UKRI has published a guide to support book publishers in their transition to sustainable open access models.

The guide:

• focuses on learned society, subject association, and smaller specialist publishers
• explains what steps can be taken to help small and specialist book publishers to transition to open access successfully and sustainably

The guide is accompanied by a report that identifies what needs to happen to help small and specialist book publishers to adopt open access models successfully and sustainably.

The report also sets out a shared vision that was co-developed with stakeholders.

Guide: 

How to begin the OA transition: a guide for smaller and specialist publishers

Report: 

Supporting learned society, subject association, and smaller specialist publishers to transition to open access book publishing

Supporting prioritisation around open access actions

The shared vision aims to support decision making and prioritisation around open access actions and investment.

UKRI worked in partnership with the following organisations on this project:

• Association of Learned Professional and Society Publishers
• British Academy
• Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association

The project was delivered by Information Power.