Repository managers have been using workflows for many years in order to explain and encourage researchers to self-archive, however, the advent and take up of gold open access by funders, universities, academics and publishers have provided new challenges to the ‘traditional’ green workflow. Gold open access brings in new players, such as the funders and University Research Offices, it also changes the role of academics in the process.
2.1 The ‘traditional’ green model
2.3 Funder mandates/policies for green and gold
2.4 The effect of gold on workflows and staffing
2.5 Pure gold vs. hybrid journals
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