SKS Open Science project Open Science project Goals
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SKS Open Science -project
Open Science -project Goals of the SKS Open Science -project: • chart the national and international open access fields. • present the possible opportunities and challenges of open access book publishing. • find out the economic boundary conditions of open access publishing and chart the technological demands. • chart the SKS: s open access options. • pilot open access publishing 10. 3. 2021
Open Science -project Open access publications: • Are free to read (gratis OA). • Licensed under an open license (libre OA). • Two roads to open access: • Green open access • Gold open access 10. 3. 2021
Open Science -project Benefits of open access: • Dissemination • Visibility • Impact of the research. 10. 3. 2021
Open Science -project Funding models: • Book Publishing Charge (BPC) • Typically range between € 5 000 -15 000 • Institutional support • Usually university presses • Library consortium • E. g. Knowledge Unlatched, Open Library of Humanities • Freemium • E. g. Open Book Publishers 10. 3. 2021
Open Science -project In 2016 • SKS pilots open access book publishing with the international Studia Fennica -bookseries. • 6 sub-series: • Studia Fennica Anthropologica • Studia Fennica Ethnologica • Studia Fennica Folkloristica • Studia Fennica Historica • Studia Fennica Linguistica • Studia Fennica Litteraria 10. 3. 2021
Open Science -project Studia Fennica –series • Finnish publication forum ranking: 2. • In the future books in the series will be available through print on demand. • Thank you! 10. 3. 2021