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- 1. Research on Open Access monographs – a short review DFG-Workshop „Open Access für wissenschaftliche Monografien“ - 9/5/2012 Ronald Snijder
- 2. Contents • Research based on books by Amsterdam University Press – The profits of free books – OA in developed and developing countries • Research based on OAPEN: – User needs report – OAPEN-NL pilot – OAPEN-UK pilot – Scholarly and scientific impact
- 3. Books by Amsterdam University Press (1/2) “The profits of free books: an experiment to measure the impact of open access publishing ” http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/20100403 • Quantitative research; 2010 • 400 books – 300 in OA; 100 control titles • Equal data sets: subject; language; print run etc. • Main conclusions: – OA enhances discovery and usage – expected – OA has no influence on sales – unexpected
- 4. Books by Amsterdam University Press (2/2) Open Access in developed and developing countries (article under review) • Quantitative research; 2012 • Based on same data set: English language books • 180 books – 137 in OA; 43 control titles • Conclusions: – Developing countries profit more from OA: percentage of discovery and usage is significant higher
- 5. Research based on OAPEN: User needs report “Digital Monographs in the Humanities and Social Sciences: Report on User Needs” http://bit.ly/J300K6 • Qualitative research; 2010 • Interviews with 40 experts; two round table discussions; survey on 250 scholars • Main conclusions: – Most important to stakeholders: • Accessibility and dissemination • Quality – Economic viability of monograph publishing is threatened
- 6. Research based on OAPEN: OAPEN-NL pilot OAPEN-NL pilot www.oapen.nl • Evaluate OA publication model; publishing 50 OA monographs • Qualitative and quantitative; 2010-2013 • Stakeholder surveys: authors; publishers • Analysis of calculations: costs of OA monographs • Research on discovery; usage; sales: – 94 books – 49 in OA; 45 control titles • Conclusions (based on interim report): – Publishers: OA calculation is probably correct; doubts on financial sustainability – Authors: optimistic about scholarly impact of OA
- 7. OAPEN-NL calculation OA - Peer review Print - Marketing OA - Platform € 279 Print - Direct costs € 508 2% € 104 € 782 3% OA - Marketing 1% Print - € 288 5% OA - Editing Royalties € 2,121 2% € 1,060 13% 7% Print - Overhead € 851 5% Distribution OA - Type setting € 1,567 € 1,774 10% 11% OA - Overhead Print costs € 1,348 € 2,882 8% 18% OA - Direct costs € 1,780 Print costs: € 8.136 (51%) 11% OA costs: € 7.815 (49%) Cover OA - Royalties € 487 € 119 3% 1%
- 8. Research based on OAPEN: OAPEN-UK pilot (1/2) OAPEN-UK pilot http://oapen-uk.jiscebooks.org/ • Qualitative and quantitative; 2010-2015 • Stakeholders: publishers; research councils; authors; researchers and institutions • Research on discovery; usage; sales: – 58 books – 29 in OA; 29 control titles • First year results on next slide
- 9. Research based on OAPEN: OAPEN-UK pilot (2/2) OAPEN-UK pilot http://oapen-uk.jiscebooks.org/ First year results, key issues for each stakeholder: • Institutions: long-term availability of content; metadata and discovery; functionality; financial issues • Publishers: business models; brand and platforms; users’ needs; consistency; standards & costs • Academics: what matters to academics; formats and rights; drivers for change; barriers to change • HSS funders: future of monographs; funding and business models; transitions and drivers / barriers; quality; benefits of an OA model • Learned societies: business models and income streams; quality; international issues; rights • e-book aggregators: should aggregators get involved; opportunities; barriers; quality assurance • Research managers: who pays?; change in academic cultures; research funding
- 10. Research based on OAPEN: scholarly and scientific impact (1/3) • Measuring usage by several stakeholders • Quantitative; 2011-2012 • Large amount of data: – 859 monographs – 25,000 downloads – 1,500 providers
- 11. Research based on OAPEN: scholarly and scientific impact (2/3) Downloads OAPEN Library - 2011 Academic (National) 4.71% General public (International) Academic (International) 31.79% 23.11% Non-profit (National) 0.19% Non-profit (International) 0.72% Government (National) 0.30% Government (International) Business (National) 1.95% 0.20% Business (International) 0.98% Uncertain (International) General public (National) 8.83% Uncertain 26.61% (National) 0.61%
- 12. Research based on OAPEN: scholarly and scientific impact (3/3) • Test of method: used data is just a fraction of all downloads! • The last 12 months: – Almost 192,000 unique visitors – More than 301,000 books downloaded
- 13. Thank you! More on OAPEN: • www.oapen.org • www.oapen.nl • www.oapen-uk.jiscebooks.org • Twitter:@Oapenbooks Directory of Open Access Books: • www.doabooks.org • Twitter: @Doabooks Contact me: • r.snijder@aup.nl • Twitter: @Ronaldsnijder