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Date: 11 April 2014 05:02<br>Subject: [GOAL] New AOASG blog: An effective market for APCs?<br>To: "<a href="mailto:goal@eprints.org">goal@eprints.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:goal@eprints.org">goal@eprints.org</a>><br>
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<div>The AOASG has published a new blog; “An effective market for APCs?” <a href="http://aoasg.org.au/2014/04/11/an-effective-market-for-apcs/" target="_blank">http://aoasg.org.au/2014/04/11/an-effective-market-for-apcs/</a> which analyses and discusses some of the findings
and recommendations arising from the report: <span style="line-height:24px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><i>Developing an effective market for article processing charges. </i>The
implications of some of the proposed scenarios are explored and some of the highlights from the report are listed including issues with the management of article processing charges, the mega journal revolution and the uptake of open access. </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,254,254)"><font color="#444444" face="Open Sans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:24px">The
blog also discusses the information recently released by Wellcome Trust on their expenditure on article processing funds - the amounts and the </span></font></span><font color="#444444" face="Open Sans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:24px">recipients.
This new report and the Wellcome Trust numbers together highlight some of the many substantial issues related to the payment of article processing charges.</span></font></div>
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<div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,254,254)"><font color="#444444" face="Open Sans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:24px">While not</span></font></span><span style="font-size:11pt"> part of the AOASG Payment for Publication:</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><a href="http://aoasg.org.au/paying-for-publication/" style="font-size:11pt;color:purple" target="_blank">http://aoasg.org.au/paying-for-publication/</a><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt">series,
this content is of course closely related. The series includes:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:15px"><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span>'Cost of Hybrid' - <a href="http://aoasg.org.au/cost-of-hybrid/" style="color:purple" target="_blank">http://aoasg.org.au/cost-of-hybrid/</a><u></u><u></u></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:15px">'Addressing the double dipping charge' - <a href="http://aoasg.org.au/addressing-the-double-dipping-charge/" style="color:purple" target="_blank">http://aoasg.org.au/addressing-the-double-dipping-charge/</a><u></u><u></u></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:15px">'Do OA funds support hybrid?' - <a href="http://aoasg.org.au/funding-hybrid/" style="color:purple" target="_blank">http://aoasg.org.au/funding-hybrid/</a><u></u><u></u></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:15px">'Not all hybrid is equal' - <a href="http://aoasg.org.au/not-all-hybrid-is-equal/" style="color:purple" target="_blank">http://aoasg.org.au/not-all-hybrid-is-equal/</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:15px"><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt">The membership model - </span><a href="http://aoasg.org.au/the-membership-model-2/" style="font-size:11pt;color:purple" target="_blank">http://aoasg.org.au/the-membership-model-2/</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:15px"><span style="font-size:11pt">Managing Article Processing Charges - </span><a href="http://aoasg.org.au/managing-article-processing-charges/" style="font-size:11pt;color:purple" target="_blank">http://aoasg.org.au/managing-article-processing-charges/</a><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></li>
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<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt"><u></u> Danny<u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt">Dr Danny Kingsley</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt">Executive Officer</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt">e: <a href="mailto:eo@aoasg.org.au" target="_blank">eo@aoasg.org.au</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt">p: <a href="tel:%2B612%206125%206839" value="+61261256839" target="_blank">+612 6125 6839</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt">w: <a href="http://www.aoasg.org.au" target="_blank">www.aoasg.org.au</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt">t: @openaccess_oz</p>
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