9789085551201_OA_version.pdf

9789085551201_OA_version.pdf

In many scholarly disciplines, books - not articles - are the norm. As print runs become smaller, the question arises whether publishing monographs in open access helps to make their contents globally accessible. To answer this question, the results of multiple studies on the usage of open access bo...

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Έκδοση: Amsterdam University Press 2019
Διαθέσιμο Online:https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789085551201/the-deliverance-of-open-access-books
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spelling oapen-20.500.12657-252872023-02-01T09:33:31Z The deliverance of open access books Snijder, Ronald Open Access Monographs OAPEN Library Directory of Open Access Books bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GL Library & information sciences bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general In many scholarly disciplines, books - not articles - are the norm. As print runs become smaller, the question arises whether publishing monographs in open access helps to make their contents globally accessible. To answer this question, the results of multiple studies on the usage of open access books are presented. The research focuses on three areas: economic viability; optimization of open access monographs infrastructure and measuring the effects of open access in terms of scholarly impact and societal influence. Each chapter reviews a different aspect: book sales, digital dissemination, open licenses, user communities, measuring usage, developing countries and the effects on citations and social media. 2019-04-10 23:55 2020-03-27 15:48:21 2020-04-01T10:33:17Z 2020-04-01T10:33:17Z 2019 book 1004809 OCN: 1100549298 9789085551201 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/25287 eng application/pdf n/a 9789085551201_OA_version.pdf https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789085551201/the-deliverance-of-open-access-books Amsterdam University Press Pallas Publications 10.26530/OAPEN_1004809 10.26530/OAPEN_1004809 dd3d1a33-0ac2-4cfe-a101-355ae1bd857a 9789085551201 Pallas Publications 234 Amsterdam open access
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