Open Access: Key Strategic, Technical and Economic Aspects

Jacobs, N., (Ed.)
Open Access: Key Strategic, Technical and Economic Aspects
Chandos Publishing: Oxford, 17 July 2006
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This is a good test of open access. Most (soon all) chapters have been self-archived by their authors, so can be accessed and read for free. So the authors have passed the test. Will the book buyers? If you want to browse the chapters in comfort, or see the complete, edited and authorised version, buy the book. If you want to dip in selectively, or use some electronic functionality (e.g. search), use this list.

At EPrints we have been doing our bit for the book. I understand we have bought a boxload. The first recipients are the trainees on our latest EPrints course today.

Here is the chapter list:

Swan, A.
Overview of scholarly communication
ECS EPrints, 28 April 2006

Charles W. Bailey, Jr.
What Is Open Access?
Author's server, 7 Feb 2006

Jean-Claude Guédon
Open access: a symptom and a promise
Université de Montréal, forthcoming August 2006

Andrew Odlyzko
Economic costs of toll access
Author's server, 11 July 2006

Kurtz, Michael and Brody, Tim
The impact loss to authors and research
e-Prints Soton, 12 July 2006

Chris Awre
The technology of open access
E-LIS, 17 July 2006

Swan, A.
The culture of Open Access: researchers’ views and responses
ECS EPrints, 28 April 2006

Harnad, S.
Opening Access by Overcoming Zeno's Paralysis
ECS EPrints, March 19, 2006

Sale, Arthur
A researcher's viewpoint
University of Tasmania EPrints Repository, 29 January 2006

Kiley, R. and Terry, R.
Open access to the research literature: a funders perspective
E-LIS, 12 May 2006

Matthew Cockerill
Business models in open access publishing
BMC Demo Repository, 5 May 2006

Mary Waltham
Learned society business models and open access
Author's server, 2006

Steele, Colin
Open all hours? Institutional models for open access
ANU EPrints Repository, 26 April 2006

Leo Waaijers
DARE also means dare: institutional repository status in the Netherlands as of early 2006
SURF, 12 July 2006

Suber, Peter
Open Access in the United States
E-LIS, 12 July 2006

Frederick J. Friend
Towards open access to UK research
UCL Eprints, 26 July 2006

Shipp, John
Open Access in Australia
Sydney eScholarship Repository, 2006

Sahu, DK and Parmar, Ramesh
The position around the world: Open Access in India
OpenMed@NIC, 10 June 2006

Clifford Lynch
Open Computation: Beyond Human-Reader-Centric Views of Scholarly Literatures
Author's server, 2006

Shadbolt, N., Brody, T., Carr, L. and Harnad, S.
The Open Research Web: A Preview of the Optimal and the Inevitable
ECS EPrints, 17 April 2006

Update (18 January 2007) Review:
"If you know nothing about the open access debate, then this book will surely inform you and make you an advocate for the cause. ... thoughtfully researched and well written chapters that bring the open access debate into the public sphere."
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"I would highly recommend this book for its excellent overview of the open access debate as well as its ability to discuss a complex argument so concisely. This book should be viewed as a cornerstone in bringing the open access debate into the public forum -- a discussion that will be benefits scholars, researchers and the public worldwide."
Michael Gutierrez, FreePint, 18th January 2007 Full review