Building Inclusive Community-Based Models for Open Humanistic Scholarship

This session offers two case studies for community-based models that bring together diverse expertise to support open and innovative humanistic scholarship. Path to Open, a three-year pilot hosted by JSTOR, tests a new funding model for open access monographs. In 2023 the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) launched a mixed-stakeholder community forum that offers guidance to JSTOR in developing transparent policies and creating a sustainable structure beyond the pilot. The forum aims to build a more equitable model for open monograph publishing. "Advancing HBCU Scholarship, Diversifying Digital Publishing" is a collaboration among the HBCU Library Alliance, Brown University Digital Publications (BUDP), and the University of Michigan Press to build capacity for developing enhanced born-digital monographs. Librarians at three HBCUs, mentored by BUDP and Michigan Press, will obtain the necessary skill set to support a member of their faculty in authoring a born-digital monograph that will be published open access.

Publication Date

2024 June

46th Annual Meeting

45

"Inflection Point: Setting the Course for the Future of Scholarly Communication" Huge growth in proposals and publications, a greater focus on researchers as both author and reader, evolving open access publishing models, and the urgent need for equity and inclusion are disrupting traditional publishing infrastructure and processes. In addition, the explosive capabilities of artificial intelligence will likely disrupt every facet of scholarly communication, but represent both opportunities and threats. We are at an inflection point—our decisions will determine both the value we deliver as an industry, as well as the values we reflect as a community.