Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of National Library of Sweden, Swedish Research Council or Riksbankens Jubileumsfond A National Consortium for Open Academic Books in Sweden An investigation funded by National Library of Sweden, Swedish Research Council and Riksbankens Jubileumsfond Final Report DOI: 10.3384/liu:diva-94273 June 2013 Contact: David Lawrence, Linköping University davla@ep.liu.se Team Members Katarina Bernhardsson, Lund University Jörgen Eriksson, Lund University Karin Henning, University of Gothenburg Camilla Hertil Lindelöw, Stockholm University David Lawrence (coordinator), Linköping University Thomas Neidenmark, Stockholm University Maja Pelling, University of Gothenburg Aina Svensson, Uppsala University Content 1. Objectives……………………………………………………………………… 2 2. Concluding recommendations…………………………………………………. 2 2.1 Overall………………………………………………………….. 2 2.2 Funders…………………………………………………………. 2 2.3 Publishers……………………………………………………..... 3 3. Background…………………………………………………………………….. 3 4. Communication with those involved in the publishing process………………... 5 4.2 Workshop with publishers……………………………………… 5 4.2 Participation in the EU project “Going for Gold” development.. 6 4.3 Meeting with Funding Agencies………………………………...7 4.4 Meeting with the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)………………..8 4.5 Meetings with Researchers……………………………………... 8 5. Quality Control of Books………………………………………………………. 9 6. Organization and Workflow for Open Academic Books in Sweden…………... 10 7. Economic Considerations………………………………………………………. 14 8. Prestige…………………………………………………………………………. 15 9. Bibliometrics…………………………………………………………………… 15 10. OA Business Models………………………………………………………….. 16 11. The Next Step…………………………………………………………………. 16 12. Reference List………………………………………………………………….17 Appendix A: Standard questions for researchers Appendix B: Meetings, Seminars, Workshops Conferences that project members were involved with