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A New Collaborative Model for OA Monographs
Christina EmeryPartnership Manager
Knowledge [email protected]
What is Knowledge Unlatched? What we’ve done so far KU Select 2016 KU Research What can you do? Questions
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KU – LondonKU – BerlinKU – USAKU Research – Perth
Knowledge Unlatched
Collaborate initiative – libraries and publishers working together
A road to OA A space to learn together KU Research
KU in 60 seconds: http://www.knowledgeunlatched.org/ku-in-60-seconds/
What is Knowledge Unlatched?
1980
2010
3000
350
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19902000
Print Runs for Academic Books
1000
A very small market (libraries) Library budgets under pressure Journals have become (much) more expensive The number of monograph titles has increased Print runs for each title have decreased Publishers must spread the costs of publishing
each title over a smaller number of copies
Why Are Books In Trouble?
Knowledge Unlatched is helping libraries from around the world to coordinate their monograph purchases
Libraries can choose to jointly offer a Title Fee payment to publishers
In return, publishers make titles selected by the community Open Access on a Creative Commons licence without an embargo
How Does it Work?
The Title Fee represents the basic cost of publishing a book
Payment of the Title Fee allows publishers to feel confident that they will break even on each title
Because the Title Fee is a fixed amount as the number of libraries pledging increases, the cost per library decreases
What is a Title Fee?
Two Rounds of Frontlist Books
What we’ve done so far
Pilot – 28 books from 13 publishersDownloads in 18 months – 70,000 in 175 countries (avg 2.5k per book)
Round 2 – 78 books from 26 publishersUnlatching from April 2016
Libraries Participating in KU
16744%
8522%
5314%
287%
246%
236% United States (167)
United Kingdom (85)
Other* (53)
Australia (28)
Germany (24)
Canada (23)
Excluding Consortia
Five Subjects
Round 2
History (2 packages) Literature Politics Media & Communications Anthropology
Key Features of Round 2
78 books in 8 packages
Minimum for 6 packages - £1,823
Maximum for all eight packages - £2,683
Capped amount – avg ca. £34 per book
Edinburgh UPLiverpool UPManchester UPPurdue UPRutgers UPTemple UPMichigan UP
Pilot Publishers (all also in Round 2)
Amsterdam UPBloomsbury AcademicBrillCambridge UPDe GruyterDuke UP
Leiden UPMonash UPColorado UPUbiquityPenn State UPBerghahnFordham UP
Round 2 – additional publishers
Yale UPRoutledgePlutoToronto UPBrandeis UPDartmouth UP
Accessing the Bookswww.collections.knowledgeunlatched.org
Expanding Front list 150 titles Publishing dates Q1-2017 17 subject areas in HSS
Exploring Backlist 150 titles Published in 2005-2015 17 subject areas in HSS
Next: KU Select 2016
Apr-May: Submission of titles June: Selection process completed
by librarian committee
July: Metadata & website prep, author
permissions etc Aug-Nov: Library pledging period Dec-Jan: Billing libraries & unlatching
2017: Expansion to Journals
KU Select 2016 - Timeline
PartnersCLOCKSSHathiTrustJisc CollectionsLYRASISMax Planck SocietyNew York Public LibraryOAPENPortico
Key SupportersBig Innovation CentreBritish Library TrustOpen Society Foundation
Founding LibrariesQueensland University of TechnologyThe University of MelbourneThe University of Western Australia
KU Research
Developing an international network of researchers, librarians, publishers and digital intermediaries
Focussed on understanding processes of innovation and change in research communication ecologies
Utilising data and networks arising from KU Exploring the distribution and uses of OA books Methodologies for sharing data with stakeholder
communities
What can you do?
1. Start discussions with colleagues about KU2. Earmark acquisitions budget for KU Select 2016 3. Pre-register on our website for updates:http://www.knowledgeunlatched.org
4. Send us nominations for the Library Selection Committee.
Thank You!
Connect with us on:Twitter @KunlatchedFacebook /KnowledgeUnlatchedLinkedIn /company/knowledge-unlatched
Winner: IFLA/Brill Award for Open Access 2014Winner: Curtin University Award for Best Innovation in Education 2015
Questions?
Christina Emery – KU, Partnership [email protected]
Assoc. Prof. Lucy Montgomery – KU Research, [email protected]
http://www.knowledgeunlatched.org http://collections.knowledgeunlatched.org
