SPARC has released Campus-Based Open-Access Publishing Funds.
Here's an excerpt from the press release:
SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) has released a new guide and supporting Web resource exploring campus-based open-access publishing funds. Authored by SPARC Consultant Greg Tananbaum, these timely new resources survey the current North American landscape of open-access funds and explore key emerging questions on how such funds are considered and developed on college and university campuses.
Open-access funds are resources created to address article-processing fees (APCs) that may be associated with publishing in an open-access journal. These fees are a source of revenue for many open-access publishers (including the Public Library of Science, Hindawi, and the Optical Society of America), as well as for subscription-based publishers experimenting with "open choice" or "hybrid" options, where individual articles are made freely available with the upon payment of an APC.
The new guide, "Open-access publishing funds: A practical guide to design and implementation," and Web resource contain a wealth of background information to inform libraries, authors, administrators and interested others on the practical considerations surrounding open-access funds. The site features up-to-date information on:
- Active open-access funds (at the University of California at Berkeley, University of Calgary, and several other institutions);
- FAQ for authors, administrators, and publishers;
- Considerations in evaluating the launch of a fund;
- Key policy decisions;
- Implementation tools;
- Resource allocation;
- Fund promotion and reporting and more.
To ensure that this resource stays current, readers are invited to contribute their experiences through the online commenting and discussion features that are available.