Reassembling Scholarly Communications: Histories, Infrastructures, and Global Politics of Open Access. Martin Paul Eve and Jonathan Gray, eds. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2020. 472p. Paper, $30.00 (ISBN 978-0-2625-3624-0).

Abstract

As an academic librarian firmly ensconced in the niche of library publishing (with its preference for open access), I (and perhaps you) have read a number of edited volumes centering on the intersection of libraries and scholarly communications that examine OA from practical and theoretical angles. While not specifically centered on libraries, this volume comes as a welcome update to earlier treatments: broader in scope, far more inclusive in the diversity of its contributors, and more fully in conversation with the wider political and social environment of the moment. Any actor in scholarly publishing will find a wealth of material to consider here, but perhaps especially academic librarians working in publishing, open access, or scholarly communications, who increasingly find their disciplines aligned with the aims of Eve and Gray’s monograph.