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Where to Start? Talking with Authors About Open Access

Where to Start? Talking with Authors About Open Access
Authors are one of the most important stakeholders in the scholarly publishing landscape. Yet many struggle to fully understand the transition toward open access and how this publication option affects their scholarship and their individual careers. In this session three HSS authors with experience in open publishing across different modes–one through the TOME program for open access monographs, one through the open access journal of a scholarly society, and one through the Path to Open open access book pilot–will share their own experiences in deciding to pursue open access publication. They will address the questions and concerns they encountered along the way and provide recommendations for productive conversations with their peers. Also joining the conversation is a librarian with expertise in open access who will share experiences and offer suggestions for successful engagement with authors across disciplines.
Publication Date
May 2025

47th Annual Meeting (2025)

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Although every year in the scholarly publishing ecosystem is a balancing act of innovation, optimization, and value creation, 2025 is shaping up to be particularly challenging as the pace and scale of change is accelerating more than we’ve ever seen before. There is increasing pressure to provide value to and to meet the incredibly diverse needs of the global research community while maintaining financial health for our own organizations, living our values, and continuing to protect the scholarly record. With AI, open access, integrity, and mistrust frequently dominating the conversation, we are in the midst of an unprecedented shift in both our industry and society as a whole. As always, the SSP community continues to focus on bringing together academics, funders, librarians, publishers, service providers, technologists, researchers and countless others with a communal interest and stake in disseminating scholarly information. We look to the 47th Annual Meeting as an opportunity to continue this tradition and welcome all colleagues and community stakeholders.