Presentation at #AAUP15 with brief overview of Collabra, Collabra is the mission-driven Open Access journal that shares not only the research but also the value created by the academic community. http://collabraoa.org/

1. Neil Blair Christensen!
@neilblairc nc@ucpress.edu
@CollabraOA
#AAUP15

2. Collabra

3. CollaBRO

4. together with
researchers,
librarians, publishers
we evolved an idea…
@CollabraOA

5. designed for:
Cost based pricing,
transparency,
& value sharing..
@CollabraOA

6. Life and biomedical - ecology and
environmental - social and behavioral sci
Health sci - computer sci - humanities
phase 1
phase 2
@CollabraOA

7. @CollabraOA

8. activity points /
research community fund =
value per point
rejection & acceptance
have same value
@CollabraOA

9. @CollabraOA

10. If 50% pay forward…
then 15% are sponsored
research suggests
up to 80% may pay forward…
@CollabraOA

11. Oct-Feb: spec/ build/ recruit
@CollabraOA
Feb-Mar: test
Apr: launch

12. rapid launch + future dev
with partners who design for networked sharing
@CollabraOA
Only possible

13. sharing is the DNA of
scientific progress
collabra.org
@CollabraOA
@djjmorgan
@neilblairc