Developing an Open Access Policy for ASPP

Developing an Open Access Policy for ASPP

• The ASPP• Open Access and Monographs• Timeline• Outcomes and outputs

Awards to Scholarly Publications Program (ASPP)

• For scholarly books• 180 publication grants & 5 translation grants per year

• Administered by the Federation, funded by SSHRC

• Currently no Open Access policy

Open Access and Monographs

• Discussions about journal OA important, but not sufficient for monographs

• Rapidly changing policy environment

• International scan of current practice important

• Broad consultation essential

Timeline

Outcomes

• An Open Access policy for ASPP

• The Federation serves its members and the broader community by facilitating the discussion

Outputs

• International policy scan and analysis

• Draft policy – Spring 2014• Consultation period – Summer 2014• Event at Congress 2014• Final Open Access Policy in early 2015

Contacts:

For Open Access Project: Eleanor Fast efast@ideas-idees.ca

For ASPP: Jessica Clark jclark@ideas-idees.ca