This new and thought-provoking series will provide researchers, students, policymakers and practitioners with the latest critical thinking on Open Access. With contributions from international experts, titles in the series will be relevant to those working in a wide-range of disciplines, including library, archival and information science, media studies, communication studies and publishing studies.
To submit proposals, please contact the Routledge Editor for Library, Archival and Information Science, Heidi Lowther ([email protected]).
By Stephen Pinfield
June 28, 2024
Achieving Global Open Access explores some of the key conditions that are necessary to deliver global Open Access (OA) that is effective and equitable. Often assumed to be a self-evident good, OA has been subject to growing criticism for perpetuating global inequities and epistemic injustices. It ...
By Stephen Pinfield, Simon Wakeling, David Bawden, Lyn Robinson
April 29, 2022
Open Access in Theory and Practice investigates the theory-practice relationship in the domain of open access publication and dissemination of research outputs. Drawing on detailed analysis of the literature and current practice in OA, as well as data collected in detailed interviews with ...