As discussed in the observation “Open Access Monographs,” published in March 2021, increasing attention has been paid in recent years to strategies for successfully publishing open access (OA) monographs and other long-form publications such as book chapters. Martin Eve and Anthony Cond described 2021 as “the year of the ‘starting pistol’” for OA books, with the release of Plan S guidelines for OA monographs, UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) new OA policy that for the first time applies to monographs, and the countdown to the UK’s next Research Excellence Framework (REF) (2021). This observation summarizes select developments related to OA monograph publishing over the past year.

1. open scholarship
2. open scholarship policy observatory
3. policy analysis

Original publication: Winter, Caroline. "Open Access Monographs Update." Open Scholarship Policy Observatory, 29 Sep. 2022, https://ospolicyobservatory.uvic.ca/open-access-monographs-update/.

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