society Institute intends this document to help organizations with one facet of their repository planning: selecting a software system that best satisfies an institution's needs.

Guide to Business Planning for Converting a Subscription-based Journal to Open Access v3

A guide to help with converting a subscription-based journal to Open Access

Guide to Business Planning for Launching a New Open Access Journal v2

A guide to help plan the launch of a New Open Access Journal. This is the second version of this document.

Model Business Plan: A Supplemental Guide for Open Access Journal Developers & Publishers

A model business plan for open access journal developers and publishers

Open Access Background Paper

Open Access Background Paper from the Meeting of the Academies of Sciences Open Access as a Means to Promote Academic Publishing January 16-18, 2003, Budapest, Hungary

Institutional Repositories & SPARC Europe's Activities

Institutional repositories & SPARC Europe's activities - a presentation by David Prosser at the Meeting of the Academies of Sciences Open Access as a Means to Promote Academic Publishing in Budapest, Hungary on January 16-18, 2003.

DARE Project

DARE Project - a presentation by Lilian van der Vaart, SURF Foundation from the Meeting of the Academies of Sciences Open Access as a Means to Promote Academic Publishing in Budapest, Hungary on January 16-18, 2003.

FIGARO Project

FIGARO Project - a presentation by Bas Savenije, University Library, University of Utrecht from the Meeting of the Academies of Sciences Open Access as a Means to Promote Academic Publishing January 16-18, 2003, Budapest, Hungary.

BioMed Central

A presentation by Becky Fishman, BioMed Central at the Meeting of the Academies of Sciences Open Access as a Means to Promote Academic Publishing in Budapest, Hungary on January 16-18, 2003.

Publishing activities of the Academies: Overview of current publishing activities

4-5 Academies to present their current activity and all encouraged to share their experiences - a presentation from the Meeting of the Academies of Sciences Open Access as a Means to Promote Academic Publishing in Budapest, Hungary on January 16-18, 2003.

Business models for open access

Business models for open access - a presentation by Raym Crow, SPARC/OSI Consultant from the Meeting of the Academies of Sciences Open Access as a Means to Promote Academic Publishing in Budapest, Hungary on January 16-18, 2003.

Overview of open access

Overview of open access - a presentation by Melissa Hagemann, OSI Information Program from the Meeting of the Academies of Sciences Open Access as a Means to Promote Academic Publishing in Budapest, Hungary on January 16-18, 2003.

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