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Before and After the Open Access Transition: Penn Editors Share Their Experiences

This hybrid panel brings together editors of scholarly journals to discuss how their journals made the decision to move from a subscription model to Open Access, what the financial implications were, and what the impact has been on their readership.

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October 20, 2025, 11:30am - 12:30pm
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Hybrid: Online and in Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, Research Data & Digital Scholarship Exchange (RDDSx), First Floor
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Four issues of the journal Manuscript Studies; the journal on the top has an illustration of three cats

The panel will consist of 10-minute case studies from Penn-based journals that have flipped to OA. A representative from the University of Pennsylvania Press will discuss the Press’ Open Access strategy — current content from eleven out of the Press’ twenty-eight journals is now openly available. The session will conclude with a Q&A where panelists will offer advice on how to plan for an OA transition.

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