The Council of Australian University Librarians launches a two-year pilot on open (as in access) publishing in “priority disciplines”

There was a briefing yesterday for the 30 CAUL member institutions participating in the Open Educational Resources Collective.

The plan is for participants to publish up to four books of their own a year with the collective providing training, resources and a press-book platform. Base fee is $2500. There’s a second stage, for multi-participant publishing, from July.

Open publishing is a happening thing. Last year California allocated $115m for community colleges to develop “zero-textbook-cost degrees,” using open resources (CMM August 3).