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From: LIBLICENSE
Date: Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 5:19 AM
Subject: Berghahn Open Anthro: 13 anthropology journals to flipped to open
access in 2020
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From: Mirela Roncevic
Date: Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 11:05 AM
*The ground-breaking subscribe-to-open pilot – Berghahn Open Anthro – will
flip thirteen anthropology journals to open access in 2020*
*Brooklyn, NY, January 23, 2020*
Hailed as the largest concerted disciplinary journals flip to open access
since SCOAP3, Berghahn Books will take the step of publishing thirteen core
anthropology journals as open access starting with their 2020 volumes under
the subscribe-to-open model (S2O).
The availability of multiple models is paramount to maintaining a diverse,
dynamic, and enterprising publishing ecosystem. Based on librarian
curation, existing resources, and proven processes for supporting journals,
a subscribe-to-open model is now emerging that makes financing sustainable
open access more attainable, especially for smaller journals in the social
sciences and humanities.
Managing Director, Vivian Berghahn, said, “*We have been emboldened to take
this significant step, thanks not only to the overwhelmingly enthusiastic
response from the library community, who regard this approach as a
progressive model worthy of support, but by the anthropology researcher
community itself, who have mobilized as a discipline to endorse the pilot
as a means for realizing a more equitable and globally inclusive solution
for open access publishing*.”
Participating libraries include open access pioneers who have shown their
support for the pilot by subscribing to the entire collection, with other
libraries affirming their backing when renewing subscriptions at the select
title level. In adopting the model, many librarians are continuing to
underwrite the journals their faculty has always endorsed, with other
librarians drawn to a model that allows all readers and authors to benefit
from open access alongside those in their own institution.
Libraria’s Alberto Corsín Jiménez, Department of Social Anthropology,
Spanish National Research Council, commented:
“*At Libraria, we have been working hard to build open access environments
that are equitable, sustainable, and inclusive. The Berghahn **Open Anthro
pilot is an audacious and innovative project that leads the way in showing
what a responsible partnership between researchers, libraries, and
publishers can accomplish. It marks a milestone in anthropology's ongoing
commitment to make its research available to indigenous communities and the
public*.”
Curtis Brundy of Iowa State University Library adds: “*The Berghahn Open
Anthro pilot is one of the most exciting initiatives underway at this
critical moment for open access. It is exciting because it originated from
anthropologists who want to see their discipline’s literature open. And it
is exciting because Berghahn Books listened and responded with a
cooperative model that will not only make its 13 anthropology journals
open, but can serve as a model and inspiration to move all of the field’s
journals to open. This pilot and collaboration will advance openness and
deserves wide support*.”
S2O was initiated by Annual Reviews
https://www.annualreviews.org/page/subscriptions/subscribe-to-open. The
BOA adaptation was conceived and implemented in partnership with Libraria
http://libraria.cc/. Berghahn Books is also working closely with Knowledge
Unlatched http://knowledgeunlatched.org/berghahn-open-anthro/ in
introducing the model to libraries across the spectrum. Full details on
the Berghahn Open Anthro initiative, including the list of participating
libraries, can be found here
https://www.berghahnjournals.com/page/berghahn-open-anthro.
*About Berghahn Books*
Founded in 1994, Berghahn Books is an independent publisher of scholarly
books and journals in the humanities and social sciences. A peer-review,
mission-driven press, Berghahn is committed to the highest academic
standards and seeks to enable innovative contributions to the scholarship
in its fields of specialty. www.berghahnbooks.com
Contact: Vivian Berghahn, Managing Director:
vivian.berghahn@berghahnbooks.com
*About Libraria *
Established in 2015, Libraria is a collective of researchers based in the
social sciences who, drawing on the expertise of librarians, publishers,
and other stakeholders, seek to bring about a more open, diverse,
community-controlled scholarly communication system. Libraria has since
evolved into a consulting and advocacy network that aims to convene
informed conversations and catalyze demonstration projects. www.libraria.cc
Contact: Alberto Corsín Jiménez, Spanish National Research Council:
alberto.corsin-jimenez@cchs.csic.es
*About Knowledge Unlatched *
KU offers every reader worldwide free access to scholarly content. The
online platform enables libraries worldwide to centralize their support for
Open Access models from leading publishers and new initiatives in favor of
Open Access.
Contact: Philipp Hess, Publicity & Communications:
philipp@knowledgeunlatched.org
