Whose scholarship? Our Scholarship!

Abstract

Two talks at the University of Regina on October 24, 2013, as part of Open Access Week. Whose scholarship? Our scholarship! explains the inelastic market in which scholars, universities, students and some scholarly publishers face difficult economic conditions while a few large commercial scholarly publishers reap profits in the billions. Recommendations for action, including supporting the tri-agency draft open access policy and DORA, are presented. The presentation Open access: trends and policies was delivered to an administrator's group. Data for calculation of publisher profits is presented.