Monographes and Open Access from Christoph Bruch on 2009-03-02 (American-Scientist-Open-Access-Forum)

From: Christoph Bruch <bruch_at_mpdl.mpg.de>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 14:30:38 +0100

Dear Falk,
In absence of hard facts beyond the anecdotal I assume books will be made
available were doing so does not interfere with or even boosts the business
model.
Publishers of books which are mainly used to get information by reading a
page or two will probably have a different view on OA than those publishing
books which are meant to be read from back to back.
The spread of electronic reading devices could change the situation.
Publishers will think twice before making a book freely available via the
net if electronic reading devices become popular and if freely available
electronic books can be copied to them.
Regards
Christoph

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Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL)
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 1. Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication (OAI6) - Call for
 Posters
 2. Monographes and Open Access

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Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 15:45:57 -0000
From: David Prosser <david.prosser_at_BODLEY.OX.AC.UK>
Subject: Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication (OAI6) - Call
for
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*Apologies for cross-posting*

The Organising Committee of the CERN Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly
Communication (OAI6) is welcoming poster submissions for the Workshop to be
held at the University of Geneva on 17th-19th June in Geneva, Switzerland.
The deadline for submissions is 31st March 2009.

Please consult the Workshop website for more information:
http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=48321 Posters are invited
on projects directly related to the themes of the workshop and decisions on
acceptance will be communicated on an ongoing basis and no later than the
end of April. Further information is found under the call for abstracts link
on the webpage: http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceCFA.py?confId=48321

The program for the Workshop is also now available:
http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceTimeTable.py?confId=48321

The OAI series of workshops is one of the biggest international meetings of
technical repository-developers, library Open Access policy formulators, and
the funders and researchers that they serve. The program contains a mix of
practical tutorials given by experts in the field, presentations from
cutting-edge projects and research, posters from the community, breakout
discussion groups, and an intense social programme which has helped to build
a strong network amongst previous participants. The event is almost unique
in bringing together these scholarly communication communities and is proud
to continue this tradition with the OAI6 workshop in 2009.

David Prosser

On behalf of the Organising Committee

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field,
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community, breakout discussion groups, and an intense social programme =
which
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event
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Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 09:04:08 +1000
From: Paula Callan <p.callan_at_QUT.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: Monographes and Open Access

Hi Falk

RE: your question ".... does open access increase or decrease sales fig=
ures of hardcopy monographs?"

A really interesting paper by Colin Steele, from the Australian National Un=
iversity in Australia, on the future of the scholarly monograph, cites a pa=
per Eve Gray and Associates that may provide the 'evidence' you are seeking=
.

BOOK TO THE FUTURE: 21ST CENTURY MODELS FOR THE
SCHOLARLY MONOGRAPH
Colin Steele
Excerpt:
"...Evidence from those publishers who provide material free of charge on t=
he web is that
free access to books on the web actually generate more conventional book sa=
les. A
South African Open Access publishing project made books available free of c=
harge
online, but then the sales turnover of the HRSC Press in question rose by 3=
00%. The
conclusion was that "availability of full text online for scholarly publica=
tions does
push up sales". (Eve Gray and Associates, 2004)" p5
http://dspace.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/43261/1/Charleston_publishing_docum=
ent.pdf

Referenced source:
Eve Gray and Associates. (2004) Digital Publishing and Open Access for Soci=
al
Science Research Dissemination. p22. Available at
http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/eve_gray.pdf

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e-Research Access Coordinator
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
CRICOS No. 00213J
Email: p.callan_at_qut.edu.au Ph: (07) 3138 8336
Location: V704 Library (Gardens Point Campus)
http://eprints.qut.edu.au

Publications
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ACCESS-FORUM_at_LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG] On Behalf Of Reckling, Falk, Dr.
Sent: Saturday, 28 February 2009 5:27 PM
To: AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM_at_LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG
Subject: Monographes and Open Access

Is anybody aware of recent valid empirical studies on monographes in scienc=
e and humanities and open access? For example, does open access increase o=
r decrease sales figures of hardcopy mongraphes?

Many thanks, all the best
Falk Reckling
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