Models for open access

[Heather Morrison <heatherm@eln.bc.ca>]

For publishers and libraries ready to transition to open access, 
there are many options for support, both technical and 
consulting.

One such option is the non-profit Scholarly Exchange, which 
provides a range of high-quality services (from software hosting 
to publishing consulting services) at low price, depending on the 
needs and desires of the journal.  Scholarly Exchange uses the 
free, open source Open Journal Systems, so there is no software 
cost.

One of the success stories listed on their website is 
Contemporary Management Research, sponsored by The Academy of 
Taiwan Information Systems Research.

Using free software and efficient, low-cost services makes it 
much more feasible for an association to start and run a 
high-quality journal than you might think.  In another Scholarly 
Exchange success story, Dr. Kleinman of Advances in Disease 
Surveillance says that Open Journal Systems is so easy to use, 
they were up and running within a matter of days.

More information about Scholarly Exchange can be found at: 
http://www.scholarlyexchange.org/index.html

Please note that I have no affiliation with Scholarly Exchange, 
although SFU Library (where I work) is a partner in the Public 
Knowledge Project, which produces the free, open source Open 
Journal Systems.

Heather Morrison
http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com