Open access for books is increasingly on the agenda, but policies in this area remain fragmented and often unclear. The PALOMERA project has recently mapped the European funder and institutional landscape, and put forward recommendations aimed at better alignment. While rooted in Europe, the project deliberately opens the conversation to a global scale, acknowledging that research flows across borders.
This raises important questions:
- How can policies for books catch up with those for journals?
- What kinds of political, cultural, or economic barriers stand in the way?
- How do local contexts influence what “good” policy looks like?
The article “Let’s Talk About Open Access Policies for Academic Books”, by @Niels shares key findings and invites stakeholders worldwide—funders, publishers, institutions, and researchers—to contribute perspectives and feedback.
Read the article here and join the discussion 