Evans, N.; (2007) Institutional Repositories and Open Access – a threat to society publishers or an opportunity? Presented at: Open Research: Third London Conference on Opening Access to Research Publications, London, UK.

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Abstract

As scholarly publishing continues to change with the impact of new technology, society publishers are responding to perceived threats to their traditional sources of journal subscriptions in a variety of ways. Many are already experimenting with business models that involve a 'hybrid' OA supply-side business models, others are looking to sub-contract their publishing to larger commercial publishers to protect their existing revenues, while some are still biding their time in the hope that the situation will become clearer. Nearly all are looking to develop their journal "brand" to increase its value. But the increasing free availability of content through institutional repositories makes the present landscape for society publishers all the more uncertain. Will a future reduction in subscription revenues lead to the demise of journals? Can embargoes on deposit of the final version really protect the journal in a world where excellent search engines and linked repositories make it ever easier to find 'good enough' content? How can they adapt and change to provide the services their members expect? In this talk Nick Evans attempts to thread a path through the difficult terrain of OA and IRs, and looks for some possible ways that society publishers in particular might learn to cope.

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