1. Mandates, funding and
embargos: what are the options?
Ellen Collins
Research Information Network
Ellen Collins, Research Information Network Open Access Monographs in HSS, 1-2 July 2013, London
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2. Ellen Collins, Research Information Network Open Access Monographs in HSS, 1-2 July 2013, London
“…it is difficult to encompass
monographs within the discussion
about promoting wider access to
publications.”
Finch Report, 2012

3. Ellen Collins, Research Information Network Open Access Monographs in HSS, 1-2 July 2013, London
“The policy does not cover
monographs, books, critical
editions, volumes and
catalogues, or forms of non-peer
reviewed material.”RCUK, 2012

4. Ellen Collins, Research Information Network Open Access Monographs in HSS, 1-2 July 2013, London
“Please note that the AHRC does
not currently require scholarly
monographs funded by the AHRC
to be made available through open
access.” AHRC, 2012

5. Ellen Collins, Research Information Network Open Access Monographs in HSS, 1-2 July 2013, London
“The economics of conventional
monograph publication are already
delicately balanced, and we would
not wish to upset this balance while
satisfactory alternative models are
not in place.”
HEFCE Consultation, 2013

6. Ellen Collins, Research Information Network Open Access Monographs in HSS, 1-2 July 2013, London
“The Board has resolved to make
no stipulations regarding either
mandatory archiving, or open
access publication.”
Leverhulme Trust, 2010

7. Ellen Collins, Research Information Network Open Access Monographs in HSS, 1-2 July 2013, London
“The Wellcome Trust today
announces that it is to extend its
open access policy to include all
scholarly monographs and book
chapters written by its grantholders
as part of their Trust-funded
research.” Wellcome Trust, May 2013

8. Ellen Collins, Research Information
Network
Open Access Monographs in HSS, 1-2 July 2013, London
What does this mean?
• Applies Oct 2013 for new grantholders, Oct 2014
for existing ones
• Where fee paid, CC BY preferred, but not
mandatory
• Original scholarly research only
• Game changer?

9. Ellen Collins, Research Information Network Open Access Monographs in HSS, 1-2 July 2013, London
E is free, pay for P
• Variations
• Which e-version is free?
• Does the author pay an OA fee?

10. Ellen Collins, Research Information
Network
Open Access Monographs in HSS, 1-2 July 2013, London
E is free, pay for P
Model Examples Author fee HTML PDF e-Pub Print
OA PDF SpringerOpen c.€15,000 FRE
E
Manchester
University Press
£5,900 - £7,700 FRE
E
OA all
e-
Palgrave Open £7,500 - £11,000 FRE
E
FREE
Ubiquity Press £150 per chapter FRE
E
FREE
OA
HTML
Bloomsbury
Academic
None FREE
Open
Humanities
Press
None FREE
Open Book
Publishers
Only if available FREE

11. Ellen Collins, Research Information Network Open Access Monographs in HSS, 1-2 July 2013, London
Libraries pay
• Knowledge Unlatched
• Pay Title Fee via consortium
• Discounts on other formats/enhanced versions
• OpenEditions
• Pay for membership, access to all e-formats
• Membership income split with publishers
• In both cases, a version made available in OA

12. Ellen Collins, Research Information Network Open Access Monographs in HSS, 1-2 July 2013, London
Altruists pay
• Unglue.it
• Backlist/out of print titles
• Crowdsourced funding
• Working with de Gruyter

13. Ellen Collins, Research Information Network Open Access Monographs in HSS, 1-2 July 2013, London
What about Green?
• Embargo periods…?
• Something to negotiate with publishers?

14. Ellen Collins, Research Information Network Open Access Monographs in HSS, 1-2 July 2013, London
Key messages
• Period of experimentation
• Few funder mandates so unlikely to be much
funding available
• OA may not always be an option
• But don’t be afraid to ask!