From: "Cliff Lynch cliff@cni.org" Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2019 17:37:30 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [12.90.237.218] (account clifford@cni.org HELO [172.20.0.95]) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.2.7) with ESMTPSA id 35821500 for cni-announce@cni.org; Sat, 26 Oct 2019 17:27:31 -0400 X-Original-Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2019 10:26:10 -0400 X-Original-To: cni-announce@cni.org X-Original-Message-ID: <20191026102610678143.279288c8@cni.org> Subject: Knowledge Exchange Book on Economy of Open Scholarship MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: GyazMail version 1.6.1 The Knowledge Exchange is a joint undertaking of some six European organiza= tions, including JISC in the UK and DFG in Germany (both CNI members). They= 've done a great deal of work on changes in the scholarly communication sys= tem, and have recently published a book examining the economics of the tran= sition to open scholarship that I think will be of interest to many in the = CNI community. This can be found at http://www.knowledge-exchange.info/event/os-collective-action Below, more details on this work. Clifford Lynch Director, CNI ---------------------------------------- I'm happy to let you know that=A0Knowledge Exchange=A0(KE) has published=A0= its first book "The Economy of Open Scholarship and the Need for Collective= Action".=A0 The transition to Open Scholarship is immensely difficult and in this book = we look for ways to move forward in realizing the full potential of opennes= s. =A0 The book aims to increase understanding of the challenges to make scholarsh= ip more open.=A0=A0It=A0addresses various perspectives offered by=A0KE's Op= en Scholarship Framework, combining levels (micro, meso and macro-level act= ors), arenas (political, economic, social, technical) and research phases (= discovery, planning, project phase, dissemination). =A0 As many of the challenges in navigating the transition to Open Scholarship = are economic, the focus of the book is on the=A0economic arena. In addition= , great attention is given to the incentives, actions and influences of=A0m= eso-level actors: groups, communities or organisations such as universities= , disciplines, scholarly societies or publishers because of their enormous = impact on developing open scholarship. =A0 Taking in the Open Scholarship landscape, the authors of the book - experts= and experienced actors in the field of Open Scholarship - look at the stak= eholders and their interactions and networks. They examine the historic dev= elopments leading to the current organisational complexity, responsibility = issues, conflicting motives and values, and the importance of interaction b= etween institutions. =A0 The authors analyse how economic models can be applied to scholarship and c= onclude that economic theory cannot fully explain nor prescribe how Open Sc= holarship can be achieved. The challenges to achieve Open Scholarship, such= as gravitational hubs and the complex governance of common pool resources,= are highlighted. =A0 The conclusion of the book is that for a successful transition to Open Scho= larship,=A0collective action approaches=A0and establishment of a supportive= infrastructure are key. =A0 The Knowledge Exchange=A0(KE) partners are six key national organizations w= ithin Europe tasked with developing infrastructure and services to enable t= he use of digital technologies to improve higher education and research:=A0= CSC=A0in Finland,=A0CNRS=A0in France,=A0DAFSHE=A0in Denmark=A0,=A0DFG=A0in = Germany,=A0Jisc=A0in the UK and=A0SURF=A0in the Netherlands.