Open AccessA brief saga about open access books
Author(s) -
Niels Stern
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nordic perspectives on open science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2464-1839
DOI - 10.7557/11.5751
Subject(s) - publishing , order (exchange) , focus (optics) , political science , open access publishing , point (geometry) , public access , public relations , library science , world wide web , computer science , public administration , business , law , physics , geometry , mathematics , optics , finance
Monographs and academic books are increasingly becoming a focus point in the open access debate and policy developments. This article gives a personal account of the rationale behind open access book publishing and open infrastructures for books. It elaborates on the need for collaboration between the actors in the community in order to sustain open access book publishing to the benefit of the scholarly community and the public at large.