Open Access and the Humanities
Contexts, Controversies and the Future

A full account of the changes in scholarly communication in the digital age. This title is also available as Open Access via Cambridge Books Online.

Martin Paul Eve (Author)

9781107097896, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 27 November 2014

226 pages, 6 b/w illus. 1 table
22.5 x 14.7 x 2 cm, 0.39 kg

'Not only does Eve convincingly explain core concepts in open access, but he also offers well-informed discussions of points of contention.' Lisa Spiro, Digital Scholarship in the Humanities

If you work in a university, you are almost certain to have heard the term 'open access' in the past couple of years. You may also have heard either that it is the utopian answer to all the problems of research dissemination or perhaps that it marks the beginning of an apocalyptic new era of 'pay-to-say' publishing. In this book, Martin Paul Eve sets out the histories, contexts and controversies for open access, specifically in the humanities. Broaching practical elements alongside economic histories, open licensing, monographs and funder policies, this book is a must-read for both those new to ideas about open-access scholarly communications and those with an already keen interest in the latest developments for the humanities. This title is also available as Open Access via Cambridge Books Online.

Preface
1. Introduction, or why open access?
2. Digital economics
3. Open licensing
4. Monographs
5. Innovations
Glossary of open access terms
Bibliography.

Subject Areas: Encyclopaedias & reference works [GB]