Quick Summary
- As informal conversations continue with Elsevier, what鈥檚 been the impact so far?
- Amid cordial negotiations, Wiley and Springer Nature extend access past contract expirations
- 2 new agreements provide financial support for 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 researchers who choose to publish their work open access
A 新澳门六合彩内幕信息-wide poll is underway to gauge the impact of the loss of immediate access to current Elsevier publishing content via ScienceDirect.
MacKenzie Smith and Dennis J. Ventry Jr., representing the poll鈥檚 co-sponsors, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Libraries and the Academic Senate鈥檚 University Committee on Library and Scholarly Communication, are encouraging the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis community鈥檚 participation.
Smith is 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis鈥 university librarian and vice provost of Digital Scholarship, and Ventry, a law professor, is chair of the University Committee on Library and Scholarship Communication
The poll is short 鈥 about three minutes 鈥 and is open to all in the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 community, 鈥渆ven if you feel you are not significantly affected by the Elsevier situation,鈥 according to the introduction. It adds that all questions are optional and no personally identifiable information is required. 鈥 you have until Feb. 29 to respond.
Smith and Ventry also provided an update on 新澳门六合彩内幕信息鈥檚 efforts to advance open access research in partnership with a diverse range of publishers, including Elsevier. Here is what they had to say:
Elsevier
After formal negotiations stalled in February 2019, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 and Elsevier have remained in informal conversations and are looking forward to continuing that dialogue. The parties are planning to hold a meeting to explore reopening negotiations within the first quarter of 2020.
Over the past year, Elsevier has signed other transformative agreements that include elements of cost containment and immediate open access, and we are hopeful this suggests the publisher is ready to discuss deals that align with 新澳门六合彩内幕信息鈥檚 goals.
See the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Library鈥檚 for more information, including alternative ways to get articles.
Wiley and Springer Nature
新澳门六合彩内幕信息 is in cordial negotiations with Wiley and Springer Nature to renew contracts that expired Dec. 31. In each case, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 and the publisher have a shared desire to reach a that combines 新澳门六合彩内幕信息鈥檚 subscription with open access publishing of 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 research. Both publishers have extended 新澳门六合彩内幕信息鈥檚 access to their journals, under the terms of their prior contracts, while negotiations are underway.
New agreements
新澳门六合彩内幕信息 has announced two new publisher agreements, each with a different model to provide financial support for 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 researchers who choose to publish their work open access.
- 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 was one of four major research institutions to enter into an . Under the three-year agreement with this society publisher, the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 libraries will pay to retain access to ACM鈥檚 journals and other publications, and to ensure that 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 researchers鈥 articles will be made openly available at the time of publication at no cost to the authors.
- As part of a new 鈥 a native open access publisher of more than 30 digital health-related journals including its flagship Journal of Medical Internet Research 鈥 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Libraries will pay the first $1,000 of the open access publishing fee for all 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 authors who choose to publish in a JMIR journal. Authors who do not have research funds available can request financial assistance from the libraries for the remainder of the costs, ensuring that lack of research funds does not present a barrier for 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 authors who wish to publish in JMIR journals.
Each agreement expands 新澳门六合彩内幕信息鈥檚 portfolio of options for its authors who wish to make their research open access. As 新澳门六合彩内幕信息鈥檚 first such agreements with a society publisher and a native open access publisher, respectively, the two new pilots reflect the university鈥檚 commitment to finding ways to work with publishers of all types and sizes to advance open access to 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 research.
Cambridge University Press
After an initial kickoff phase in 2019, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息鈥檚 first transformative open access agreement, with Cambridge University Press, is now fully in effect.
Starting this month (January), when 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 corresponding authors submit their accepted manuscripts for publication with Cambridge, they will be prompted to consider making their articles open access.
The open access fee will be discounted by 30 percent, and 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Libraries鈥 $1,000 subsidy will be applied automatically.
Authors who have research funding available will be asked to use those funds to pay any remaining amount, under a cost-sharing model designed to enable 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Libraries to stretch their available funds and help as many authors as possible. As with 新澳门六合彩内幕信息鈥檚 agreement with JMIR, if an author does not have research funds available to pay the remainder of the open access publishing fee, they can request that the libraries pay their portion as well. and what it means for you if you publish with Cambridge.
More to come
Smith and Ventry concluded: Conversations with other publishers are also in the pipeline, and we will keep you apprised when there are major developments or new agreements to share.
If you have questions about any of these open access publishing agreements or negotiations, please don鈥檛 hesitate to contact the library at any time.
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