One often overlooked aspect is what about all the areas of study that aren't well funded by grant money? The social sciences and humanities don't have the luxur

One often overlooked aspect is what about all the areas of study that aren't well funded by grant money? The social sciences and humanities don't have the luxury of an abundance of funding. There's an argument that since currently funding for subscribing to HSS journals comes from the university library there is clearly money there for HSS, and that somehow we just need to redirect the subscription cost toward publication costs. But that's not an easy nut to crack, and it's also not clear why the library should even be involved in the publishing process in that way.