Plan S and purpose: The future direction for UK learned societies |
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| Authors: | Jon Treadway Sarah Greaves |
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| Institution: | 1. Great North Wood Consulting, London, UK;2. Sarah Greaves STEM Consulting Limited, London, UK |
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| Abstract: | - A group of UK-based learned societies were anonymously interviewed to understand how trends are affecting their missions, strategies, and operations.
- The societies' missions focus on supporting academics and disseminating knowledge, with publishing being a means to achieve those goals rather than an end in itself.
- The responses were concerned about addressing open access (OA) but, particularly in the post-COVID-19 era, this was not necessarily their highest priority.
- The societies expressed reliance on larger corporate publishers on them to navigate the transition to OA publishing.
- The societies' focus is on evolving their missions to meet the changing needs of their academic communities, with issues around premises as a result of COVID-19 being more pressing than publishing industry changes.
- The societies face challenges in adapting to the shift to online and digital operations, particularly in regards to maintaining engagement with their members.
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| Keywords: | society mission Plan S UK learned societies |
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