Conference Presentations

The talk highlights the importance of repositories in the Open Access publishing landscape and addresses the transparency challenges associated with diverse payment models. The authors propose a solution through the OpenCost project, introducing a new 'contract' record type with a dedicated metadata schema in repositories. [...]

The 'openCost' project introduces a standardized metadata schema developed in collaboration with libraries and international experts on publication costs. The schema contains metadata on payments and contracts related to publication, enabling the identification of hidden costs and providing a detailed breakdown of publication costs. [...]