The deliverance of open access books
Examining usage and dissemination
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https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25287/1/9789085551201_OA_version.pdfAuthor(s)
Snijder, Ronald
Language
EnglishAbstract
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.
Keywords
Open Access; Monographs; OAPEN Library; Directory of Open Access BooksISBN
9789085551201Publisher
Amsterdam University PressPublisher website
www.aup.nlPublication date and place
Amsterdam, 2019Imprint
Pallas PublicationsClassification
Library and information sciences / Museology
Research and information: general