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The Monograph and Open Access

The Monograph and Open Access. Reports and New Opportunities from the Frontline 16 March 2016 Dr Frances Pinter Manchester University Press and Knowledge Unlatched. Manchester University Press. Open Access Books. 99 Books OA between 1-5 years 684,800 downloads Nearly 7000 per title

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The Monograph and Open Access

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  1. The Monograph and Open Access Reports and New Opportunities from the Frontline 16 March 2016 Dr Frances Pinter Manchester University Press and Knowledge Unlatched

  2. Manchester University Press Open Access Books 99 Books OA between 1-5 years 684,800 downloads Nearly 7000 per title 195 countries

  3. What is OA doing to MUP

  4. Competition amongst Publishers Historically – for authors Going forward – for authors and OA funding Going forward – downloads And beyond downloads?

  5. The Mellon Report Cost of Publishing Monographs Basic Full Cost Full Cost Plus Range - $15,140 - $129,909

  6. Figures from the Report

  7. Figures from the Report

  8. Figures from the Report

  9. Figures from the Report

  10. Figures from the Report

  11. Figures from the Report

  12. Figures from the Report

  13. Figures from the Report

  14. What does this tell us? • Monographs more expensive than thought • Staff time is the largest cost item • Smaller presses spend less (greater efficiency or underinvestment) • ‘No significant determinants of cost’ (eg rent) • No standard way of determining overheads • Questions around the methodology • Are these figures the same for non-American university presses?

  15. What Now? • North American presses will be discussing subsidies with their parent institutions • Presses will be looking for higher payments to go OA • There may be a serious look at whether this level of spend is worth it for each monograph

  16. Questions • How will we measure the impact of monographs? • Will going OA be a cheaper way of getting books into libraries • On what basis will publishers be evaluated? • What kinds of discussions will this report produce amongst OA funders?

  17. Print Runs for Academic Books 3000 2000 1000 350 1980 1990 2000 2010 2015

  18. Collaborate initiative – libraries and publishers working together A road to OA A space to learn together KU Research What is Knowledge Unlatched?

  19. Just Completed Round 2 • 78 books • 26 publishers • 8 small packages (cc 10 books per packages) five subjects (six packages) two publisher packages (Duke & Michigan)

  20. Round 2 Five Subjects • History (2 packages) • Literature • Politics • Media & Communications • Anthropology

  21. Pilot Publishers (all also in Round 2) Edinburgh UP Liverpool UP Manchester UP Purdue UP Rutgers UP Temple UP Michigan UP Amsterdam UP Bloomsbury Academic Brill Cambridge UP De Gruyter Duke UP

  22. Round 2 – additional publishers Leiden UP Monash UP Colorado UP Ubiquity Penn State UP Berghahn Fordham UP Yale UP Routledge Pluto Toronto UP Brandeis UP Dartmouth UP

  23. Going Forward Proof of Concept* Pilot and Round 2 Proof of Process (Scale up over 2016/17) New platform, backlist books & journals) Proof of Sustainability (2018+) Self-funding through mark-up * Three Stages of Proof – Rick Anderson, Scholarly Kitchen

  24. Knowledge Unlatched KU – London KU – Berlin KU – USA KU Research – Perth

  25. Impact

  26. Knowledge Unlatched Winner: IFLA/Brill Award for Open Access 2014 Winner: Curtin University Award for Best Innovation in Education 2015 Connect with us on Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn Thank You

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