He is also a fellow of trinity college, where he is a director of studies in economics. A recent springernature report on oa books has significant data weaknesses. Sep 30, 2015 rupert gatti open book publishers zeeba tv is part of the river valley group of companies. Publishers panel on open access book publishing rupert gatti, open book publishers. Nick lindsay, journal and open access, mit press october 1, 2019 11. We want to make sure that change is for the better. Dr gatti is also is a cofounder and director of open book publishers. 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. Our team open book publishers open book publishers. Slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. Welcome and apologies the chair welcomed members to. Obps business model part one there is quite a lot of discussion about how to finance the costs of publishing monographs in open access. Faculty of economics austin robinson building sidgwick avenue cambridge cb3 9dd united kingdom.
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. Dr rupert gatti is a cofounder of open book publishers. While lots of alternative business models have been identified, actual hard data on the. A coalition of libraries and publishers rupert gatti. Dr rupert gatti is a university teaching officer in the faculty of economics at the university of cambridge. 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. Panelists discuss the economics and sustainability of open. 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. Open book publishers statement on knowledge unlatched. John rupert james gatti personal appointments free. 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.
Obp believes that knowledge should be available to everyone. Rupert gatti is a fellow and director of studies in economics at trinity college, cambridge. 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. 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. While lots of alternative business models have been identified, actual hard data on the rupert gatti. Our codirector rupert gatti worked with operas to develop operas platforms and services white paper. Paul peters took over as hindawis ceo in july 2015 after spending the previous 11 years helping develop the business. He is a fellow of trinity college, cambridge, where he is a director of studies in economics. View rupert gattis profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community.
Rupert gatti is a cofounder and the third director of open book publishers. Rupert gatti is a cofounder codirector of open book publishers. Founded as a nonprofit by scholars at cambridge in 2008, open book publishers has now published over 80 high. 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. Rupert gatti explained how hean economist at trinity collegestarted open book publishers out of frustration. I am most grateful to open book publishers, in particular rupert gatti and alessandra tosi. 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. 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. 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.
An interview with alessandra tosi and rupert gatti part one ten years ago today open book publishers was born. Open book publishers, rupert gatti linkedin slideshare. 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. 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. Community coalition the academic book of the future. What were working on in 2019, the group is focused on.
The publication of a hardcopy book at open book publishers ranges between. 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. Here they will have a stand with books, promotional materials, and open access digital editions from a. If you believe that knowledge should be available to everyone, you can support our work with a monthly pledge and become part of the obp community. His published academic work includes microeconomic analysis of competition in online markets, game theory and search theory. Scholarled to pilot major international oa publishing project. We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the polonsky foundation, the thriplow charitable trust, the jessica e. Economics fellow at trinity college cambridge and director at open book publishers.
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. Founder, rupert gatti, alessandra tosi and william st clair. Rupert gatti open book publishers zeeba tv is part of the river valley group of companies. Publishers panel on open access book publishing humanities. 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. He is a fellow of trinity college, cambridge, where he is a director of studies in. Apr 18, 2019 open book publishers obp invited adam hyde to cambridge, uk to discuss workflow on april 12. Funding for it might be sought from the european commission, from other eu projects, or from membership fees. Scholarled is a consortium of five scholarled, notforprofit, open access book publishers that was formed in 2018. See what rupert gatti will be attending and learn more about the event taking place nov 4 8, 2019 in charleston, sc, usa.
Obp is now the biggest open access academic publisher of monographs in the uk. Academic publishing july 2019 the hub by london bookfair. Open book publishers has received a great deal of general media interest. His is also a director and cofounder of open book publishers an award winning open access publisher of monographs and textbooks. Martin keegan and rupert gatti presented progress so far against the original goals. For more information about copim or to learn more about scholarled, please contact us at infoat. Role active director appointed on 24 september 2008. Open book publishers, a signatory of the budapest open access initiative, shows that an open access model of publishing can be sustainable. I have written up my concerns in a recent blogpost. 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.
Gatti contrasted oa publishing with legacy publishing and emphasized the different orders of magnitude of the audience for these models. Dr stuart taylor publishing director, royal society. Rupert gatti director open book publishers linkedin. Official website, open book publishers obp is an open access academic book publisher based in the united. Rupert gatti director at open book publishers cambridge, united kingdom higher education. Next steps on the project will be discussed by a group comprising proudman, rupert gatti of open book publishers, pierre mounier of operas, and andrea bertino of sub goettingen. There is quite a lot of discussion about how to finance the costs of publishing monographs in open access. Open book relies on sales and donations to continue publishing highquality and free to read titles. 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. Brine charitable trust and the progress foundation. 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. Rupert gatti is a fellow and director of studies in economics at trinity college, cambridge university. He is a cofounder and director of the award winning open access book publishers, open book publishers. This presentation was provided by rupert gatti of open book publishers during a niso virtual conference, opening up education, held on april 19, 2017.
His previous roles included head of business development before moving into the role of hindawis chief strategy officer. Open book publishers was founded in 2008 by rupert gatti and alessandra tosi, both academics from the university of cambridge. 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. The oa switchboard initiative is initially being overseen by open access scholarly publishers association oaspa, a company registered under company number 52791092 whose. Jun 07, 2010 rupert gatti explained how hean economist at trinity collegestarted open book publishers out of frustration.
The group comprises crossref members and nonmembers, and is led by a chair and crossref staff facilitators. Check out what rupert gatti will be attending at 2019 charleston library conference. He is also a fellow of trinity college, cambridge, where he is director of studies in economics. 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. 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 are a nonprofit independent publisher with no institutional backing. Press, maja maricevic british library, martin eve open library of humanities, roger kain sas ros pyne springer nature, rupert gatti open book publishers, susan bruce arts and humanities alliance. His research interests include search theory, game theory, and the economic analysis of online markets. Dr rupert gatti networks of evidence and expertise for. 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. 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. By the spring of 2016, it had 77 books in its catalogue, all of which are free to read online.
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. 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. 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. Open book publishers community interest company 06707027 company status active correspondence address 40 devonshire road, cambridge, cambridgeshire, cb1 2bl.