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Open book publishers, a signatory of the budapest open access initiative, shows that an open access model of publishing can be sustainable. Gary hall and janneke adema will be joining open book publishers rupert gatti cambridge university to promote and represent the radical open access collective at the ahrc common ground event in york on tuesday the 21st of june. His research interests include search theory, game theory, and the economic analysis of online markets. Many are the debts i have incurred in the editing of this book, but the greatest debt precedes the actual process of editing, since it dates from my time as a visiting lecturer at lund university in the late 1990s. The first session kicked off with a talk from rupert gatti, fellow in economics at trinity and one of the founders of open book publishers, explaining why the future is open access. His is also a director and cofounder of open book publishers an award winning open access publisher of monographs and textbooks.

Economics fellow at trinity college cambridge and director at open book publishers. Publishers panel on open access book publishing humanities. Apr 20, 2017 this presentation was provided by rupert gatti of open book publishers during a niso virtual conference, opening up education, held on april 19, 2017. Rupert gatti explained how hean economist at trinity collegestarted open book publishers out of frustration. The oa switchboard initiative is initially being overseen by open access scholarly publishers association oaspa, a company registered under company number 52791092 whose. Sep 30, 2015 rupert gatti open book publishers zeeba tv is part of the river valley group of companies. The group comprises crossref members and nonmembers, and is led by a chair and crossref staff facilitators. Slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. It was there that i first met larshakan svensson, now of linkoping university, and briefly jesper svenbro, of the centre louis gernetpoets and scholars who had modelled. Jun 07, 2010 rupert gatti explained how hean economist at trinity collegestarted open book publishers out of frustration. Brine charitable trust and the progress foundation. See what rupert gatti will be attending and learn more about the event taking place nov 4 8, 2019 in charleston, sc, usa.

John henderson read a draft version of the book with his unique speed and acumen and. We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the polonsky foundation, the. The oa switchboard initiative is initially being overseen by open access scholarly publishers association oaspa, a company registered under company number 52791092 whose registered office is at prins willemalexanderhof 5, 2595 be, the hague, the netherlands. Nick lindsay, journal and open access, mit press october 1, 2019 11. Panelists discuss the economics and sustainability of open.

He is a fellow of trinity college, cambridge, where he is a director of studies in economics. Dr gatti is also is a cofounder and director of open book publishers. Richard mollett publishers association riczhard whitney dmu ros barber goldsmiths ros pyne palgrave rosie stanbury wellcome ross macfarlane wellcome rupert gatti open book publishers rupert mann oup sandra bracegirdle manchester university library sara gould ethos manager, bl sara perry uni of york sarah barrow lincoln uni. While lots of alternative business models have been identified, actual hard data on the rupert gatti.

Nonprofit, scholarled and now the leading uk open access publisher in the humanities and social sciences, obp began as a smallscale experiment, a passion. Rupert gatti economics fellow at trinity college cambridge. Official website, open book publishers obp is an open access academic book publisher based in the united. Community coalition the academic book of the future. We are seeking to develop powerful, practical ways for smallscale, scholarled open access presses to grow and flourish in a publishing landscape that is changing rapidly. They gave their enthusiastic support when i approached them with the idea for this project earlier this year and showed remarkable patience when the typescript took longer to materialize than initially anticipated. He is also a fellow of trinity college, where he is a director of studies in economics. At open book publishers an oa book publisher we have been making concerted efforts to collect and collate usage data from multiple platforms, and to present this data online. Rupert will outline the titles forthcoming in this series and describe publication and funding innovations developed with the first title to be publishedthe revised edition of the classic oral literature in africa by ruth finnegan. Rupert gatti director at open book publishers cambridge, united kingdom higher education.

Marc mierowsky scholarly monographs present one aspect of open access oa publishing that is just beginning to see the sustained analysis that comes with reliable data. View rupert gattis profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Publishers will not sell books they deem to be in unpublishable areas even though they match their quality criteria and if they are published, these. His published academic work includes microeconomic analysis of competition in online markets, game theory and search theory. The books interest group serves as a resource for crossref and its participants to surface, discuss and make progress on metadata and workflow issues unique to book publishers. Were open book publishers, a notforprofit, scholarled open access academic press, and were dedicated to making outstanding books that are free for everybody to read. Obp believes that knowledge should be available to everyone. Faculty of economics austin robinson building sidgwick avenue cambridge cb3 9dd united kingdom. Rupert gatti is a fellow and director of studies in economics at trinity college, cambridge university. Dr rupert gatti is a university teaching officer in the faculty of economics at the university of cambridge. John rupert james gatti personal appointments free. Open book relies on sales and donations to continue publishing highquality and free to read titles. We want to make sure that change is for the better.

Aug 16, 2012 dr rupert gatti talks about the pioneering work he and his colleagues are carrying out at open book publishing, an innovative open access publisher making books from the social sciences and. Here they will have a stand with books, promotional materials, and open access digital editions from a. A coalition of libraries and publishers rupert gatti. The intention of this subproject was to create a system which would allow the standardisation of publication metadata across publishers involved in the project, with the potential for this data to be shared across publishers. We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the polonsky foundation, the thriplow charitable trust, the jessica e. Rupert gatti open book publishers zeeba tv is part of the river valley group of companies. Our team open book publishers open book publishers. Dec 02, 2015 the first session kicked off with a talk from rupert gatti, fellow in economics at trinity and one of the founders of open book publishers, explaining why the future is open access. Academic publishing july 2019 the hub by london bookfair.

Rupert gatti is a cofounder and the third director of open book publishers. Scholarled is a consortium of five scholarled, notforprofit, open access book publishers that was formed in 2018. Welcome and apologies the chair welcomed members to. Open book publishers community interest company 06707027 company status active correspondence address 40 devonshire road, cambridge, cambridgeshire, cb1 2bl. I have written up my concerns in a recent blogpost. A recent springernature report on oa books has significant data weaknesses. Open book publishers statement on knowledge unlatched. This presentation was provided by rupert gatti of open book publishers during a niso virtual conference, opening up education, held on april 19, 2017. Present were representatives from most of the presses on the project, including joe deville and julien mchardy mattering press, andreas kirchner meson press, rupert gatti and alessandra tosi open book publishers, janneke adema and gary hall open humanities press centre for postdigital cultures, eileen joy and vincent van gerven oei. Martin keegan and rupert gatti presented progress so far against the original goals. Publishers panel on open access book publishing rupert gatti, open book publishers. His previous roles included head of business development before moving into the role of hindawis chief strategy officer. Dr stuart taylor publishing director, royal society.

An interview with alessandra tosi and rupert gatti part one ten years ago today open book publishers was born. Role active director appointed on 24 september 2008. Founded as a nonprofit by scholars at cambridge in 2008, open book publishers has now published over 80 high. Dr rupert gatti fellow and director of studies in economics, trinity college, cambridge, and cofounder of open book publishers, liz ferguson vice president, editorial development, wiley and claudio aspesi independent consultant recently joined oaspa for a webinar to discuss the economics and sustainability of open access publishing. Rupert gatti is a fellow and director of studies in economics at trinity college, cambridge. Dr rupert gatti is a cofounder of open book publishers.

The publication of a hardcopy book at open book publishers ranges between. Rupert gatti director open book publishers linkedin. Paul peters took over as hindawis ceo in july 2015 after spending the previous 11 years helping develop the business. In his talk, rupert gatti will discuss the transforming landscape of academic publishing and its implications, as well as talking more specifically about open book publishers and its vision. Rupert gatti is a cofounder codirector of open book publishers. There is quite a lot of discussion about how to finance the costs of publishing monographs in open access. Funding for it might be sought from the european commission, from other eu projects, or from membership fees. Obps business model part one there is quite a lot of discussion about how to finance the costs of publishing monographs in open access. I am most grateful to open book publishers, in particular rupert gatti and alessandra tosi. We are a nonprofit independent publisher with no institutional backing. While lots of alternative business models have been identified, actual hard data on the. Rupert gatti contributed to the universities uk open access coordination groups july 2018 report open access monographs about the transition to oa for academic books.

And as part of the eu funded hirmeos project we are working to extend our existing processes and develop an open source system for collecting and collating. Dr rupert gatti talks about the pioneering work he and his colleagues are carrying out at open book publishing, an innovative open access publisher making books from the social sciences and. Open book publishers has received a great deal of general media interest. By the spring of 2016, it had 77 books in its catalogue, all of which are free to read online. He is also a fellow of trinity college, cambridge, where he is director of studies in economics. Individually we comprise mattering press, meson press, open book publishers, open humanities press, and punctum books, and collectively we are seeking to develop powerful, practical ways for smallscale, scholarled open access presses to grow and flourish in a.

Obp is now the biggest open access academic publisher of monographs in the uk. Our codirector rupert gatti worked with operas to develop operas platforms and services white paper. Open book publishers, rupert gatti linkedin slideshare. Check out what rupert gatti will be attending at 2019 charleston library conference. What were working on in 2019, the group is focused on.