Open Access and the Humanities : Contexts, Controversies and the Future

Abstract

If you work in a university, you are almost certain to have heard the term 'open access' in the past couple of years. You may also have heard either that it is the utopian answer to all the problems of research dissemination or perhaps that it marks the beginning of an apocalyptic new era of 'pay-to-say' publishing. In this book, Martin Paul Eve sets out the histories, contexts and controversies for open access, specifically in the humanities. Broaching practical elements alongside economic histories, open licensing, monographs and funder policies, this book is a must-read for both those new to ideas about open-access scholarly communications and those with an already keen interest in the latest developments for the humanities. <p> - Provides a comprehensive guide to open access for humanities researchers, written by a humanities researcher <br> - Covers a full range of phenomena concerning open access and the humanities, including economics, funder policies, open licensing and monographs<br> - Situates open access within broader paradigms of politics and the university, not shying away from controversy