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    'Total cost of ownership' of scholarly communication: managing subscription and APC payments together

    Lawson, Stuart (2015) 'Total cost of ownership' of scholarly communication: managing subscription and APC payments together. Learned Publishing 28 (1), pp. 9-13. ISSN 0953-1513.

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    Abstract

    Managing subscription journals and open access charges together has created challenges which may in part be dealt with by offsetting the two revenue streams against each other. In order to do this, it is necessary to have reliable financial data about the extent of the two interacting markets. Jisc Collections has been undertaking data collection regarding universities’ article publication charge (APC) expenditure. This process is difficult without a standardized way of recording data, so Jisc Collections has developed a standard data collection template and is helping institutions to release data openly. If available data become more comprehensive and transparent, then all parties (libraries, publishers, research funders, and intermediaries) will have better knowledge of the APC market and can more accurately predict the effects of offsetting.

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    Item Type: Article
    Keyword(s) / Subject(s): article processing charges, open access
    School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication
    Depositing User: Stuart Lawson
    Date Deposited: 27 Jul 2015 14:17
    Last Modified: 09 Aug 2023 12:36
    URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/12571

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