Open access book policies: The author’s experience

Wednesday 2 October, 14:00-15:00 BST / 15:00-16:00 CEST

Register for the webinar

At this free online event, we will hear from four authors about their experiences of publishing an open access (OA) book, and how they navigated policy mandates to publish OA. 

Jenneke van der Wal (Leiden University), Arturs Logins (Laval University), Evi Agostini (University of Vienna) and Miloud Belkoniene (University of Zurich) will share the process of publishing their OA books, from choosing a publisher to seeing the book shared openly, and whether this was different from their other publishing experiences. We will delve into the advantages and disadvantages of policy mandates from the author’s perspective: what difference did it make to be subject to a policy mandate (or not)? What advice and/or funding was available throughout the process and what were the challenges? What support would they like to have had and what would they do differently next time? And how has the experience of publishing an OA book influenced the authors’ views of open access?

We warmly invite you to register for the webinar and we hope to see you there! 

This event is part of the Open Access Books Network’s PALOMERA Series. PALOMERA is an EU-funded project that seeks to understand why so few OA funder policies include books, and to provide actionable recommendations to change this. The Open Access Books Network (OABN) is a free, open network that shares resources, events and discussion about OA books.