How to get your institution ready for

open access monographs

Ellen Collins, Research Information Network

Jisc DigiFest, 11 March 2014

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Your turn!

• Which areas of the institution might be affected by

wider use of OA monographs?

• Where might the opportunities and barriers be

within each area to wider use of OA monographs?

Top tips (from our research)

• The whole organisation is important

• What do researchers want?

• Systems, software and integration

• Third parties

• Books are not just bigger journal articles

• Consumers as well as producers

Thanks!

ellen.collins@researchinfonet.org

@ellenscollins