2017 OPEN ACCESS WEEK: De Gruyter Webinar on:

OPEN ACCESS IS THE NEW BLACK. JOURNAL TRANSITION FROM SUBSCRIPTION MODEL TO OPEN ACCESS

25. OCTOBER, 13.00 CET

OVERVIEW: 

In 2014 De Gruyter converted 14 journals to OA – this webinar looks at overarching strategies for journal transition from subs to OA – including current OA publishing landscape and single factors (like managing submissions, citations and funding) that play a role during the process.  Is it worth it? Who will foot the bill? What to expect? And how to bring the EAB on board? The introductory one-hour webinar is built around three sections to allow participants to work out the flipping strategy for their publication and to timely and reasonably plan  the change.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

• Editors of subscription journals
• Journal Editors
• Managing Editors

PROGRAMME:

PART ONE: OA is the new black. Why many traditional journals take the plunge into OA?

• OA Journals - Key Facts and Figures
• Open Access options (differences between Green, Gold, and Platinum)
• Why transform  journals from subscription to OA? 
• Funding Opportunities - mandates from major organizations​ (Author-pays and other options, Institutional Membership, Knowledge Unlatched)
• Transformation by De Gruyter

PART TWO: Managing Change -  People. Finance. Workflows.

• Author-Pays model  - how to learn to embrace it?
• Communicating Change  - How the decision to transform the journal will influence key people -  EAB, authors base, reviewers
• Authors' support – paying and non-paying authors; waivers, APCs, transition times.
• Business model - different approaches 
• Open Access – Three years on. What changed and what? The small triumphs and the challenges remaining.

PART THREE – No more chasing the subscription deals. It is now the new authors you’re after.

• Boosting visibility and discoverability of contents
• The need for a good journal/article ranking in Google
• DOAJ
• How to use science press rooms? Focus on articles PR.
• OA conferences? Is it worth the hassle?

TO REGISTER: follow the link

TUTORS:

Beata Socha – Product Manager, Open Access, DE GRUYTER

Agnieszka Bednarczyk-Drąg –Editorial Coordinator, Open Access, DE GRUYTER

Maria Hrynkiewicz – Senior Marketing Manager, Open Access, DE GRUYTER