1. SKS Open Science -project

2. Goals of the SKS Open Science -project:
chart the national and international open access fields.
present the possible opportunities and challenges of open access book publishing.
find out the economic boundary conditions of open access publishing and chart the technological demands.
chart the SKS:s open access options.
pilot open access publishing

3. Open access publications: Are free to read (gratis OA).
Open Science -project
Open access publications:
Are free to read (gratis OA).
Licensed under an open license (libre OA).
Two roads to open access:
Green open access
Gold open access

4. Benefits of open access: Dissemination Visibility Impact
Open Science -project
Benefits of open access:
Dissemination
Visibility
Impact
of the research.

5. Book Publishing Charge (BPC)
Open Science -project
Funding models:
Book Publishing Charge (BPC)
Typically range between €
Institutional support
Usually university presses
Library consortium
E.g. Knowledge Unlatched, Open Library of Humanities
Freemium
E.g. Open Book Publishers

6. Open Science -project In 2016
SKS pilots open access book publishing with the international Studia Fennica -bookseries.
6 sub-series:
Studia Fennica Anthropologica
Studia Fennica Ethnologica
Studia Fennica Folkloristica
Studia Fennica Historica
Studia Fennica Linguistica
Studia Fennica Litteraria

7. Studia Fennica –series Finnish publication forum ranking: 2.
Open Science -project
Studia Fennica –series
Finnish publication forum ranking: 2.
In the future books in the series will be available through print on demand.
Thank you!