Roundtable on Open Access Publishing: How (Badly) are we Coping as OA Journal Editors? [DH Common Room]

Various members of this group are involved in journals that reflect the early ideals of the Open Access movement: using the virtually free distribution afforded by the Internet and the custom of voluntary academic labour in journal editing and reviewing to run internet-based journals which neither readers nor authors need to pay to access. Green and Gold Open Access models have now become institutionalised as adaptions of the practices of large capitalist publishers and the hard sciences, but the lively ecosystem of free-access journals generally sits outside OA discussions. We will compare notes on how things are going for these journals: are we coping? Are we adapting? Can we share ideas? Or even just share angst 🙂 Everyone is welcome to chip in, whatever their relationship with journals.

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The DH Common Room is a regular, informal community-building space for the Digital Humanities Research Group. Drop by to meet colleagues working on or interested in DH-related research. The DCCH office will be open from 12-2, with tea and coffee making facilities provided (bringing your own mug is encouraged). Come along for as long as you want during that time and feel free to bring lunch with you.