Managing the Monograph: developing local strategies for open access book chapters

In the current UK open access landscape, with its focus on the journal article and REF compliance, other forms of research output have been largely ignored. It could be argued that this has led the OA conversation away from disciplines whose primary output is the monograph or book chapter. This poster/lightning talk will look at how the University of Birmingham have approached addressing this area, including an analysis of existing chapters and monographs recorded in our repository, identifying key publishers used and examining the self-archiving/green OA policies of those which would have the largest impact. It will also explore how this project has led to changes in our repository team workflows and guidance information around chapters and monographs, and how this has encouraged our authors to consider open access options for their research beyond the journal article, and thus engaging our HSS academics in conversations about OA.

Poster presented at the Scholarly Communication Conference, University of Kent, 2-3 May 2019