Work Package 5
Exploring and supporting the sustainability of institutional publishing
Timeframe
September 2022 – February 2025Partners involved
AMU, CNRS, cOAlition S, EIFL, FFZG, IBL PAN, Jisc, OASPA, OPERAS, SPARC Europe (lead), and TSVWork package description
This work package seeks to:- Gain a better understanding of the costs, funding and business models of institutional publishers and service providers. We are also keen to uncover the strengths and weaknesses in these aspects for institutions and prospective funders, donors and sponsors.
- Optimise costs by exploring the opportunities for collaboration and convergence among institutional publishers and service providers to sustain operations, innovate, and develop shared resources.
- Empower institutional publishers and service providers to financially sustain operations by providing intelligence, new models and building capacity on financial models.
- Raise awareness of institutional publishers and service providers funding needs and options to a range of FSDs.
Deliverables
D5.1 IPSP Sustainability Research Report
Deadline: March 2024This report provides a landscape overview of the costs (including in-kind contributions), income streams, challenges and opportunities in funding institutional publishing. It also identifies areas of potential collaboration. This will also help raise awareness of some of the needs of institutional publishers and their service providers. Read the report on Zenodo: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo
D5.2 National overviews on sustaining institutional publishing in Europe
Deadline: May 2024These reports provide the essential context of OA, policy, publishing practices, and funding in 10 European countries, that help understand why certain local choices are made and challenges arise. Read the report on Zenodo: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11383941
D5.3 A suite of resources to support the growth of IPSP sustainability
Deadline: February 2025This collection of resources supports institutional publishers and service providers in assessing to what extent they are financially sustainable, and provides them with tools and intelligence to help them become more so in the future.
Milestone
Sustainability self-assessment workflow ready
Deadline: February 2024This workflow will help institutional publishers and service providers assess as to how far they are financially sustainable.