Thread by @EmmaE_B

@jesherer "No one talks about publishing as #OpenAccess causing declined usage or impact for monographs; in fact it is often the opposite!" #ScalingSmall #OABooks

@jesherer We need to get better at measuring usage & impact for #OABooks - this is tricky for libraries in particular; we rely on institution-specific usage stats to demonstrate value for money; how do we measure our institutional usage of #OpenAccess content?
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@jesherer We can get #OABooks usage stats based on IP-range; but this is just part of the picture - lots of usage is off-campus! If users don't go through authentication like EZproxy (because the content is open) how do we measure what institution they are affiliated to?
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Caroline Mackay covers the key issues @Jisc expect OA monographs to confront in the coming years:-
- Disparity of global funding mandates; can the PALOMERA project address this? libereurope.eu/project/palome…
- Will a focus on STM in affect funding for SSH?
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- Will publishers entrench the BPC model as the only way to 'do OA' (particularly without embargos)?
- Will authors attitudes & awareness about OA keep pace with funder & institutional policies?
- Will REF2027 mandate OA for research monographs?
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- How will infrastructure & discoverability of #OABooks develop?
- Can we ensure that OA Books are included in 3rd party platforms/catalogues such as aggregators? - Is this what libraries want or does it risk restricting access to OA Books as users have to log in?
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Responses to a recent @Jisc survey of libraries regarding different innovative #OABooks funding schemes indicate a need for a dashboard for libraries to use to streamline decision-making about which schemes/models to support.
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@Jisc Libraries have a preference for immediate & perpetual access to a backlist as an 'incentive' to participate in community-funding schemes for #OABooks; they also prefer models with no embargo to open. But different institutions have different preferences & budgets.
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