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Open Monograph Press

Open Monograph Press. Leah Hopton LIBR 559 June 7, 2011. In defense of the monograph…. Scholarly Monograph in danger So why fight for monograph publishing? Presents a full, developed concept ( Willinsky , 2009)

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Open Monograph Press

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  1. Open Monograph Press Leah Hopton LIBR 559 June 7, 2011

  2. In defense of the monograph… • Scholarly Monograph in danger • So why fight for monograph publishing? • Presents a full, developed concept (Willinsky, 2009) • Putting a limit on monographs “restrict[s], in effect, what is studied” (Willinsky, 2009, para. 8) • What’s your role? • Future librarian: educate scholars on Open Monograph Press • Future Advocate: promote academic freedom • Future Author: Lead by example

  3. Press… with benefits • What is the Open Monograph Press? • An online workspace (like OJS) • Not necessarily Open Access, but has that potential • Benefits: • Reduced costs (Willinsky, 2009) • Freely available to the academic community (the software AND the information produced) (Willinsky 2009) • Supports print or electronic formats (Willinsky, 2009) • Low cost provides more opportunities for developing countries (Willinsky, 2009; Geiser, 2010)

  4. The process + a twist

  5. But wait… there’s more!

  6. Where libraries can help… • Willinsky (2008): • Libraries can act as partners in seeking grants • Support projects by ordering print and electronic versions in advance • Provide funding for OA (create an “endowed monograph series”) • Defray costs by hosting software; providing support • Shearer (2010): • Libraries are hosting OJS ~ considering OMP as possible next step

  7. Caveats Not completely “free” Promotion and tenure issues More writing = poor writing? Photo by evita2005, available under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic License

  8. References Geiser, K. (2010, January 26). Freeing knowledge. The Stanford Daily. Retrieved from http://suse-ldt.stanford.edu/news/freeing-knowledge Open Monograph Press. Retrieved from http://pkp.sfu.ca/omp Shearer, K. (2010). A review of emerging models in Canadian academic publishing. Retrieved from https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/24008. Steele, C. (2008). Scholarly monograph publishing in the 21st century: The future more than ever should be an open book. Journal of Electronic Publishing, 11(2) doi:10.3998/3336451.0011.201 (free version available at http://tinyurl.com/4xn2pgw) Willinsky, J. (2008). Monograph funding. Retrieved from http://pkp.sfu.ca/node/1599 Willinsky, J. (2009). Toward the design of an open monograph press. Journal of Electronic Publishing, 12(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/3336451.0012.103 (free version available at http://tinyurl.com/3skzwkt)

  9. John Willinsky Photo by D’arcy Norman, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License.

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