06. Opening the Future: Introduction and Description
How Opening the Future actually works is very simple, on both the publisher and the library side. It is a revenue model for open access monographs in which a press solicits a relatively small financial contribution from a moderate number of academic libraries, in order to cover the costs of new OA publications. Pooling the library contributions means that no one bears a disproportionate burden and, combined, the small amounts go further.
This section describes the model in detail and explains how it differs from other similar models. It also provides some direct feedback from those who have already implemented the model.
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Benefits to the publisher Benefits to library investors (members) How to Launch OtF in 10 Eas...
Why OA (for books), and why collective funding?
Traditional academic monograph sales are declining. The sector needs some kind of change in ord...
What is Opening the Future?
It is a revenue model utilising a Press' closed backlist to fund the open access frontlist. T...
What Opening the Future is NOT, and the importance of working with libraries in good faith
This is not a transformative agreement which links institutional support of a Press to their ow...
Comments from current users of Opening the Future
Hear from staff at Central European University Press and Liverpool University Press, who have bot...