Browsing by Subject "Collective Action Problem"
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Item How Scholarly Societies Solved Their Collective Action Problem(2019-05) Lewis, David W.Like all organizations, scholarly societies, face a collective action problem. As defined by Mancur Olson, the collective action problem is that individuals are not general prepared to fund initiatives that further their collective interest. This paper explores the collective action problem faced by scholarly societies and how they solved it by generating significant surpluses from their publishing programs. It is argued that this solution will not survive the shift to open access publishing models, especially in light of Plan S.Item Reimagining the Academic Library: What to do Next. Review Article(2019-01) Lewis, David W.This article reviews the conclusions of the author’s 2016 book, Reimagining the academic library and considers changes in scholarly communication and academic libraries that have taken place since its publication. Recommendations for alterations in the practice of individual libraries are provided. The problem of created integrated community-controlled open infrastructure is considered at length, especially the collective action problem that the library community must overcome.Item What Do We Owe the Scholarly Communication Community?(2019-09-12) Lewis, David W.Argues that libraries need to make a larger investment in scholarly communication infrastructure if the community is to avoid for-profit domination.