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Results in Blog: Tiny Studies for Date: January 2024
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  • Ani Bezirdzhyan
How Do University of Michigan Press Book Authors and Readers Perceive Open Access?
We know very little about how authors and readers experience the impact of open-access (OA) books. Usage metrics and citations obscure their humanity. In Fall 2023, we interviewed authors and readers of monographs published as OA by the University of Michigan Press. Our qualitative research project documented their experiences, used AI to discover patterns in their responses, and provided evidence-based recommendations for improving OA book publishing.
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