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Open Position: Libraries Outreach Associate at Punctum Books. Closing date May 31.
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Open Position: COPIM Research Associate in Archiving and Preserving Open Access Books @ Loughborough University
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Comments on proposed framewrok:
I think it would be worth thinking a bit more about what kind of OA you want to push for and integrate it with the proposed framework.
You already have a point about supporting business models other than these based on APCs, but there is no such consideration in the framework itself for books.
Also, in the spirit of “fair OA”: what kind of publishers you would like to support, are there requirements that they need to adhere to in terms of cost transparency for example?
These questions could possibly be added to the section “how, where, when”.Comments on recommendations for books and book chapters section
You point out the following areas that need to be taken into consideration:
1. discussing how changes in reward and recognition may impact the wish to publish with high status publishers
2. discussing the acceptance of reuse licenses for books and chapters
3. whether the Book Processing Charge (BPC) model should actually be the preferred business model for open access books or that – because of the apparent unaffordability of that model – alternative collaborative funding models should be considered.
Perhaps the question which is also “special” for books are the embargo periods, does it make sense to have longer ones for books?
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COPIM is looking for Outreach and Research Assistant. Join the wonderful team, details here: https://copim.pubpub.org/pub/outreach-and-research-associate/release/3, deadline for applying December 8th 2020.
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The video recording of yesterday’s discussion with the Open Access Tracking Project is now available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2zvosU68ek&t=34s
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Bring your own coffee on October 22 at 4 PM CEST/3 PM BST/ 10 AM EDT and dial in to talk to the OA books community! It will be a free flow chat, we got 40 min booked, we thought it would be a nice coffee break to have at the end of the OA Week 2020. Hope to see you there. Link to the event: https://hcommons-staging.org/groups/open-access-books-network/events/open-cafe-a-free-flow-conversation-about-oa-book
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Open Book Publishers is looking for a software engineer “who is enthusiastic about open source and Open Access initiatives”! https://openbookpublishers.com/section/133/1
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Books in general are important to me: they have shaped who I am, from gruesome Grimm’s tales to Ocean Vuong’s hauntingly melancholic nail salon stories. My background is in HSS, in art and architectural history, which are disciplines heavily depending on monographs as research outputs. I strongly believe that making scholarly books, especially in HSS, open can initiate some unexpected dialogues, not only between researchers, but also between readers outside of the sometimes hermetic Academia circles. Open access, if played fairly, has the potential to make previously unheard voices sing.
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